TV Guide: Hope & Faith

The Dolly Mama

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Fri Dec 18 10:30 AM WE Faith wants to baby-sit for the kids for a weekend, but first, Hope makes her “practice” for parenthood by taking care of an “e-baby” (a high-tech doll). Meanwhile, it's Hayley's first day of high school, and Sydney isn't at all thrilled about that. Henry: Stark Sands.

Stand by Your Mandi

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 18 10:00 AM WE Hope and Faith's dad (Robert Wagner) feels obligated to marry his pregnant ex-girlfriend (Jenny McCarthy). But he'd rather be with her gynecologist (Jaclyn Smith). Meanwhile, Charley's in Faith's doghouse because he doesn't want another child.

Natal Attraction

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Thu Dec 17 10:30 AM WE Part 1 of two. Robert Wagner returns as Hope and Faith's dad, Jack, and Jaclyn Smith guest stars as his new romantic interest, Anne, who happens to be the sisters' gynecologist. Another of Anne's patients is Mandi (Jenny McCarthy), Jack's former girlfriend. The former couple haven't seen each other in nine months, and Mandi has a surprise for him when they meet in Anne's office. Stratus: Douglas Dolphin.

Faith Scare-field

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 17 10:00 AM WE Hope and Faith are the only guests at a ghoulish Halloween party thrown by a neighbor (Carol Kane); Justin and Charley are gung-ho about trick-or-treating, while Sydney and Hayley stay home.

Hold the Phone

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Wed Dec 16 10:30 AM WE Charley hires Faith to be his receptionist (under some duress from Hope). Meanwhile, the faculty at Hayley's school wants to skip her from seventh grade to high school. One of the reasons is that they're tired of her correcting their grammar. Mrs. Olsen: Peggy Pope.

Queer as Hope

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 16 10:00 AM WE Hope's campaigning for Mother of the Year at school again, and Faith is apartment hunting with a bad credit rating. These two developments turn out to be related. Meanwhile, Hayley, an animal-rights advocate, is aghast at the prospect of dissecting.

Mall in the Family

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 10:30 AM WE After being thrown out of the house, Faith quickly finds new digs---a bedroom display at the Glen Falls Mall. Not for long, of course, as Faith's brand of lunacy soon returns to the Fairfield household.

Escape from Albuquerque

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 15 10:00 AM WE Faith returns from India (actually, it was New Mexico) as flaky as ever, no matter how hard she tries not to be, and Charley's patience is wearing very thin. Megan Fox replaces Nicole Paggi as Hope and Charley's elder daughter, Sydney.

Daytime Emmys

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 14 10:00 AM WE Part 1 of two. Faith's a surprise Daytime Emmy nominee, so all the Fairfields head to New York City for a reunion with Faith's former colleagues from "The Sacred and the Sinful." Don't think for a minute that they're her friends, especially the nasty and spiteful producer (Susan Flannery). Other guests include Eric Braeden ("The Young and the Restless"); Ian Buchanan ("Port Charles"); and, from star Kelly Ripa's old soap, "All My Children," Susan Lucci, Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison.

Trade Show

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Fri Dec 11 10:30 AM WE Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison (“All My Children”) and Dominic Chianese (“The Sopranos”) guest star on an episode in which Faith gets back into show business, sort of---as a scantily clad jackhammer demonstrator at a trade show. Meanwhile, Sydney gets Haley to write a science paper for her.

Jack's Back

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 11 10:00 AM WE Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis and Jenny McCarthy guest star in an episode in which Hope and Faith's dad (Wagner) and Faith's best friend, Mandi (McCarthy), share a May-December romance. This doesn't sit well at all with Hope or Faith, so Faith sets out to teach Mandi a lesson by hitting on her dad (Curtis).

Faith's Husband

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 10:30 AM WE It turns out that Faith is married---to a man (Tom Arnold) who lives in a trailer whom she hasn't seen in 15 years. It seems he never filed divorce papers, but now he wants to untie the knot. Not so fast, says Faith. She wants an apology before she'll sign anything. Attorney: James H. Doerr.

Hope Gets a Job

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 10 10:00 AM WE Hope gets a job as a columnist for the local newspaper, and Faith wrangles one, too, but they're not exactly “cubbie buddies”: Faith is driving Hope crazy. Meanwhile, Charley and the kids must take take up the slack at home. Their first project: making pecan sandies.

Faith's Maid

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Wed Dec 9 10:30 AM WE Faith's former maid (Marcia Jean Kurtz) shows up and Faith is glad to see her; everyone else has a maid they don't want. Meanwhile, Charley wants to join a “fancy schmancy” country club, and Hope, Faith and Charley do end up there. Magda: Miranda Jokovic.

Jury Duty

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 9 10:00 AM WE Hope has jury duty, and that means disorder in the court, courtesy of Faith, who won't take her rejection as a juror lying down. And before the verdict is in, her soap-opera experience will come in handy.

Prom and Circumstance

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 10:30 AM WE Hope and Faith “date” two doofuses from their high-school class because they have promised to repair Charley's '67 Stingray before he can find out that they (and Sydney, who was driving it) have damaged it. Ronnie Fuller: Rob Campbell. Donnie Fuller: Jason Butler Harner. Sydney: Nicole Paggi.

Charley's Baseball

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 8 10:00 AM WE Hope and Faith crash a baseball locker room to get the autograph of pitcher Roger Clemens (who has a cameo, as does New York Yankees coach Willie Randolph). The reason why they're doing it involves a misdeed by Justin. Meanwhile, Hayley handcuffs herself to her tree house. It seems that the tree in which it's situated has died, and Charley must cut it down. But Hayley won't hear of it.

Mismatch

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 10:30 AM WE Charley's friend Kenny (Kevin Sorbo), who works for Doctors Without Borders in Djibouti, arrives for a visit and promptly falls in love with Faith. This is surprising to everyone and upsetting to Hayley, who has a crush on him. As for Hayley's boyfriend, Edwin (Brett Murphy), he's just crushed.

The Diner Show

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 7 10:00 AM WE Kathie Lee Gifford guest stars as a diner waitress who, after a typically zany plot twist, becomes a colleague of Hope and Faith (they couldn't pay their bill). The reason they're in the diner in the first place: Faith wants to impress a director who's filming on location and eats there every night. Back at home, meanwhile, Charley crashes a party, only he doesn't know it, thanks to Sydney and Hayley's quick guest-disappearing act.