This groundbreaking series from the mid-1970s was helmed by Mike Nichols (CLOSER) and Aaron Spelling (CHARLIE'S ANGELS), and was a career-making showcase for such stars as Meredith Baxter and Kristy McNichol, among others. Focusing on an upper-middle-class California family, the show daringly portrayed controversial subject matter such as child abuse, extramarital affairs, and teenage alcohol dependency. The Lawrence family consisted of lawyer and patriarch Doug (James Broderick), housewife and mother Kate (Sada Thompson), and their children Nancy (Baxter), Willie (Gary Frank), and pre-teen Buddy (McNichol). The first two seasons follow the family through trials and tribulations that include Nancy's divorce, Buddy's first job, and a friend of Willie's who comes out of the closet.

Related Categories:
Movies > Television
Movies > Dramas

Related Keywords:
Family Interaction
Family (General)
Family Life
California
1970s
Television/TV Series

Reviews:
Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 DVDs Of The Year" -- "[A] quiet stunner..." - 12/29/2006 Entertainment Weekly, 114

James Woods - American Actor
Helen Hunt - American Actress
Season Hubley - American Actress
Meredith Baxter - American TV Actress
Meredith Baxter-Birney - American TV Actress
Mary Grace Canfield - Actor, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
Sada Thompson - American Film/TV Actress
Kristy McNichol - Emmy Winning Film and TV American Actress, FAMILY (1976)
Kristie McNichol - Emmy Winning Film and TV American Actress, FAMILY (1976)
Elayne Heilveil
John Rubenstein
Willie Aames - American Film and Television Actor, EIGHT IS ENOUGH
Willie Ames - American Film and Television Actor, EIGHT IS ENOUGH
Tommy Lee Jones - American actor
Tom Lee Jones - American actor
Gary Frank - TV/Film Actor
Dennis Howard - Supporting Actor - 1970s
James Broderick - American Actor