History Series / OutOfThisWorld

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Short Version: That show you vaguely remember about the alien girl who could freeze time.

Long Version: Evie Garland (Creator/MaureenFlannigan), the main character, is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien]], which gives her a variety of special powers, which get her in and out of trouble on this syndicated half-hour SitCom which ran from 1987 to 1991. She lives with her human mother, Donna Pescow (Creator/DonnaGarland), and only communicates with her Anterian alien father Troy via a crystal on her desk (voiced by Creator/BurtReynolds).

All Anterians have a variety of powers, including the ability to "Gleep", or to will simple, non-mechanical objects into existence. As Evie is only half-Anterian, her powers are less refined than a full-blooded Anterian. Evie's main power is the ability to freeze and unfreeze time by placing her fingers or palms together, respectively. Later in the show, on her sixteenth birthday, she gets the ability to teleport.

Donna and Evie must keep her powers a secret from various [[SecretChaser nosy side-characters]], which include the oblivious Mayor Kyle Applegate (Creator/DougMcClure), the dim-witted Buzz Belmondo, and Evie's high school sweetheart Chris Fuller (Creator/SteveBurton). Donna's brother, Beano (Creator/JoeAlaskey), is also a frequently recurring guest, and the only other character to know Evie's secret.

During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', talk shows, court shows, and news magazines. ''Out of this World'' was the only one of the package to last four seasons, airing mainly on weekends.

Not to be confused with Creator/EricChahi's legendary French side-scrolling adventure game masterpiece, also known as ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''. Also not to be confused with Creator/TheJamHandyOrganization's surreal short film about bread, which would eventually be riffed on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.''
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!!''Out of this World'' contains examples of:
* AbsurdPhobia: Donna has a fear of gelatin.
-->"I don't like the way it wiggles around. It's just not right."
* AlienAmongUs: Evie must keep her half-Anterian powers a secret from the rest of the planet and since she was born and raised on Earth, she sometimes explains concepts to her alien dad.
* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Evie goes to therapy and brings her mom and dad, or at least, the glowing crystal through which her alien dad communicates. The therapist is very much a muggle [[SubvertedTrope but believes them]] and they appeal to doctor/patient confidentiality to keep their secret safe.
* AndStarring: Maureen Flannigan is listed as "and introducing Maureen Flannigan as Evie."
* {{Animorphism}}: In one episode, Uncle Beano is accidentally gleeped into a dog.
* BrokenAesop:
** In one episode Evie uses her powers to pass her driving test, with the result that she gets a license despite not being able to parallel park. This is, obviously, a reprehensible thing, and consequentially, she gets in a car accident the very first time she takes the car out. Everything's reasonable so far, except for the fact that the tester was being a jerk and demanded she park in a space ''visibly smaller than the car''. So the moral is "[[FantasticAesop It's not fair to use your superpowers]] to succeed at something that would be physically impossible to do without them."
** "I Want My Evie TV": Evie's recently-arrived Uncle Mick tries to persuade her to use her powers for personal gain. After being repeatedly cautioned about using her powers for personal gain, she uses her powers to make a music video for a school project. She is punished by her mom, for using her powers for personal gain. So far so good, right? In the end, her video gets entered in a contest and she wins $500. ''And that's the end of the episode''. That's it. No confession, no moment of revelation. No moral epiphany. Turns out that using her powers for personal gain ''just works with no negative consequences''.
* CatchPhrase: Donna: "[[FullNameUltimatum Evie Ethel Garland!]]"
* CharacterAsHimself: Evie's father, Troy, is an alien who only "appeared" as a disembodied voice from a communication device. He was is credited "as Himself" and actually voiced by Creator/BurtReynolds.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Uncle Beano vanished without explanation during the fourth season. Happened to a few other minor characters as well.
* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Once Beano was [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome gone]], Evie suddenly had a new uncle, Mick, who had never been mentioned before.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Evie Garland is a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien]] on her father's side and possesses the ability to freeze time. Later in the show, on her sixteenth birthday, she gets the ability to teleport.
* DrivingTest: One episode revolves around Evie trying to get her driver's license; she cheats via her powers when it comes to parallel parking, and subsequently has an accident and knocks the bumper off the car when she tries to parallel park without using her powers.
* DropInCharacter: The Garland household apparently has an open-door policy for neighbors, family members, and local government officials.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Troy Garland, alien visitor from Antareus, has the same middle name as his daughter: Ethel. (Though this may just be a riff on Donna's use of the FullNameUltimatum as a CatchPhrase)
* EvilTwin: Evie splits herself in order to attend a party while also writing a speech about the evils of school uniforms (Specifically, bright yellow dresses with blue baseball caps, and breeches for the boys). Unsurprisingly, the process results in a serious Evie and a reckless Evie. The serious Evie is portrayed as the "real" one, at least until Serious-Evie tries to give her speech and discovers that she's now ''in favor'' of the dress code. Troy attributes their eventual recombination to ThePowerOfLove.
* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: One of the earliest [=EEGs=] was Evie Garland from this 80s SitCom, who derived her extraordinary powers from her [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien heritage]]. All Anterians have a variety of powers, including the ability to "Gleep", or to will simple, non-mechanical objects into existence. As Evie is only half-Anterian, her powers are less refined than a full-blooded Anterian. Evie's main power is the ability to freeze and unfreeze time by placing her fingers or palms together, respectively. Later in the show, on her sixteenth birthday, she gets the ability to teleport.
* FantasticAesop: Commonly taught "Don't use your special powers to do X" aesops. Should you ever gain the ability to stop time, don't use it for personal gain, or directly to make other people happy. (Using powers to triage a friend's problem is sometimes okay, but just magicking your best friend a cute date is right out.)
* FullNameUltimatum: Donna went "Evie Ethel Garland!" a lot -– often enough for the show to have episodes where Evie turned it back on her parents. And then there was a case where Chris was present and learned her middle name this way and [[EmbarrassingMiddleName couldn't help but laugh]].
%%* FunctionalMagic: This series uses Rule Magic for gleeping and Inherent Gifts for Evie's other powers.
* GenderBender: Evie turned herself into "Stevie" in one episode to provide a date for her chronically single best friend. Yes, this was real.
* GoldenSnitch: In one episode, Evie's team sweeps the entire game, netting 900 points. The final question is worth 1000. Surprisingly, they win anyway.
* GoodLuckGesture: The opening credits show Dad crossing his fingers on both hands, standing near Maternity Ward when Evie is born.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The series revolves around Evie Ethel Garland, a young girl who discovers on her thirteenth birthday that [[HumanMomNonhumanDad her father is an alien]] named Troy, from the planet Antareus, who [[InterspeciesRomance married her mother]] and "merged lifeforms" to create Evie. Evie's half-alien heritage gives her [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl superhuman abilities]].
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Donna (Mom) and Troy (Dad); Troy is apparently a HumanAlien, though the only time he actually appears "in person", he's a somewhat abstract ghostly form. For the rest of the series, he only "appears" by way of a communication cube, which the other characters often treat as though it actually physically ''is'' Troy.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Donna (Human) and Troy (Antarian)]], Troy is apparently a HumanAlien, though the only time he actually appears "in person", he's a somewhat abstract ghostly form. For the rest of the series, he only "appears" by way of a communication cube, which the other characters often treat as though it actually physically ''is'' Troy.
* TheJoyOfX: '''Bring Me the X of Y''' - after ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'' (1974). "Bring me the Head of Donna Garland"
* LeftHanging: In the finale, Donna and Troy swap places, and she is still stranded on Anterias (and he is still stranded on Earth) at the end. We never find out how they switch back because the series was canceled.
%%* LiteralMinded: Chris
* MindOverManners: Evie needed to borrow an ESP power to help with a fundraiser. Because she is a bit young, she has a bit of trouble not commenting on the private thoughts of others, and later needed to procure a magician to lend PlausibleDeniability to her trick.
* NewSuperPower: Evie will occasionally develop alterations to her powers or random new superpowers due to "glitches".
* NoFourthWall: Evie will frequently freeze time to share an aside with another character, or even the audience itself.
%%* NosyNeighbor
* ObsessedWithFood It's a comedy, and every single scene with Beano in it, at least in Season 1 is, in some way, about his weight and how much he loves to eat. It's noticeably rare to hear him utter a line that's not about food.
* OlderAlterEgo: Evie once turned herself into an adult, becoming "Evie's older cousin Yvette," to attract a boy. Attempts to reverse it rendered her seven years old.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: In the episode "Baby Talk", Evie gets a babysitting job and her mom helps her prepare. One of the things she does is carry Evie over her shoulder to demonstrate the fireman's carry, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNnTSEUVqVw here (at 3:36)]]
* PersonalGainHurts: When Evie used her powers to benefit herself (such as stopping time so she could ace a test in school), her alien father would "ground" her by preventing them from working for a while afterwards.
* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: In the first episode, Evie is introduced to her powers on her 13th birthday.
%%* RealityWarper
%%* SecretKeeper: Donna and Beano.
* ShoutOut: Evie's mother is named Donna and her father is named Troy. One of the writers must have been a ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'' fan because the main character is Donna Troy.
%%* StupidBoss: Mayor Kyle Applegate.
* SuicideAsComedy: On an episode, dimwit Chris Fuller was assigned the Teen Help telephone line.
-->''Jump!'' [[note]] Chris explains to the nonplussed Evie that the caller wanted to know who was the current [[Music/VanHalen top of the charts...]] [[/note]]
* TemptingFate: In "Come Fly with Evie", Evie tells her mom they're not really flying. Cut to outside with the house actually flying.
* ThreeTwoOne: When the uncle has some LovePotion in the form of cologne on, and is about to take a swim, the daughter and mother count down for when the instant harem will abandon him.
* TimeStandsStill: Evie could freeze time by touching her index fingers together, and release any individual person from the spell by touching him/her. Pressing her palms together would cancel the effect. It was her most-used trick.
* TouchedByVorlons: On several occasions, Donna Garland had some of Evie's or Troy's powers transferred to her, which she had difficulty controlling.
* TwoTimerDate: Evie had a date with Chris on the same night she was supposed to help her mother, Donna, with housework. Since Evie is a half-alien with superpowers, she was able to freeze time repeatedly to facilitate dashing between the two obligations. This led to Donna figuring out the ruse, as she is aware of Evie's powers, and Evie mistakenly thinking she had frozen Chris in time, when in actuality he was voguing--a new craze at the time.
* TheUnReveal:
** In the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Earth", an Antarean comes to visit Donna and Evie, wearing a full-body concealing spacesuit. After dragging the suspense out for a bit, he removes his helmet -- and it's not Troy, but his father, Evie's grandfather.
** Troy finally makes a trip to Earth in the Finale - where a teleport glitch renders him ''transparent''.
* UselessSuperpowers: Evie's almost unbounded "Gleeping" power manages to fail at crucial plot points in pretty much every episode. Evie has powers that basically amount to "Do Anything", but to keep her from solving the problem of the week easily, it will do something other than what she wants it to as if it were a JerkassGenie and not her own power, and then not let her reverse it until certain requirements (or a certain point in the episode) have been met. This gets worse as the show goes on. At first her only power was freezing time for everyone but her, which was very useful, but not a panacea for reasons that made sense. Her powers became very fond of backfiring once she got to RealityWarper class.
* TheVoice: Evie's alien dad, Troy of Anterias, communicates with her from another planet via a glowing cube in her room (dubbed by Creator/BurtReynolds).
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: On her 16th birthday, Evie is told by her father Troy that she can gain a new power from ten different choices. One of the choices is the ability to change shoes quickly. Troy admits "We don't get a lot of requests for that one..."
* WildTeenParty: Evie use her powers to clean it up. Then, when her mom is back, the effects stop and the home is messy again in front of the mother.
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During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by the ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and talk shows, court shows, and news magazines. ''Out of this World'' was the only one of the package to last four seasons, airing mainly on weekends.

During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by the ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo, or barring that, were forced to compete with either talk shows, such as ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', court shows, such as ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', or news magazines, such as ''Series/EntertainmentTonight''.. ''Out of this World'' was the only one of the package to last four seasons, airing mainly on weekends.

During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by the ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo. ''Out of this World'' was the only one of the package to last four seasons, airing mainly on weekends.

* UselessSuperpowers: Evie's practically unbounded "Gleeping" power is reliably unreliable at crucial plot moments in practically every episode.

* LiteralMinded: Chris

* NosyNeighbor
* ObsessedWithFood Beano. That's... pretty much his character. In its entirety.

* RealityWarper
* SecretKeeper: Donna and Beano.
* ShoutOut: Evie's mother was named Donna and her father was named Troy. One of the writers must have been a ComicBook/WonderGirl fan.
* SitCom
* StupidBoss: Mayor Kyle Applegate.
* TemptingFate In "Come Fly with Evie", Evie tells her mom they're not really flying. Cut to outside with the house actually flying.
* TimeStandsStill[=/=]TeleportersAndTransporters: Evie's powers.

Long Version: Evie Garland, the main character, is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien]], which gives her a variety of special powers, which get her in and out of trouble on this syndicated half-hour SitCom which ran from 1987 to 1991. She lives with her human mother Donna, and only communicates with her Anterian alien father Troy via a crystal on her desk (voiced by Burt Reynolds).

Donna and Evie must keep her powers a secret from various [[SecretChaser nosy side-characters]], which include the oblivious Mayor Kyle Applegate, the dim-witted Buzz Belmondo, and Evie's high school sweetheart Chris Fuller. Donna's brother [[Creator/JoeAlaskey Beano]] is also a frequently recurring guest, and the only other character to know Evie's secret.

* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: One of the earliest [=EEGs=] was Evie Garland from this 80s SitCom, who derived her extraordinary powers from her [[HalfHumanHybrid half-alien heritage]].
* FantasticAesop
* FantasticComedy
* FunctionalMagic: Gleeping restrictions
* GenderBender: With a heady LesYay chaser. Evie turned herself into "Stevie" in one episode to provide a date for her chronically single best friend. Yes, this was real.
* HalfHourComedy
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: Resulting in a HalfHumanHybrid.

The show is extremely similar in format to the later ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' and probably second only to ''Series/SmallWonder'' in the "Oh, '''that's''' what that show was called!" hall of fame.

The show had a very convoluted production and broadcast history. During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. Besides ''Out of this World'', the series included ''Marblehead Manor'', which starred Paxton Whitehead as long suffering butler Albert Dudley and revolved around his interactions with the members of the staff of the titular mansion as well as the mansion's owners; ''She's the Sheriff'', a comeback vehicle for Suzanne Somers which cast her as Hildy Granger, a widow who inherits her late husband's position as county sheriff, much to the chagrin of her deputy, Max Rubin (George Wyner), who both resented having a woman in the position and actually wanted the job for himself; an adaptation of ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' starring Harry Morgan; and a revival of the short lived NBC series ''We Got It Made'', which starred Teri Copley as Mickey Mackenzie, an attractive 20-something who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan and is immediately hired by two bachelors who share a two-bedroom apartment and are very taken by her beauty--conservative attorney David Tucker (originally Matt [=McCoy=], replaced by John Hillner for the revival) and goofy, idealistic salesman Jay Bostwick (Tom Villard), much to the initial chagrin of their respective girlfriends, [[MsFanservice beautiful]] attorney Claudia Jones ([[Series/{{Hunter}} Stepfanie Kramer]]) and [[HollywoodHomely less attractive]] kindergarten teacher Beth Sorenson (Bonnie Urseth), who were not initially amused by the idea of an attractive housekeeper living with them. Both girlfriends were written out of the revival).

The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by the ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo, or barring that, were forced to compete with either talk shows, such as ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', court shows, such as ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', or news magazines, such as ''Series/EntertainmentTonight''. ''Marblehead Manor'', ''We Got It Made'', and ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' were all cancelled at the end of their inaugural seasons, with ''She's the Sheriff'' lasting one more season in weekend syndication before its cancellation. ''Out of this World'', of course, ran for three additional seasons, airing mainly on weekends, and was the most successful of the five series.

Not to be confused with Eric Chahi's legendary French side-scrolling adventure game masterpiece, also known as ''VideoGame/AnotherWorld''. Also not to be confused with Creator/TheJamHandyOrganization's surreal short film about bread, which would eventually be riffed on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.''

* EvilTwin: Evie splits herself in order to attend a party while also writing a speech about the evils of school uniforms (Specifically, bright yellow dresses with blue baseball caps, and breeches for the boys). Unsurprisingly, the process results in a serious Evie and a reckless Evie. The serious Evie is portrayed as the "real" one, at least until Serious-Evie tries to give her speech and discovers that she's now ''in favor'' of the dress code. Troy attributes their eventual recombination to ThePowerOfLove, which is kind of {{Squick}}worthy if you think too hard about it.

* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Evie Garland

The package was aimed at attracting viewers to NBC stations in the half-hour preceding prime time (8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zone, 7:00 p.m. elsewhere), and was conceived as a result of the FCC's loosening of the Prime Time Access Rule, legislation passed in 1971 that required networks to turn over the 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) time slot to local stations to program local or syndicated content; and the relaxation of the Financial Interest and Syndication Rules, which had prevented networks from producing content from their own syndication units to fill the void. Unfortunately, however, the experiment was largely a failure, with every program being regularly pummeled in the ratings by the ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo, or barring that, were forced to compete with either talk shows, such as ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', court shows, such as ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', or news magazines, such as ''Series/EntertainmentTonight''. ''Marblehead Manor'', ''We Got It Made'', and ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' were all cancelled at the end of their inaugural seasons, with ''She's the Sheriff'' lasting one more season in weekend syndication before its cancellation. ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', of course, ran for three additional seasons, airing mainly on weekends, and was the most successful of the five series.

The show had a very convoluted production and broadcast history. During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. Besides ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', the series included ''Marblehead Manor'', which starred Paxton Whitehead as long suffering butler Albert Dudley and revolved around his interactions with the members of the staff of the titular mansion as well as the mansion's owners; ''She's the Sheriff'', a comeback vehicle for Suzanne Somers which cast her as Hildy Granger, a widow who inherits her late husband's position as county sheriff, much to the chagrin of her deputy, Max Rubin (George Wyner), who both resented having a woman in the position and actually wanted the job for himself; an adaptation of ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' starring Harry Morgan; and a revival of the short lived NBC series ''We Got It Made'', which starred Teri Copley as Mickey Mackenzie, an attractive 20-something who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan and is immediately hired by two bachelors who share a two-bedroom apartment and are very taken by her beauty--conservative attorney David Tucker (originally Matt [=McCoy=], replaced by John Hillner for the revival) and goofy, idealistic salesman Jay Bostwick (Tom Villard), much to the initial chagrin of their respective girlfriends, [[MsFanservice beautiful]] attorney Claudia Jones ([[Series/{{Hunter}} Stepfanie Kramer]]) and [[HollywoodHomely less attractive]] kindergarten teacher Beth Sorenson (Bonnie Urseth), who were not initially amused by the idea of an attractive housekeeper living with them. Both girlfriends were written out of the revival).

!!Tropes:

* TheVoice: Troy of Anterias.

* TheDitz: Buzz
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday

* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Alien Girl]]

* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: Once Beano was gone, Evie suddenly had a new uncle, Mick, who had never been mentioned before.

The show had a very convoluted production and broadcast history. During the first season, it initially aired as part of "Prime Time Begins at 7:30", a syndication package created by Creator/{{NBC}} in the fall of 1987, which consisted of five sitcoms that each aired once a week, and were produced and distributed by various production companies and distributors contracted by NBC. Besides ''Series/OutOfThisWorld'', the series included ''Marblehead Manor'', which starred Paxton Whitehead as long suffering butler Albert Dudley and revolved around his interactions with the members of the staff of the titular mansion as well as the mansion's owners; ''She's the Sheriff'', a comeback vehicle for Suzanne Somers which cast her as Hildy Granger, a widow who inherits her late husband's position as county sheriff, much to the chagrin of her deputy, Max Rubin (George Wyner), who both resented having a woman in the position and actually wanted the job for himself; an adaptation of ''Theatre/YouCantTakeItWithYou'' starring Harry Morgan; and a revival of the short lived NBC series ''We Got It Made'', which starred Teri Copley as Mickey Mackenzie, an attractive 20-something who applies for a housekeeping job in Manhattan and is immediately hired by two bachelors who share a two-bedroom apartment and are very taken by her beauty--conservative attorney David Tucker (originally Matt [=McCoy=], replaced by John Hillner for the revival) and goofy, idealistic salesman Jay Bostwick (Tom Villard), much to the initial chagrin of their respective girlfriends (both of whom were written out of the revival).