Phenom
Phenom is a 1993 family sitcom about a tennis wunderkind: fifteen-year-old Angela Doolan, who has the potential to be a sports superstar but worries about losing her normality and severing her family ties. Angela's father has deserted the family to rediscover his youth and dally with younger women, leaving her mother Dianne to raise her children (including older son Brian and youngest daughter Mary Margaret) and trying to keep a lid on her bitterness. Added to the fray is Angela's obsessive tennis coach Lou, who is determined to bring out the champion in Angela regardless of the cost to her growth as a person. Starring: Angela Goethals as Angela Doolan; Judith Light as Dianne Doolan; Ashley Johnson as Mary Margaret Doolan; Todd Louiso as Brian Doolan; William Devane as Lou Del La Rosa; Sara Rue as Monica; Jennifer Lien as Roanne; Beverly Mitchell as Clara; and Debra Jo Rupp as Sister Mary Incarnata.
Genre: Comedy, Family
