television movie featured: Richard Deacon as Fred Rutherford, the Beaver's new employer reprising his role as Ward Cleaver's co-worker in the original series Ed Begley Jr. as Hubert "Whitey" Whitney, the Beaver's childhood friend in the original series, Whitey was played by Stanley Fafara Corey Feldman as Corey Cleaver, the Beaver's older son in the new series, this character became Ward "Kip" Cleaver II, played by Kipp Marcus Joanna Gleason as Kimberly, the soon to be ex-wife of the Beaver Tiger Fafara as Tooey Brown, Wally's childhood friend credited as Luke Fafara, reprising his role from the original series Diane Brewster as Miss Canfield, Beaver's second-grade teacher, now the principal of Grant Avenue School It was dedicated in memory of Hugh Beaumont. The original airing of the film easily won its Saturday night timeslot, and ranked 19th out of 66 programs airing that week, bringing in an 18.9 rating and a 33 share. The first season, which aired on The Disney Channel, used the television movie’s title, Still the Beaver, as the series title. When the series moved to TBS for season two, the television movie was repackaged into four 30-minute "pilot" episodes as part of the renamed The New Leave It to Beaver series. These were referred to as "special episodes" in an added voice-over by Barbara Billingsley and were known as: "Still the Beaver: Part I" "Still the Beaver: Part II" "Still the Beaver: Part III" "Still the Beaver: Part IV" Season 1: 1984–85 This season aired on The Disney Channel as Still the Beaver. The season was split into two halves, and could be considered as two separate seasons. Most of the episodes during the second half of the season, which begins with "Escape from the Salt Mines", aired during the summer and fall of 1985, which is technically within the span of the 198586 TV season. The episode "Dear Pen Pal II" was produced to be The Disney Channel's series finale and features only clips from Season One, but did not actually air until the third season on TBS. The New Leave It to Beaver Season 2: 1986–87 From this season onward, the show aired on TBS as The New Leave It to Beaver. Season 3: 1987–88 Season 4: 1988–89 Awards and nominations See also List of television series revivals References External links (television movie) 1980s American sitcoms 1984 American television series debuts 1989 American television