Uncle Buck

2016 • ABC

4.6

1.09K reviews

TV-14

Rating

Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Pilot

6/14/16

Desperate for a babysitter, Will and Alexis Russell ask Will's brother Buck to watch their three children while they are away on a business trip. Worried about Buck's parenting skills, Will and Alexis return early and instead of coming home to chaos, they end up keeping Buck on as their Manny.

2 Li'l Scarface

6/14/16

When Maizy has trouble selling Girl Scout cookies, Alexis and Will use different parenting strategies to help. As her parents become lost in their own aproaches, Buck steps in and uses street knowledge to help spike Maizy's sales.

3 Ride Along

6/21/16

When Alexis feels that a laid-back Buck is not prepared for his first full day of caring for the children, she decides to show him the ropes. Almost immediately, Alexis' organized, by-the-book style clashes with Buck's shortcuts.

4 Brothers

6/21/16

Looking to impress a highly-regarded architect at his firm, Will hosts a cocktail party that goes awry when Buck hijacks it.

5 Going to Jail Party

6/28/16

Miles emulates Buck at school and at home, and gets into trouble for it. A mature Tia helps Buck realize that, now he's their caretaker, he needs to act like a better role model.

6 I Got This

6/28/16

A proud Buck brags to his buddies at the bar that he has the nanny gig mastered, but soon a perfect storm of childcare problems has Buck doubting himself.

7 The Interrogation

7/6/16

Will and Alexis come home from the movies to find their house in disarray. In an effort to find out what happened, they interrogate Uncle Buck and each kid individually.

8 Block Party

7/6/16

After Tia shows the family an unflattering documentary of the Southside of Chicago where Buck grew up, he recommends taking the family to the annual block party in his old neighborhood.

About this show

Inspired by the 1989 film featuring John Candy, the comedy series "Uncle Buck" stars Mike Epps as Buck Russell, an irresponsible slacker who is tasked with babysitting his brother's teenage daughter and her younger brother and sister. Out of a job and in need of a place to stay, Buck jumps at the opportunity to become the nanny to his nieces and nephew. Not used to dealing with kids, the fun-loving Buck must get his act together as he grows accustomed to his newfound responsibility. "Uncle Buck" costars Nia Long, James Lesure, Iman Benson, Aalyrah Caldwell and Sayeed Shahidi.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

1.09K reviews

Taberthy Spence

June 25, 2016

Me too 👶 👧 I 😍 it so far so good at the moment but I'm not gonna be able to make it 👆 for it.

6 people found this review helpful

Amalia Agins

July 10, 2016

Mike Epps is hilarious. I like the way real world issues are incorporated into the show. Nice to see Nia Long. The cast overall work great together. I look forward to future episodes.

Tonya Collins

September 20, 2016

Pilot and the scarface episode's very funny. The show was a hit. ABC was wrong to cut. It was family funny and Mike Epps is hilarious

9 people found this review helpful

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