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An American sitcom that aired on NBC from [[The Nineties|1991 to 1993]], about a family, (named [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|The Torkelsons]],) living in Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. Deeply in debt after divorcing her husband, Millicent takes on a boarder to help make ends meet. The show was given a [[Retool]] for the second season, having the family move to Seattle so Millicent could work as a live-in nanny, with the show's name being changed to ''[[New Season, New Name|Almost Home]]''.
=== ''[[The Torkelsons]]'' and ''[[Almost Home]]'' contain examples of the following tropes ===
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* [[Global Ignorance]]: In the first episode of ''Almost Home'', Molly mistakenly states that the Torkelsons are from Arkansas, only to be corrected by Gregory, leading to a [[Shout Out]].
* [[The Man in The Moon]]: Dorothy Jane often sits outside her window talking about her various concerns with "The Man In The Moon" as a means of thinking out loud (the fact that it also served to keep the audience updated on what she was thinking was a nice bonus).
* [[New Season, New Name]]: As a result of the [[Retool]] that also had the family ([[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|sans two of the kids]]) moving to Seattle, Washington.
* [[Shout Out]]: What's the difference between Arkansas and Oklahoma? [[Oklahoma|One's a musical.]]
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