Family: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kate and Doug Lawrence are a happily married middle-class couple living at 1230 Holland Street in Pasadena, California with their three children: Nancy, Willie and Letitia, nicknamed "Buddy". Family was an attempt to depict a contemporary traditional family with realistic, believable characters.

Series details

• Title: Family
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Family
• Premiere date: 1976-03-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-06-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7836
• IMDb ID: tt0073992
• TVDB ID: 77477

Cast and credited roles

• Sada Thompson — Kate Lawrence
• James Broderick — Doug Lawrence
• Gary Frank — Willie Lawrence
• Kristy McNichol — Buddy Lawrence
• Meredith Baxter — Nancy Lawrence Maitland
• Quinn Cummings — Annie Cooper
• Elayne Heilveil — Nancy Lawrence Maitland
• John Rubinstein — Jeff Maitland

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-03-09; final listed air date 1976-04-13; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1976-10-06; final listed air date 1977-05-03; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1977-09-13; final listed air date 1978-05-16; episode order: 23.
• Season 4: premiered 1978-09-21; final listed air date 1979-05-17; episode order: 22.
• Season 5: premiered 1979-11-20; final listed air date 1980-06-25; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Family 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.