Just the Ten of Us: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

It all began on April 20, 1988, during an episode of Growing Pains entitled "How the West Was Won". When Mike Seaver's favorite teacher, Coach Lubbock, loses his job, Mike and Boner discover that the coach has nine mouths to support. So what happens? Coach Lubbock uproots his family and moves them to Eureka, California, where he becomes the coach at St Augustine's Academy, a Catholic school. The twist? It's an all-boys school, and he has five daughters to enroll. Sexcapades abound, but a lesson is always learned. The Lubbock clan included Graham's wife, Elizabeth, a Catholic woman with a lot of faith and values; J.R, a pre-teen delinquent who delighted in watching scary movies and terrorizing his sisters; Sherrie, the resident pre-teen brainiac; and toddlers Harvey and Melissa. The main focal point of the series were the beautiful Lubbock Babes: repressed and nun-like Marie, t...

Series details

• Title: Just the Ten of Us
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1988-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-05-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 7639
• TVDB ID: 76855

Cast and credited roles

• Bill Kirchenbauer — Coach Graham T. Lubbock
• Deborah Harmon — Elizabeth Lubbock
• Heather Langenkamp — Marie Lubbock
• Jamie Luner — Cynthia "Cindy" Lubbock
• Brooke Theiss — Wendy Lubbock
• JoAnn Willette — Constance "Connie" Lubbock
• Matt Shakman — Graham T. "J.R." Lubbock Jr.
• Heidi Zeigler — Sherry Lubbock

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-04-26; final listed air date 1988-05-05.
• Season 2: premiered 1988-10-26; final listed air date 1989-04-27.
• Season 3: premiered 1989-09-22; final listed air date 1990-05-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from Just the Ten of Us 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.