The show's premise is based on the fictional Seaver family, who reside at 15 Robin Hood Lane in Huntington, Long Island, New York, Dr. Jason Seaver ( Alan Thicke ), a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie ( Joanna Kerns ), has gone back to work as a reporter.

In 1984, he was the announcer / sidekick for Alan Thicke during the short-lived talk show Thicke of the Night ( a role for which he has on occasion noted his confusion with Monty Hall ).

Thicke has also been a popular songwriter.

Thicke has been married three times.

" Let's Stay Together " has also been covered by Margie Joseph ( who had also recorded in Memphis contemporaneous to Green, but offered a Philly-inspired version produced by Arif Mardin ), Roberta Flack, Michael Bolton, Ms. Marilyn Marshall ( Club version ), Donny Osmond, Jimmy Smith, Seal, Michelle Williams, Ian Moss, Boyz II Men, Big Mountain, Isaac Hayes, Robin Thicke, Brian Kennedy, as well as by At Last on the first season of America's Got Talent, who performed it a cappella.

Thicke has also been acknowledged for his work in popular albums such as Confessions and Tha Carter III.

Lewis has often put Robin Thicke in his list of musical influences in interviews and on the American Idol website.

" Fall Again " was originally written by Walter Afanasieff and Robin Thicke for Michael Jackson's Invincible album to compose, but did not make it on the track list.

Before his days as a singer-songwriter, Thicke had written " Love Is on My Side " on Brandy's self-titled album and a number of songs for 3T's " Sexual Attention " and collaborated with Jordan Knight, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on several songs in Knight's 1999 album Jordan Knight.

Alan Thicke privately counseled him that more explicitly Christian entertainment might be a better fit for Cameron, commenting that Growing Pains was " about as pablum as it gets " in mainstream entertainment.

Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show, Thicke of the Night.

He co-wrote songs with Brian McKnight and Robin Thicke for his album Beautiful Life.

In October 2010, he was on the celebrity version of Don't Forget the Lyrics, where he played for the charities ProCon. org and the Alan Thicke Center for diabetes research.

Alan Thicke at a Canadian Film Centre & Variety-hosted reception for the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab, in March 2012

The books were later made into a series of made-for-TV films for The Disney Channel, starring Alan Thicke as Dr. Jonas Carson, Robyn Lively as his daughter Becky, and Jay Underwood as Chip.

A new theme composed by Alan Thicke entitled " Joker's Jive " was introduced in 1974, and was used for the 1974 – 1975 season and for the closing of the first syndicated season.

Pizer and Thicke had known each other for years, and Pizer implied that his arrest was based on animosity rather than evidence, though he did have a prior conviction for a stabbing offence.

Thicke apparently believed that he had committed a string of minor assaults on prostitutes, and he did have a prior conviction for a stabbing offence.

Other releases in 2006 were Robin Thicke's second album, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, which featured the hit, " Lost Without U. " The last 2006 release was Clipse's second album, Hell Hath No Fury, the album featured another hit for the label, " Mr. Me Too.

Releases for 2008 Included N * E * R * D and Robin Thicke.

Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the name Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R & B sound.

In 2000, Thicke, who simply went by his last name, went to work on material for his debut album, initially titled Cherry Blue Skies.

To promote the album Thicke toured with India. Arie, and then opened for John Legend in late 2006.

Thicke was also the host of his own popular talk show in Canada during the early 1980s, called The Alan Thicke Show.

Other artists who are a part of the genre in the mid to late 2000s ' have included Mayer Hawthorne, Remy Shand, Jamie Lidell, Plan B and Robin Thicke, who enjoyed considerable success in the R & B charts with the 2007 hit Lost Without U, and Sex Therapy in 2009.

Appearing on American television chat shows such as Late Night with David Letterman, Thicke of the Night, and The Merv Griffin Show to promote both his music and his film appearances throughout the 1980s, Divine had become a well-known celebrity, and Divine-themed merchandise was produced, including greeting cards and The Simple Divine Cut-Out Doll Book.

Many of the plots revolved around silly action genre clichés and movie parodies, with many of the feature roles played by actors and celebrities such as Mark Hamill, Alan Thicke, Erik Estrada, Gary Coleman, John Salley, Joey Buttafuoco, Patty Hearst, Adam Carolla, Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, George Takei, Gilbert Gottfried, Walter Koenig, Pat Morita, Anson Williams, Christopher Darden, Maureen McCormick, Lee Majors, David Arquette, Musetta Vander, Angelica Bridges, Ian Ziering, RuPaul, and Dweezil Zappa.

Hosted by Alan Thicke, the series features animals protecting humans or other pets, one such being a llama guarding a herd of alpacas.

When others obtained their own competing shows ( such as David Brenner, Alan Thicke, Joey Bishop, and Pat Sajak ), Carson always had them on The Tonight Show beforehand to wish them luck – and again after he had forced their show into cancellation by maintaining superior ratings.

Jennifer Hudson covered the song as one of the setlist during her first US tour with Robin Thicke in April – May, 2009.

Norman Lear hired Thicke to produce and head the writing staff of Fernwood 2-Night, a tongue-in-cheek talk show based on characters from Lear's earlier show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

After the murders of Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman in late August and early September 1888 respectively, Police Sergeant William Thicke arrested Pizer on 10 September 1888.

It was created by Norman Lear and produced by Alan Thicke as a spin-off / summer replacement from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

They included Jim Jones, French Montana ( who performed live in the broadcast ), Julissa Bermudez, Big Tigger, 2 Chainz, Ace Hood, Alicia Keys, Amar ' e Stoudemire, Big Sean, B. o. B, Bobby V., Brandy Norwood, Busta Rhymes, Cassidy, Ciara, Common, Doug E. Fresh, DMX, Dwayne Wade, Elle Varner, E-40, Future, Jacob Latimore, Keke Palmer, Mary J. Blige, MGK, Mike Epps, Ne-Yo, Shannon and Monica Brown, Stalley, Rick Ross, Robin Thicke, T. I., Wyclef Jean and Bow Wow.

Other past guests have included magicians Lance Burton and Mac King ( two Las Vegas headliners with roots in Louisville ), Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood, Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Tammy Wynette, Alan Thicke, Bobby Goldsboro, B. J. Thomas, Florence Henderson, Diahann Carroll, McLean Stevenson, Merv Griffin, Eydie Gorme, and Cab Calloway.

They met regularly after that, but did not become a couple until 1987 when they ran into each other at a Los Angeles Lakers game that Wayne and Alan Thicke were attending.

* Alan Thicke as Dr. Jason Roland Seaver

The opening credits from Seasons 2 through 5 featured an opening shot of the cast in front of the house where establishing shots of the Seaver house are used, switching to photos of each cast member from childhood and, in Alan Thicke and Joanna Kerns ' case, to adulthood, mixed with various episode clips.

The celebrities consisted of Alan Thicke, Oscar Peterson, Andrea Martin of SCTV, impersonator André-Philippe Gagnon and rock band Glass Tiger.

* Act VI – " Open up the Dome " Finale – " Our host Alan Thicke will re-introduce the performers and will join in a final celebration of the Opening of SkyDome.

Many stars attended opening night including Dick Clark, Alan Thicke, Kathy Griffin, and Justin Timberlake, who hosted the television special.

Wynne then launched a solo career with Alan Thicke as his manager.

The theme song was composed and sung by Alan Thicke, who at the time was one of the show's producers.

Around this time, she made her first appearance on national television as a guest on the late night talk show Thicke of the Night hosted by Alan Thicke, and featuring a young Arsenio Hall.

Executive produced by Vin Di Bona, with co-executive producers Todd Thicke and Michele Nasraway, it is currently the longest-running prime time entertainment program on ABC.

In the same year, Riley worked with Amerie and Robin Thicke on their respective albums.

Alan Thicke ( born Alan Willis Jeffrey ; March 1, 1947 ) is a Canadian actor, comedian, songwriter, and game and talk show host.

Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffery, a stockbroker.

His mother later married Brian Thicke, a physician.

Thicke hosted a Canadian game show on CFCF-TV in Montreal called First Impressions in the late 1970s and the prime time celebrity game show Animal Crack-Ups in the late 1980s.