# One World (TV series)

One World is an American television teen sitcom that aired on the TNBC Saturday morning lineup from September 12, 1998 to January 6, 2001 on NBC. The series was created by Robert Tarlow and executive produced by Peter Engel.
The series was classified as educational under the Children's Television Act, due to its focus on morals and relationships, alongside other NBC shows including Hang Time and Saved by the Bell. However, along with other educational programming at the time, the show had limited popularity with teenagers, and was rarely viewed by elementary school aged children.

## Production

Each episode of the series cost $400,000.

## Premise

The series centered on the Blakes, a family mostly made up of six racially diverse foster teenagers living under one roof under the care of parents Dave, a former professional baseball player and Karen, a sculptor.

## Cast

* Bryan Kirkwood as Ben Blake
* Arroyn Lloyd as Jane Blake
* Harvey Silver as Neal Smith
* Alisa Reyes as Marci Blake
* Michelle Krusiec as Sui Blake
* Brandon Baker as Cray Blake
* Michael Toland as Dave Blake
* Elizabeth Morehead as Karen Blake

## Episodes
### Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12) | December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12) |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | September 11, 1999 (1999-09-11) | January 1, 2000 (2000-01-01) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23) | January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06) |

### Season 1 (1998)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Hurricane Jane" | Chuck Vinson | Robert Tarlow | September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12) |
| 2 | 2 | "What's In a Name?" | Chuck Vinson | Robert Tarlow | September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19) |
| 3 | 3 | "Marci's Job" | Chuck Vinson | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | September 26, 1998 (1998-09-26) |
| 4 | 4 | "The Gift" | Chuck Vinson | Robert Bradley & Michael Grodner | October 3, 1998 (1998-10-03) |
| 5 | 5 | "Community Service" | Chuck Vinson | Kandace Yvette Williams | October 10, 1998 (1998-10-10) |
| 6 | 6 | "The 12 Steps to Ben" | Chuck Vinson | Larry Spencer & Robert Tarlow | October 17, 1998 (1998-10-17) |
| 7 | 7 | "Runaround Sui" | Chuck Vinson | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | October 24, 1998 (1998-10-24) |
| 8 | 8 | "Crushes, Lies & Zuckerman" | Chuck Vinson | Larry Spencer | October 31, 1998 (1998-10-31) |
| 9 | 9 | "Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" | Chuck Vinson | Tod Himmel | November 14, 1998 (1998-11-14) |
| 10 | 10 | "Ben's Brother" | Chuck Vinson | Kandace Yvette Williams | November 21, 1998 (1998-11-21) |
| 11 | 11 | "The Thanksgiving Show" | Chuck Vinson | Pamela Pettler | November 28, 1998 (1998-11-28) |
| 12 | 12 | "The One Where Sui & Alex Walk" | Chuck Vinson | Story by : Larry Spencer Teleplay by : Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | December 5, 1998 (1998-12-05) |
| 13 | 13 | "Love Is a Many Splintered Thing" | Chuck Vinson | Robert Tarlow | December 12, 1998 (1998-12-12) |

### Season 2 (1999–2000)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Love and Foster's Kids's Aren't Always Blind" | Mary Lou Belli | Robert Tarlow | September 11, 1999 (1999-09-11) |
| 15 | 2 | "Flushed with Love" | Mary Lou Belli | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18) |
| 16 | 3 | "How Neal Got His Groove Back" | Mary Lou Belli | Tim Meinhart | October 2, 1999 (1999-10-02) |
| 17 | 4 | "The Tangled Web" | Mary Lou Belli | Robert Tarlow | October 9, 1999 (1999-10-09) |
| 18 | 5 | "Playing the Field" | Mary Lou Belli | Tom Tenowich | October 16, 1999 (1999-10-16) |
| 19 | 6 | "Cyrano De Bengerac" | Mary Lou Belli | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | October 23, 1999 (1999-10-23) |
| 20 | 7 | "It's All Geek to Me" | Mary Lou Belli | Scott Yaffe | October 30, 1999 (1999-10-30) |
| 21 | 8 | "Treasure of the Sierra Lotto" | Mary Lou Belli | Robert Tarlow | November 6, 1999 (1999-11-06) |
| 22 | 9 | "A Walk on the Wild Side" | Mary Lou Belli | Bernie Ancheta | November 13, 1999 (1999-11-13) |
| 23 | 10 | "Tough Love" | Mary Lou Belli | Tim Meinhart | November 20, 1999 (1999-11-20) |
| 24 | 11 | "Band on the Run" | Mary Lou Belli | Robert Tarlow | November 27, 1999 (1999-11-27) |
| 25 | 12 | "A Cheating Heart" | Mary Lou Belli | Chris Leavell | December 3, 1999 (1999-12-03) |
| 26 | 13 | "Coming of Age" | Mary Lou Belli | Scott Yaffe | January 1, 2000 (2000-01-01) |

### Season 3 (2000–01)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 27 | 1 | "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | Mary Lou Belli | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23) |
| 28 | 2 | "Push Comes to Shove" | Mary Lou Belli | Bernie Ancheta | September 30, 2000 (2000-09-30) |
| 29 | 3 | "The Two Year Itch" | Mary Lou Belli | Scott Yaffe | October 7, 2000 (2000-10-07) |
| 30 | 4 | "The Race Car" | Mary Lou Belli | Tim Meinhart | October 14, 2000 (2000-10-14) |
| 31 | 5 | "One of Our Own" | Mary Lou Belli | Tom Tenowich | October 21, 2000 (2000-10-21) |
| 32 | 6 | "Crushed" | Mary Lou Belli | Story by : Bernie Ancheta Teleplay by : Tim Meinhart & Scott Yaffe | October 28, 2000 (2000-10-28) |
| 33 | 7 | "Dad Strikes Out" | Mary Lou Belli | Scott Yaffe | November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04) |
| 34 | 8 | "Sui's in for Stormy Weather" | Mary Lou Belli | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11) |
| 35 | 9 | "Jane Cops Out" | Mary Lou Belli | Tim Meinhart | November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18) |
| 36 | 10 | "Marci's in Hot Salsa" | Mary Lou Belli | Tanya Hekimian | November 25, 2000 (2000-11-25) |
| 37 | 11 | "Roots" | Mary Lou Belli | Tom Tenowich | December 2, 2000 (2000-12-02) |
| 38 | 12 | "Say Cheese" | Mary Lou Belli | Diana Ayers & Susan Sebastian | December 16, 2000 (2000-12-16) |
| 39 | 13 | "Hitting on a Guy" | Mary Lou Belli | Robert Tarlow | January 6, 2001 (2001-01-06) |

## Awards and nominations
### 1999

    YoungStar Awards
* Brandon Baker – Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Saturday Morning TV Program (won)
* Alisa Reyes – Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Saturday Morning TV Program (nominated)

### 2000

    YoungStar Awards
* Brandon Baker – Best Young Actor/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Program (won)
* Alisa Reyes – Best Young Actress/Performance in a Saturday Morning TV Program (nominated)

## Reception

In a 1999 review, Alice Li of The Plain Dealer opined that One World managed to escape the formula of "overall triteness and unbelievably happy endings" that every Saturday morning teen comedy featured, though only "by a hair's breadth". Li praised the acting of Brandon Baker, Alisa Reyes and Michelle Krusiec, though criticized that of Bryan Kirkwood and Elizabeth Morehead. While describing the scripts as "cleverly written", she lamented that some lines were ineffectively delivered by actors, and concluded it was "a show with a solid story line and much less fluff" than others on the Saturday morning line-up.