| Creator: | Roger Shulman John Baskin |
| Starring: | Eric Idle Caroline McWilliams Stuart Pankin Wendy Schaal Jay Lambert Henderson Forsythe |
| Composer: | Kevin Quinn Randy Petersen Robert Irving |
| Country: | United States |
| Company: | Baskin-Shulman Productions Lorimar Television |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Network: | NBC |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 (2 unaired) |
Nearly Departed is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Monday nights from April 10, 1989 to May 1, 1989.[1] It was an updated version of Topper.[2]
The series focused on English professor Grant Pritchard and his wife Claire who are killed in a rockslide. They return to their home as ghosts to find plumbing contractor Mike Dooley and his wife Liz, son Derek, and his father, Jack, living there. Grandpa Jack was the only one who could see and hear the Pritchards. In exchange for continuing to live in the house as ghosts, the Pritchards would mediate through Grandpa Jack and try to help the Dooleys with their problems. In one such instance, Derek was doing poorly in school because he was intimidated by bullies; Grant and Claire use their abilities to scare off the bullies.