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Houseboat

Staring – Cary Grant, Sophia Loen

A widower who was separated from his wife and children wants his 3 children to now live with him. He has trouble adjusting to a life with children so he decides to hire a maid who really is a socialite who wants to escape her controlling father but has no domestic skills.
They move to the countryside and end up living on a houseboat.

6/10

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View from the Top

Donna is from a small town and dreams of getting as far away as possible.  She trains as a flight attendant with a small airline and meets Ted when she is on leave with her colleagues. She initially fails to get onto the long haul flights she wants when one of her friends swaps tests, so she works on commuter flights and goes out with Ted instead. When the test swap is revealed Dona chooses to go on the long haul flights she wants and leaves Ted, it when she misses him she must decide what she really wants more.

6/10

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Fuller House Season 1

This is the long awaited spin off/reunion show of Full House.

The kids are all grown up now.  DJ is a vet and a widowed mother of 3 boys Jackson, Max and Tommy Fuller, Kimmy has a daughter Ramona and an on off relationship with her estranged husband, Stephanie is a successful DJ, and Michelle is busy with her fashion empire in New York.

Danny, Joey, Jesse and Becky make a number of guest appearances as does DJ’s high school Sweetheart Steve.

Danny is planning on selling the family home but decides to let DJ, her son’s, Stephanie, Kimmy and Ramona live there instead.

There is a lot of references to Full House for the fans and also to some of their other work such as Dancing with the Stars and the absence of the Olsen twins.

9/10