1–2) Neva Patterson as Emily Calder-Young, Katherine's mother (seasons 2–3) The Four Tops as themselves (seasons 4, 5 and 6) Tiffany Brissette as Kathy (season 2) Alison Sweeney as Beth ("The Uh-Oh Feeling", season 2) Mayim Bialik as Frieda (seasons 5–6) Frank Gifford as himself (season 2) Diahann Carroll as herself (season 2) Jack Elam as Dusty ("How the West Was Once", season 3) Alan Autry as Jack ("How the West Was Once", season 3) Norman Fell as Charlie ("Almost Home", season 3) Mac Davis as "Uncle" Jake Tyler ("Almost Home", season 3) Faith Ford as Terry Berman ("Almost Home", season 3) Patrick Ewing as himself ("One More Shot", season 3) John Thompson as himself ("One More Shot", season 3) Harold Sylvester as Mr. Moorepark ("McGruff", season 4) Julia Migenes as herself ("Leave it to Diva", season 4) Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf ("Webtrek", season 6) Episodes Backdoor pilot The season three episode "Almost Home" (February 21, 1986) served as a backdoor pilot for a proposed spinoff of Webster. In it, Webster flies out to visit "Uncle" Jake Tyler (country music star Mac Davis), a former college classmate of George Papadapolis and Travis Long and country music recording artist who was now caring for several foster children. Jake's background was promptly explained, in which the death of his young son and subsequent divorce from his wife prompted him to start working in a foster home. During Webster's stay with him, the young mother of one of Jake's foster sons (Faith Ford) arrives to regain custody of her child, and Jake endures a lot of pain as a result of his emotional attachment to the boy. The foster children, who ranged from preschool age to teenage, were played by Edan Gross, Billy Lombardo (also known for starring in the Punky Brewster backdoor pilot "Fenster Hall" in 1985), Shannon and Robin Lynch, Larry O. Williams, Jr. (who had previously guest starred as different characters on Webster, both in the first season and earlier in the third), and Ben Ryan Ganger. There were also appearances by Norman Fell and Allyn Ann McLerie, who could have been part of the spinoff cast as well if the concept had made it to series. Nielsen ratings 1983–84: #26 (17.47 rating) 1984–85: #22 (17.46 rating) 1985–86: #41 (15.30 rating) 1986–87: #46 (13.80 rating) U.S. syndication In addition to its continuation as a weekly series in syndication for