Comedy

When Does Silver Spoons Season 6 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

It's not easy being the man of the house!

Silver Spoons ended after Season 5.

IMDb

6.2/10

Seasons

5

Episodes

116

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Diagnostics

Network
NBC
Genres
Comedy
First aired
1982-09-25
Last aired
1987-03-04
Runtime
22 min

Awards Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 11 nominations total

Predictive Logic Analysis

Silver Spoons 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 6 in development.

What is Silver Spoons about?

Silver Spoons built its reputation on a simple, genuine premise: a wealthy businessman learning to be a father to the son he never knew he had. Rick Schroder plays Ricky Stratton as a kid who arrives in his father's mansion expecting rejection and gets something more complicated instead. The show works best when it takes that tension seriously, when Edward's wealth and emotional distance actually matter. A kid living in a house with a train set and every material advantage still needs his father to show up.

The tone is pure 1980s sitcom, which means it swings wildly between schmaltz and humor without apology. It's a laugh-track show that wants you to find moments touching and moments funny in the same episode, and it doesn't pretend those things are in tension with each other. The supporting cast, particularly Franklyn Seales as Edward's patient best friend and the always-game Joel Higgins, keeps the show from getting too cloying. When it's working, there's a real warmth underneath the broad comedy.

The show was popular enough to run five seasons on NBC, which is respectable by 1980s standards, though critics were never especially kind to it. The standard take was that it was sentimental and sometimes lazy, hitting predictable emotional beats without earning them. Audiences were more forgiving. People watched it in part because they wanted to see if Edward would actually become a real father, and the show kept that question alive even if it didn't always answer it with much sophistication.

Silver Spoons sits comfortably in the afterschool special-as-sitcom category, closer to Family Ties in its blend of humor and heart than to the pure comedy of Diff'rent Strokes. It's not trying to be sharp or subversive. What it is trying to do, most of the time, is convince you that a man who has everything can still learn he needs something more, and for five years it found enough of an audience to keep proving the point.

Created by Ben Starr

Themes

wealthyman childsitcombiological parents

Is Silver Spoons renewed or cancelled?

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Silver Spoons Season 6 Release Date

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Silver Spoons seasons

Season 11982 · 22 ep
  • 1. Pilot1982-09-25
  • 2. Boys Will Be Boys1982-10-02
  • 3. Grandfather Stratton1982-10-09
  • 4. Me & Mr. T1982-10-16
  • 5. Takin' a Chance on Love1982-10-23
  • 6. Evelyn Returns1982-10-30
  • 7. The Great Computer Caper1982-11-06
  • 8. I'm Just Wild About Harry1982-11-13
  • 9. Honor Thy Father1982-11-20
  • 10. Father Nature1982-11-27
  • 11. A Little Magic1982-12-04
  • 12. Falling in Love Again1982-12-11
  • 13. The Best Christmas Ever1982-12-18
  • 14. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World1983-01-08
  • 15. Twelve Angry Kids1983-01-15
  • 16. The Toy Wonder1983-01-22
  • 17. Popcorn1983-02-05
  • 18. Junior Businessman1983-02-12
  • 19. Three's a Crowd1983-02-19
  • 20. The Empire Strikes Out1983-02-26
  • 21. Won't You Go Home, Bob Danish?1983-03-05
  • 22. The 'X'-Team1983-04-30
Season 21983 · 22 ep
  • 1. Passports to Pleasure1983-10-15
  • 2. Attack of the Giant Frog People1983-10-22
  • 3. A Fair to Remember1983-10-29
  • 4. Hospital1983-11-12
  • 5. Mr. President1983-11-19
  • 6. Driver Ed1983-11-26
  • 7. Menudo Madness1983-12-03
  • 8. Happy Birthday1983-12-10
  • 9. Sounds of Silence1983-12-17
  • 10. Rick the Greek1984-01-07
  • 11. Uneasy Rider1984-01-14
  • 12. The World's Greatest Father1984-01-21
  • 13. I Want to Be Alone1984-01-28
  • 14. Mr. Cool1984-02-04
  • 15. St. Louis Blues1984-02-11
  • 16. A Hunting We Will Go1984-02-18
  • 17. Changes1984-03-03
  • 18. A Summer's Romance (1)1984-03-10
  • 19. A Summer's Romance (2)1984-03-17
  • 20. Spare the Rod1984-03-24
  • 21. Blazing Hotel Rooms1984-03-31
  • 22. Hi, Mom1984-04-07
Season 31984 · 24 ep
  • 1. Best Friends1984-09-16
  • 2. Survival of the Fittest1984-09-23
  • 3. Growing Pains (1)1984-09-30
  • 4. Growing Pains (2)1984-10-07
  • 5. A Dark and Stormy Night1984-10-28
  • 6. I Won't Dance1984-11-04
  • 7. Voyage of the Darned (1)1984-11-11
  • 8. Voyage of the Darned (2)1984-11-18
  • 9. The Call of the Wild1984-11-25
  • 10. Beauties and the Beasts1984-12-09
  • 11. Twas the Night Before Christmas1984-12-16
  • 12. Lulu's Back in Town1984-12-30
  • 13. The Trouble with Grandfather1985-01-06
  • 14. Special Friend1985-01-13
  • 15. What's Cookin'?1985-01-27
  • 16. Marry Me, Marry Me (1)1985-02-03
  • 17. Marry Me, Marry Me (2)1985-02-10
  • 18. Rick and the Legend1985-02-17
  • 19. Trouble with Words1985-02-24
  • 20. Hot Shot1985-03-03
  • 21. All the Principal's Men1985-03-10
  • 22. Return of the Paisley Conspiracy1985-03-17
  • 23. The Secret Life of Ricky Stratton1985-03-24
  • 24. The Babysitters1985-04-07
Season 41985 · 24 ep
  • 1. Head Over Heels1985-09-15
  • 2. Mrs. Stratton Builds Her Dreamhouse1985-09-22
  • 3. Poor Evelyn1985-10-06
  • 4. Promises, Promises1985-10-13
  • 5. The Great Baseball Card Scheme1985-10-27
  • 6. The Trouble with Harry1985-11-03
  • 7. One Strike and You're Out1985-11-10
  • 8. Race with Eagles1985-11-17
  • 9. Magnificent Obsession1985-11-24
  • 10. Judgment Day1985-12-01
  • 11. The Barbarians1985-12-08
  • 12. Three Musketeers1985-12-15
  • 13. Second Class Parent1985-12-21
  • 14. The Lady Is a Tramp1986-01-05
  • 15. Stratton and Stratton1986-01-12
  • 16. Daddy Rick1986-01-19
  • 17. One for the Road (1)1986-02-02
  • 18. One for the Road (2)1986-02-09
  • 19. Movie Madness1986-02-16
  • 20. Rick Sings1986-02-23
  • 21. The Way We Weren't1986-03-02
  • 22. A Family Affair1986-03-16
  • 23. Rick at 161986-05-04
  • 24. Second Best1986-05-11
Season 51986 · 24 ep
  • 1. Who's the Boss1986-09-15
  • 2. Lost and Found1986-09-22
  • 3. The Live-In1986-09-29 · ★ 1.0
  • 4. Rick Sells His Sole1986-10-06
  • 5. The Beach House1986-10-13
  • 6. Rick Moves Out1986-10-20
  • 7. Man to Man1986-10-27
  • 8. Hey, Mrs. Robinson1986-11-03
  • 9. Rick's Learning Problem1986-11-10
  • 10. The Triangle1986-11-17
  • 11. Kate Lassos a Longhorn1986-11-24
  • 12. Get the Hook1987-01-26
  • 13. Rumors are Flying1987-02-02
  • 14. The House Guest1987-02-09
  • 15. Band on the Run1987-02-16
  • 16. Author, Author1987-02-23
  • 17. Mother's Day1987-02-25
  • 18. Fallen Idol1987-02-16
  • 19. Baby Blues1987-02-17
  • 20. Thoroughly Modern Mildred1987-02-26
  • 21. Mon Amour1987-02-27
  • 22. Educating Rick1987-03-02
  • 23. Edward's Big Adventure1987-03-03
  • 24. Let It Snow, Let It Snow1987-03-04

Silver Spoons cast

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Rick Schroder

Rick Schroder

Ricky Stratton

Joel Higgins

Joel Higgins

Edward Stratton III

Erin Gray

Erin Gray

Kate Summers Stratton

Franklyn Seales

Franklyn Seales

Dexter Stuffins

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Ribeiro

Alfonso Spears

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    When does Silver Spoons Season 6 come out?
    Silver Spoons ended after Season 5.
    Is Silver Spoons renewed or cancelled?
    Silver Spoons has ended. Its final season has already aired and no further seasons are expected.
    How many seasons of Silver Spoons are there?
    Silver Spoons has aired 5 seasons so far.
    How many episodes of Silver Spoons are there?
    There are 116 episodes of Silver Spoons across 5 seasons.
    Who created Silver Spoons?
    Silver Spoons was created by Ben Starr.
    Where can I watch Silver Spoons?
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    What is Silver Spoons's IMDb rating?
    Silver Spoons holds an IMDb rating of 6.2/10 from 5,339 votes.