Eight Is Enough

TV Series
1977–1981
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Sitcom Comedy Drama Family

This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,102

438

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
The death of Diana Hyland during the production of the spring 1977 episodes forced major changes on the show. She had completed only four episodes as the mother of the family and was written out of the remainder as being "away." When the series returned with new episodes that fall, Tom Bradford had become a widower, his wife having died about "a year ago."

Alternate versions
Originally, Diana Hyland was credited for appearing in ALL 9 shows from season 1. She missed half of them, due to her illness, which eventually claimed her life. In half of those shows, there were originally scenes where they explained her absence, and even voice-overs from Hyland as Joan on the phone with Tom Bradford. During the summer reruns, Lorimar aired only the shows she did not appear in. Lorimar decided to go back and reedit the shows she did not appear in, remove her credit, and all scenes featuring said phone calls and voice-overs. These are the versions of those season 1 shows that have been in use ever since.

Connections
Featured in America's Teenagers Growing Up on Television (1998)

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A Dramatic Brady Bunch

This show pretty much picks up where the "Brady Bunch" left off, but on a more serious tone. This show was definitely one of the first "dramadies", but it still managed to have its lighter moments. Most of them were provided by Willie Aames as the entrepreneur Tommy and Adam Rich as the cute Nicholas. These two young actors helped make this show one of the most loved of the 1970's. I do think that the major flaw in shows of this type though is the conflict of whether or not it was to be a serious drama or whether it was to be a cute domestic comedy along the lines of the aforementioned "Brady Bunch" and another show of that era "The Partridge Family".