Brand New Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Brand New Life centered on a millionaire father of three who fell in love with and married a sweet blue-collar waitress with three kids of her own. They combined families in Murray's Bel Air mansion in this Disney TV movie which led to a one-hour comedy series. Murray's kids had been brought up free-spirited and liberal, while Eden's kids were used to a close-knit, conservative upbringing. Hijinks ensue.

Series details

• Title: Brand New Life
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 1989-10-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-04-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16752
• IMDb ID: tt0096974
• TVDB ID: 70561

Cast and credited roles

• Barbara Eden — Barbara McCray Gibbons
• Alison Sweeney — Christy McCray
• Don Murray — Roger Gibbons
• Byron Thames — Laird Gibbons
• David Tom — Bart McCray
• Jennie Garth — Ericka McCray
• Shawnee Smith — Amanda Gibbons

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-10-01; final listed air date 1990-04-15; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Brand New Life 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.