Nothing Is Easy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The series, about married couple David and Lori Randall and their array of adopted children from all walks of life, was pulled by CBS after six episodes. It returned three months later with a new title -- Nothing Is Easy -- new opening credits, a new theme song, and a new cast member (Julia Migenes). What it didn't return with was star Elliott Gould, who had his character killed off and half of his episodes shelved. Together We Stand was more or less a remake of an episode of The Brady Bunch called Kelly's Kids, which Sherwood Schwartz unsuccessfully tried to sell as a spinoff series twelve years earlier.

Series details

• Title: Nothing Is Easy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1986-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 1987-04-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 41142
• IMDb ID: tt0090534
• TVDB ID: 75462

Cast and credited roles

• Elliott Gould — David Randall (in Together We Stand only)
• Dee Wallace — Lori Randall
• Scott Grimes — Jack Randall
• Katie V. O'Neill — Amy Randall
• Ke Huy Quan — Sam
• Natasha Bobo — Sally
• Julia Migenes — Marion Simmons (in Nothing Is Easy only)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-09-22; final listed air date 1986-10-29; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-02-08; final listed air date 1987-04-24; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Nothing Is Easy 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.