Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.
Little bright spots don't add up to much, though, in view of Tony's ability to handle Angela's kid better than she can, or the way he makes housework appear easy, if not pleasurable.