Big Love: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bill Henrickson seems like a typical suburban husband and father, except for the fact that he has three wives, seven kids and three homes to maintain. The Salt Lake City polygamist has to juggle his families' needs while overseeing his growing chain of home-improvement stores and attempting to reconnect with his fundamentalist relatives.

Series details

• Title: Big Love
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2006-03-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-03-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 817

Cast and credited roles

• Bill Paxton — Bill Henrickson
• Jeanne Tripplehorn — Barbara "Barb" Henrickson
• Chloë Sevigny — Nicolette "Nicki" Grant
• Ginnifer Goodwin — Margene Henrickson
• Douglas Smith — Ben Henrickson
• Mary Kay Place — Adaleen Grant
• Matt Ross — Alby Grant
• Grace Zabriskie — Lois Henrickson
• Joel McKinnon Miller — Don Embry
• Amanda Seyfried — Sarah Henrickson
• Bruce Dern — Frank Harlow
• Cassi Thomson — Cara Lynn

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-03-12; final listed air date 2006-06-04; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-06-11; final listed air date 2007-08-26; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-01-18; final listed air date 2009-03-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2010-01-10; final listed air date 2010-03-07; episode order: 9.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-01-16; final listed air date 2011-03-20; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Big Love on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.