<Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> September 20, 1987 (1987 - 09 - 20)--April 30, 1990 (1990 - 04 - 30) </Td> </Tr> <P> My Two Dads is an American sitcom that was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with Tri-Star Television (later Columbia Pictures Television) and distributed by TeleVentures . It starred Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, and Staci Keanan . The series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1987, airing three seasons through April 30, 1990 . </P> <P> The show begins after Marcy Bradford (played by Emma Samms in the second - season episode "In Her Dreams"), the mother of 12 - year - old Nicole Bradford (Keanan), has died . The two men who had competed for the woman's affections before Nicole was born during a summer spent in Key West back in 1974--Michael Taylor (Reiser), a successful financial advisor; and struggling artist Joey Harris (Evigan), former friends who hated one another because of their mutual interest in Marcy--are awarded joint custody of Nicole . </P> <P> The mix - ups of two single men raising a teenage daughter provided the story each week . Judge Margaret W. Wilbur (Florence Stanley), a family court judge who awarded custody of Nicole to Michael and Joey, would frequently visit the new family . This was because she had bought the building in which Joey lived and was now the live - in landlord . Michael had originally had his own condo uptown, but Nicole staged a sit in at school in Episode 2 because she felt she had no home, and the men decided it would be better to all live in one home and chose Joey's loft . </P>

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