Due to the popularity of the Nick Moore character, three versions of a
spin-off were produced. In the first incarnation titled
Taking It Home, Nick returns to
Detroit to live with his sister and grandfather (portrayed by
Herschel Bernardi). The second version features Nick working in a day care center for
juvenile delinquents. In the final version, Nick, his sister (
Kristine Sutherland) and her son (John Daman) live together in an
East Village apartment with Nick working in a bookstore.
The Art of Being Nick aired on August 27, 1987. Despite garnering solid ratings, NBC didn't pick the series up reportedly due to the network's reluctance to lose the popular Nick character from
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