Soul Man is an American

United States

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 that aired on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 in 1997 that lasted two seasons and starred Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

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The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season. Despite ranking 29th in its 2nd season, it ended on May 26, 1998, with 25 episodes produced in total.

Premise

Mike Weber (played by Aykroyd) is a widowed Episcopal priest who must deal with his four children, his quirky parishioners in Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak, Michigan

Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 57,236. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby....

, and a wet-behind-the-ears curate who happens to be the nephew of his bishop.

Home Improvement connection

Mike Weber appeared on Home Improvement as the priest of Richard Karn

Richard Karn

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's character, Al Borland. He was hired to put in a new stand for a holy water basin in the season seven episode "Losing My Religion". Tim Taylor ended up cutting the hole too big, causing the basin to fall through the floor.

In the Soul Man episode, "Cinderella and the Funeral", Al Borland appeared in order to fix the church's furnace. Reference was made to Tim and the holy water basin falling through the hole he cut.

Zachary Ty Bryan appeared in the episode "Public Embarrassment and Todd's First Sermon" playing Brad Taylor.

Season 1

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Urges and Lies"	April 15, 1997
1-2	"Communion Wine and Convicts"	April 22, 1997
1-3	"Cinderella and the Funeral"	April 29, 1997

Season 2

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
2-1	"Mike's Awakening"	September 30, 1997
2-2	"Hello Todd, Hello Nancy, Goodbye Harley"	October 7, 1997
2-3	"The Lost Sheep Squadron"	October 21, 1997
2-4	"Trick and Treat"	October 28, 1997
2-5	"Public Embarrassment and Todd's First Sermon"	November 4, 1997
2-6	"Camping and Housekeepers"	November 18, 1997
2-7	"Three Priests and a Baby"	November 25, 1997
2-8	"Attic Box Blues"	December 2, 1997
2-9	"Christmas Ruined My Life"	December 16, 1997
2-10	"Yes Sir, That's My Baby"	January 6, 1998
2-11	"Holy Rollers"	January 13, 1998
2-12	"A Kiss is Just a Kiss"	January 20, 1998
2-13	"The Stan Plan"	February 10, 1998
2-14	"The Choir Boys"	February 17, 1998
2-15	"Todd and the Bod"	February 24, 1998
2-16	"Grabbed by an Angel"	April 14, 1998
2-17	"Just the Three of Us"	April 21, 1998
2-18	"Raising Heck"	April 28, 1998
2-19	"The Good Shepherd"	May 5, 1998
2-20	"Who Killed St. Shepherd?"	May 12, 1998
2-21	"Play Ball"	May 19, 1998
2-22	"Little Black Dress"	May 26, 1998