Jason Bateman was in a show.
Jason Bateman . He began acting on television in the early 1980s on Little House on the Prairie , and in the sitcoms Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family . Little House on the Prairie is an American western drama television series , starring Michael Landon , Melissa Gilbert , and Karen Grassle , about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove , Minnesota , in the 1870s and 1880s . Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25 , 1982 , to May 11 , 1986 , and in first-run syndication from September 15 , 1986 , to March 4 , 1987 . The Hogan Family ( originally titled Valerie , and later , Valerie 's Family ) is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 1 , 1986 , to May 7 , 1990 , and on CBS from September 15 , 1990 , until July 20 , 1991 .