Growing Pains: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Growing Pains follows the life of Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist who works out of an office at home while his wife Maggie goes back to work at the local news studio as a reporter. Both have their hands full with their 3 kids: wild child and ladies' man Mike, bookworm and honor student Carol, and rambunctious Ben. A few years after Maggie goes back to work, the family gets a surprise when fourth child Chrissy is born.

Series details

• Title: Growing Pains
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1985-09-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 1992-04-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 4083

Cast and credited roles

• Alan Thicke — Dr. Jason Seaver
• Joanna Kerns — Maggie Malone Seaver
• Jeremy Miller — Ben Seaver
• Tracey Gold — Carol Seaver
• Kirk Cameron — Mike Seaver
• Ashley Johnson — Chrissy Seaver
• Kirsten Dohring — Christine Ellen 'Chrissy' Seaver
• Kelsey Dohring — Christine Ellen 'Chrissy' Seaver
• Chelsea Noble — Kate MacDonald
• Leonardo DiCaprio — Luke Brower

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-09-24; final listed air date 1986-05-13; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-09-30; final listed air date 1987-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-09-18; final listed air date 1988-05-04; episode order: 26.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-10-19; final listed air date 1989-05-03; episode order: 22.
• Season 5: premiered 1989-09-20; final listed air date 1990-05-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-09-19; final listed air date 1991-04-24; episode order: 24.
• Season 7: premiered 1991-09-18; final listed air date 1992-04-25; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Growing Pains 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.