''Eight Is Enough'' is an American television

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series that ran on

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from March 15, 1977, until May 23, 1981. The show was modeled on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist

Tom Braden Thomas Wardell Braden (February 22, 1917 – April 3, 2009) was an American CIA official, journalist (best remembered as the author of ''Eight Is Enough'', which spawned a television program), and co-host of the CNN show ''Crossfire''. Inte ...

, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book by the same title.

Synopsis

The show centers on a

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, family with eight children (from oldest to youngest: David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, and Nicholas). The father, Tom Bradford (based on

, played by

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), is a

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ist for the fictional ''Sacramento Register''. His wife, Joan (based on Joan Braden, played by

Diana Hyland Diana Hyland (born Diane Gentner; January 25, 1936 – March 27, 1977) was an American stage, film and television actress. Early years Hyland was born Diane Gentner to John Theodore and Mary (Gorman) Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sh ...

), was a homemaker and took care of the children. In early 1977, Hyland was diagnosed with

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, undergoing a

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when doctors discovered the cancer had

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. During filming her health suddenly deteriorated, and Hyland died on March 27, 1977, having filmed only four episodes. As a result, her character's death was written into the second season of the series. The second season begins in the fall of 1977 with Tom as a widower. He eventually meets and falls in love with Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott ( Betty Buckley), a widowed schoolteacher who comes to the house to tutor Tommy after he breaks his leg in a football game. Abby and Tom marry in one of the series'

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broadcasts on November 9, 1977. The role went to Buckley after being approved by network chief

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, who felt that the character of Miss Collins, the sympathetic high school gym teacher she had played in the 1976 film ''

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'', would translate seamlessly to the series. In the fourth season, in another of the series' TV movie broadcasts in September 1979, both David and Susan get married in a double wedding. As the series progresses, Abby receives her Ph.D. in education and starts a job counseling students at the local high school; oldest daughter Mary becomes a medical doctor; second-youngest son Tommy becomes a singer in a rock-and-roll band.

Cast and characters

Main

as Thomas "Tom" Bradford Sr *

as Joan Wells Bradford (season 1) * Betty Buckley as Sandra Sue "Abby" Mitchell Abbott Bradford (seasons 2–5) *

Grant Goodeve Grant Goodeve (born July 6, 1952) is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his role as David Bradford, the eldest son on ABC television's '' Eight Is Enough'' from 1977 to 1981; he sang the theme song for the show, as well. ...

as David Bradford *

Lani O'Grady Lani O'Grady (born Lanita Rose Agrati, October 2, 1954 – September 25, 2001) was an American actress and talent agent. She is best remembered for her role as Mary Bradford, the eldest sister from ''Eight Is Enough''. Early life O'Grad ...

as Mary Bradford * Laurie Walters as Joan "Joanie" Bradford * Susan Richardson as Susan Bradford Stockwell * Dianne Kay as Nancy Bradford * Connie Newton/Needham as Elizabeth Bradford (switched to new married name, Needham, at start of season 4) *

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as Thomas "Tommy " Bradford Jr *

Adam Rich Adam Rich (October 12, 1968 – January 7, 2023) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Nicholas Bradford, the youngest son on the television series ''Eight Is Enough'', which ran for five seasons (1977–1981). A di ...

as Nicholas Bradford In the

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, the role of David was played by Mark Hamill, Nancy was played by

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, and Tommy was played by Chris English. When ABC screened the pilot, they were unhappy with the performances of Beck and English, who were let go and replaced respectively by Dianne Kay and

. Hamill sought to get out of his 5-year contract on ''Eight Is Enough'' to take the opportunity to star in

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' ''

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''; Lorimar Productions granted his request and the role was re-cast with

Recurring

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as Donna (1977–1981) *Michael Thoma as Dr. Greg Maxwell (1977–1981) *

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as Daisy Maxwell (1977–1981) *

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as Vivian "auntie V" Bradford (1977–1980) *

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as Janet McArthur Bradford (1977–1981) *

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as Merle "The Pearl" Stockwell (1979–1981) *

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as Jeremy Andretti (1980–1981) *Michael Goodrow as Ernie Fields (1979–1981) *

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as Eliot Randolph (1978–1982) *

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as Jill (1980–1981)

Production

The show was developed by writer

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and was a

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Production. It was originally distributed by

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. For the first three years the show filmed interior scenes at The Burbank Studios now known as the

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. From the fourth season the show filmed interiors at

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in Culver City. The home featured in the exterior shots was on Chiquita St, near Lankershim Boulevard in Los Angeles. The house has since been demolished and replaced. The interiors for seasons one through three were filmed on Soundstage 9 The Burbank Studio. Seasons four and five were shot on two stages at MGM in Culver City. The show's team of producers included Robert L. Jacks, Gary Adelson, Greg Strangis, and Phil Fehrle. Executive producers were

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and

Philip Capice Philip Capice (June 24, 1931 – December 30, 2009) was an American television producer, most notable as the executive producer of the dramedy ''Eight Is Enough'' and the first nine seasons of the soap opera ''Dallas''. Biography Early life and ...

. As a production of the

stable, who were concurrently producing CBS's ''

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'', writers were often contracted by the producers and were shared between both programs. (''Waltons'' costar

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also made an ''Eight is Enough'' guest appearance during season 2.) Regular writers included

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, the writing teams of Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov, Rod Peterson and Claire Whittaker, Bill Nuss and Dusty Kay, Nick Thiel and David Braff, J. Miyoko Hensley and Steven Hensley, Bruce Shelly, Sandra Kay Siegel, Gil Grant, Karen I. Hall, and Hindi Brooks, who soon became the show's long-time story editor. In-house directors included

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, Harry Harris, and

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. As an in-joke, the character name of one of Nicholas Bradford's best friends was Irving Julius Moore, a nod to the director of the same name whose middle name was, in fact, Joseph.

Music

Theme

For the show's first two seasons, an upbeat instrumental piece written by Fred Werner was used as the show's opening theme. Beginning with the show's third season, this was replaced by a slowed-down vocal theme titled "Eight Is Enough," which was sung by series co-star Grant Goodeve. The song had music by

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and lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin, and was first heard in a longer arrangement on the last episode of the second season titled "Who's on First?", which was also performed by Goodeve.

Score

Early episodes had instrumental music by Fred Werner and Alexander Courage, but the show's real musical stamp came from composer

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, who had a knack of composing memorable cues as he had previously been the in-house composer on ''

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''. He composed a love theme for Tom and Abby, a theme that permeated the show in various incarnations throughout the remainder of the series. Some later episodes were scored by John Beal and Miles Goodman. Back-to-back industry strikes in the show's last seasons affected the show's score, with both the 1980

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actors' strike and 1981 writers' strike forcing cost-cutting measures. Some of the later episodes were tracked with a combination of uncredited library music and original music by Hagen, Beal, and Goodman.

Reception and cancellation

The series jump-started acting careers for several of its young stars. It cemented

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status for

(David),

(Tommy), and

, who played Abby's orphaned nephew Jeremy later in the show's last season. Aames would go on to star with

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in '' Charles in Charge''. Goodeve started a minor singing career, following his rendition of the show's theme song (see "Theme music") and initially hosted HGTV's '' If Walls Could Talk''. Macchio would gain the most fame in feature films such as ''

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'' and its sequels, as well as ''

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''. After the end of the show's fifth season (112 one-hour episodes), production costs and declining ratings caused the show to be cancelled, along with seven other shows that season (including ''

''). ''Variety'''s headline on the cancellation stated, "Eight Shows In, Eight Shows Out". In a 2000 episode of ''

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'', Dick Van Patten stated that no one contacted him to inform him of the cancellation. Instead, he read about it in a newspaper. The series had two reunion movies on

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. In ''An Eight Is Enough Reunion'' on October 18, 1987,

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replaced Betty Buckley as Abby; Buckley had been filming '' Frantic'' during its production. This was followed by ''An Eight Is Enough Wedding'' on October 15, 1989, this time with

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as Abby. Both movies aired opposite Game 2 of the

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Nielsen Ratings

*1976–1977 — #23 *1977–1978 — #12 *1978–1979 — #11 *1979–1980 — #12 *1980–1981 — Not in Top 30

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1977)

Season 2 (1977–78)

Season 3 (1978–79)

Season 4 (1979–80)

Season 5 (1980–81)

Post-series movies

Syndication

Reruns of all 112 episodes of ''Eight Is Enough'' have aired sporadically since the show's syndication debut in September 1982. The show aired on FX from 1994 to 1997, on

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in 1998, and as part of a 50th-anniversary

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marathon on

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in 2005. ''Eight Is Enough'' also aired on the Chicago-based

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and MeToo, a sister station of MeTV, from 2008 to 2010 before MeTV spread to other markets around the U.S. During its network run, the show was distributed by

(also internationally in rebroadcasts), and later by Lorimar-Telepictures. All syndication rights are now held by (Lorimar successor)

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International

In Italy,

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public networks aired the first season of ''Eight Is Enough'' under the title ''Otto Bastano'' in 1978, the literal Italian translation of the original title. The remaining seasons were aired in the 1980s on

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, a commercial network from Fininvest (now

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), under the title ''La Famiglia Bradford''. The Italian version excludes the laugh track. The French version, ''Huit, ça suffit!'', which excludes the laugh track, was successful in the 1980s in France and Quebec, and with the francophone

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audience in general. In Spain during the same period, ''Con Ocho Basta'' (Spanish for "Eight Is Enough") ran in public network

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's Friday night line-up. In the Philippines, ''Eight Is Enough'' aired on

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from 1978 to 1981.

Home media

On April 17, 2012,

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released the complete first season of ''Eight Is Enough'' on

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in Region 1. The release includes the pilot episode (featuring Mark Hamill in the role of eldest son David) and a cast reunion special. Several of the episodes have the wrong end credits, and the

Productions logo has also been edited out of the end credits. On November 13, 2012,

released Season 2, parts one and two on

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via their

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. These are Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) releases and are available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. Season 3, Parts One and Two were released on April 30, 2013. Season 4, parts one and two were released on August 13, 2013. The fifth and final season was released on March 11, 2014.

References

External links

* * (1987 reunion movie) * (1989 reunion movie)
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