Eight Is Enough: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Eight Is Enough (1977): Drama, Comedy, Family. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The comedy-drama chronciled the lives of the Bradford family. Consisting of father Tom (a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper), mother Joan and their eight children: Mary, David, Joanie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Tommy and Nicholas. After Joan's death, Tom met teacher Abby, and they were married to make the family ten once more.
Series details
- Title: Eight Is Enough
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
- Premiere date: 1977-03-15
- Final broadcast date listed: 1981-05-23
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
- TVMaze ID: 7122
- IMDb ID: tt0075500
- TVDB ID: 77771
Cast and credited roles
- Mark Hamill — David Bradford
- Grant Goodeve — David Bradford
- Dick Van Patten — Tom Bradford
- Lani O'Grady — Mary Bradford
- Laurie Walters — Joanie Bradford
- Susan Richardson — Susan Bradford
- Dianne Kay — Nancy Bradford
- Connie Needham — Elizabeth Bradford
- Willie Aames — Tommy Bradford
- Adam Rich — Nicholas Bradford
- Betty Buckley — Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott Bradford
- Diana Hyland — Joan Wells Bradford
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1977-03-15; final listed air date 1977-08-10; episode order: 9.
- Season 2: premiered 1977-09-14; final listed air date 1978-05-10; episode order: 26.
- Season 3: premiered 1978-09-06; final listed air date 1979-05-23; episode order: 28.
- Season 4: premiered 1979-09-05; final listed air date 1980-04-30; episode order: 27.
- Season 5: premiered 1980-10-29; final listed air date 1981-05-23; episode order: 22.
Source and licence
Adapted from Eight Is Enough 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.
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