Million Dollar Babies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The true story that shocked 1930's Canada. When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet, the town doctor doesn't waste a second and takes over the family. He helps to take care of the babies but soon turns the babies into a freak show. Not before long the government gets involved and the babies are a multi-million dollar industry. But how can the uneducated couple regain their babies and their lives?

Series details

• Title: Million Dollar Babies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1994-11-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-11-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 100 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 45948
• IMDb ID: tt0108859
• TVDB ID: 326325

Cast and credited roles

• Beau Bridges — Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe
• Kate Nelligan — Helena Reid

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-11-20; final listed air date 1994-11-22; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from Million Dollar Babies 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.