When Does Empty Nest Season 8 Come Out? Is It Renewed?
Empty Nest ended after Season 7.
IMDb
6.6/10
Seasons
7
Episodes
170
Predictive Logic Analysis
Empty Nest has concluded its run. Production records list the series as ended, meaning the story has been brought to a planned close rather than left open. Barring a revival, there is no Season 8 in development.
What is Empty Nest about?
Empty Nest arrived in the fall of 1988 as a warm-hearted comedy about a widowed pediatrician navigating the messy business of raising adult daughters while juggling a thriving medical practice and an irrepressible extended family. Created by Susan Harris, the show found its central comedy in the collision between Harry Weston's gentle competence with children and his complete bewilderment at managing the chaotic adults in his orbit—from his sharp-tongued daughters to his no-filter nurse LaVerne Todd and the perpetually freeloading neighbor Charley Dietz. The premise tapped into a relatable anxiety about parenting in transition: the moment when kids grow up but life somehow gets more complicated rather than simpler, and the parent becomes the one desperately seeking guidance.
The show inhabited the cozy, family-sitcom territory of the late eighties, trading in warm humanism and character-driven humor rather than punchlines. Richard Mulligan anchored the series with a performance that balanced gentle exasperation and genuine affection, while the ensemble cast—particularly Dinah Manoff as his daughter Carol and Park Overall's knowingly outrageous LaVerne—created a genuine sense of lived-in family dynamics. There was a lightness to the comedy that never quite abandoned its emotional core, and the show wasn't afraid to let scenes breathe and characters connect beyond the setup-punchline formula.
Over seven seasons and 170 episodes, Empty Nest became a reliable staple of NBC's schedule, finding steady if unspectacular success with audiences. While it never reached the cultural dominance of some of its contemporaries, the show maintained respectable ratings throughout its run and developed a devoted following who appreciated its gentler approach to comedy. It remains a representative example of the family sitcom tradition at a moment when that genre still commanded network primetime real estate, and it demonstrated that there was an audience for stories about middle-aged people dealing with the genuine complications of family life.
Created by Susan Harris
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Empty Nest Season 8 Release Date
No new season is expected. Empty Nest has ended, so there is no upcoming release to anticipate unless a revival is announced.
Empty Nest seasons
Season 11988 · 22 ep
- 1. Pilot1988-10-08
- 2. The Check Isn't In the Mail1988-10-22
- 3. Barbara Gets Shot1988-10-29
- 4. Fatal Attraction1988-11-05
- 5. Father of the Bride1988-11-12
- 6. Harry's Vacation1988-11-19
- 7. Tinker to Evers to Tucson1988-11-26
- 8. What's a Father to Do?1988-12-03
- 9. Harry's Friend1988-12-10
- 10. Libby's Gift1988-12-17
- 11. The First Time, Again1989-01-07
- 12. Full Nest1989-01-14
- 13. Here's a Howdy-Do1989-01-28
- 14. Strange Bedfellows1989-02-04
- 15. Tears of a Clown1989-02-06
- 16. Blame It on the Moon1989-02-11
- 17. Dumped1989-02-18
- 18. The More Things Change...1989-02-25
- 19. Man of the Year1989-03-04
- 20. Cyrano de Weston1989-03-18
- 21. My Sister, My Friend1989-03-25
- 22. A Life in the Day1989-04-01
Season 21989 · 24 ep
- 1. Settling1989-09-30
- 2. Harry Snubs Laverne1989-10-14
- 3. On the Interpretation of Dreams1989-10-21
- 4. Between a Cop and a Hard Place1989-10-28
- 5. Just You and My Kid1989-11-04
- 6. Rambo of Neiman Marcus1989-11-11
- 7. You Are 16 Going on 17 and I'm Not1989-11-18
- 8. The R.N. Who Came to Dinner1989-11-25
- 9. Green Eggs and Harry1989-12-02
- 10. Overdue for a Job1989-12-09
- 11. A Christmas Story1989-12-16
- 12. Change of Heart1990-01-06
- 13. Harry's Choice1990-01-13
- 14. Complainin' in the Rain1990-01-27
- 15. M.D., P.O.V.1990-02-03
- 16. Everything But Love1990-02-10
- 17. Timing1990-02-12
- 18. It Happened Two Nights, Four Costume Changes1990-02-17
- 19. Love is Blind1990-02-24
- 20. Goodbye, Mr. Dietz1990-03-03
- 21. Lessons1990-03-10
- 22. Take My Mom, Please1990-03-24
- 23. Did You Ever See a Dream Dying?1990-04-14
- 24. Still Growing After All These Years1990-04-28
Season 31990 · 24 ep
- 1. A Flaw is Born1990-09-22
- 2. Harry's Excellent Adventure1990-09-29
- 3. There's No Accounting1990-10-06
- 4. Barbara the Mom1990-10-13
- 5. The Tortoise and the Harry1990-10-20
- 6. Mad About the Boy1990-10-27
- 7. Honey, I Shrunk Laverne1990-11-03
- 8. The Boy Next Door1990-11-10
- 9. A Family Affair1990-11-17
- 10. Someone to Watch Over Me1990-11-24
- 11. Harry Knows Best1990-12-08
- 12. Whenever I Feel Afraid1990-12-15
- 13. A Shot in the Dark1991-01-05
- 14. Sucking Up is Hard to Do1991-01-19
- 15. The Man That Got Away1991-01-26
- 16. The Mentor1991-02-02
- 17. The Dog Who Knew Too Much1991-02-09
- 18. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?1991-02-16
- 19. All About Harry1991-03-09
- 20. Drive, He Said1991-03-16
- 21. The Last Temptation of Laverne1991-03-23
- 22. What's Eating You?1991-04-13
- 23. The Cruise1991-05-04
- 24. The Way We Are1991-05-11
Season 41991 · 24 ep
- 1. 50 Million Men and a Baby1991-09-21
- 2. Almost Like Being in Love1991-09-28
- 3. Her Cheatin' Heart1991-10-05
- 4. Food For Thought1991-10-12
- 5. Harry's Got a Gun1991-10-19
- 6. The Dreyfus Affair1991-10-26
- 7. Country Weston1991-11-02
- 8. Windy1991-11-09
- 9. Talk, Talk, Talk1991-11-16
- 10. Lonely Are the Brave1991-11-23
- 11. If You Knew Andy Like I Know . . .1991-12-07
- 12. My Nurse is Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble . . .1991-12-14
- 13. The Son of a Preacherman1992-01-04
- 14. Ex-appeal1992-01-11
- 15. The Great Escape1992-01-18
- 16. The Mismatchmaker1992-02-01
- 17. The Return of Aunt Susan1992-02-08
- 18. The Unimportance of Being Charley1992-02-15
- 19. Sayonara1992-02-22
- 20. Dr. Weston and Mr. Hyde1992-02-29
- 21. Charley for President1992-03-14
- 22. Good Neighbor Harry1992-03-28
- 23. Final Analysis1992-04-25
- 24. Roots1992-05-02
Season 51992 · 26 ep
- 1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love?1992-09-19
- 2. Take My Garage, Please1992-09-26
- 3. R.N. On the Rebound1992-10-03
- 4. . . . Or Forever Hold Your Peace1992-10-10
- 5. The Boomerang Affair1992-10-17
- 6. Cruel and Unusual Punishment1992-10-24
- 7. It's Not Easy Being Green1992-10-31
- 8. Dirty Harry1992-11-07
- 9. Timing is Everything1992-11-14
- 10. Thanksgiving at the Westons'1992-11-21
- 11. The Body Beautiful1992-12-05
- 12. Overboard1992-12-12
- 13. Emily1993-01-02
- 14. The Sting1993-01-09
- 15. The Fracas in Vegas1993-01-23
- 16. Pardon My Flashback1993-01-30
- 17. Dog Day Afternoon1993-02-06
- 18. More to Love1993-02-13
- 19. My Dad, My Doctor1993-02-20
- 20. Love and Marriage1993-02-27
- 21. The All-American Boy - Not!1993-03-20
- 22. Two For the Road1993-04-10
- 23. Aunt Verne Knows Best1993-05-01
- 24. My Mother, My Self1993-05-08
- 25. Charley to the Rescue1993-05-15
- 26. Surprise! Surprise!1993-05-22
Season 61993 · 26 ep
- 1. When the Rooster Dies1993-09-25
- 2. Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (1)1993-10-02
- 3. Bye-Bye, Baby ... Hello (2)1993-10-09
- 4. Mama Todd, the Sequel1993-10-16
- 5. Mom's the Word1993-10-23
- 6. Diary of a Mad Housewife1993-10-30
- 7. Mother Dearest1993-11-06
- 8. No Volunteers, Please1993-11-13
- 9. Das Boob1993-11-20
- 10. The Girl Who Cried Baby1993-11-27
- 11. Superbaby1993-12-11
- 12. Read All About It1993-12-18
- 13. Love a la Mode1994-01-08
- 14. What's A Mother To Do?1994-01-15
- 15. Gesundheit1994-01-22
- 16. Under the Gun1994-01-29
- 17. Brotherly Shove1994-02-05
- 18. The Ballad of Shady Pines1994-02-12
- 19. Hog Heaven1994-03-05
- 20. Charley's Millions1994-03-08
- 21. Half That Jazz1994-04-02
- 22. The Devil and Dr. Weston1994-04-09
- 23. A Foreign Affair1994-04-16
- 24. Lordy, Lordy, Landlordy1994-04-23
- 25. Best Friends1994-05-21
- 26. Absence Makes the Nurse Grow Weirder1994-05-21
Season 71994 · 24 ep
- 1. Let's Give Them Something to Talk About1994-09-24
- 2. Mrs. Clinton Comes to Town1994-09-24
- 3. Just for Laughs1994-10-01
- 4. A Chip Off the Old Charley1994-10-08
- 5. The Woman Who Came to Dither1994-10-15
- 6. Carol Gets a Raise1994-10-22
- 7. The Courtship of Carol's Father1994-12-03
- 8. The Tinker Grant1994-12-03
- 9. Would You Believe . . .1994-12-17
- 10. Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Pain1994-12-17
- 11. Single White Male1995-01-07
- 12. Dear Aunt Martha1995-01-14
- 13. Goodbye Charley1995-01-21
- 14. Family Practice1995-01-28
- 15. Grandma, What Big Eyes You Have1995-02-04
- 16. Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings1995-02-25
- 17. And Kevin Makes Three1995-03-04
- 18. Harry Weston: Man's Best Friend1995-03-18
- 19. The Ex-Files1995-03-18
- 20. Stand By Your Man1995-03-25
- 21. My Pal Valy-Val1995-06-10
- 22. Remembrance of Clips Past1995-06-17
- 23. Life Goes On (1)1995-04-29
- 24. Life Goes On (2)1995-04-29
Empty Nest cast
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Richard Mulligan
Dr. Harry Weston
Dinah Manoff
Carol Weston
David Leisure
Charley Dietz
Park Overall
LaVerne Todd
Marsha Warfield
Dr. Maxine Douglas
Estelle Getty
Sophia Petrillo
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Frequently asked
- When does Empty Nest Season 8 come out?
- Empty Nest ended after Season 7.
- Is Empty Nest renewed or cancelled?
- Empty Nest has ended. Its final season has already aired and no further seasons are expected.
- How many seasons of Empty Nest are there?
- Empty Nest has aired 7 seasons so far.
- How many episodes of Empty Nest are there?
- There are 170 episodes of Empty Nest across 7 seasons.
- Who created Empty Nest?
- Empty Nest was created by Susan Harris.
- What is Empty Nest's IMDb rating?
- Empty Nest holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 4,089 votes.