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Eight Is Enough

1977 · 5 seasons · 1h per episode · Drama, Comedy

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 9 episodes (March 15, 1977)
• Season 2 — 26 episodes (September 14, 1977)
• Season 3 — 28 episodes (September 6, 1978)
• Season 4 — 27 episodes (September 5, 1979)
• Season 5 — 22 episodes (October 29, 1980)

Cast

• Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford
• Betty Buckley as Abby Bradford
• Grant Goodeve as David Bradford
• Willie Aames as Tommy Bradford
• Dianne Kay as Nancy Bradford
• Connie Needham as Elizabeth Bradford
• Lani O'Grady as Mary Bradford
• Adam Rich as Nicholas Bradford
• Susan Richardson as Susan Bradford
• Laurie Walters as Joannie Bradford

Details

Created by

Lee Mendelson

First aired

March 15, 1977

Episodes

112

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Network

ABC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.2 / 10 from 43 votes