''The Parent Family'' (

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: ''Les Parent'') is a

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comedy television series created by Jacques Davidts. It originally aired on

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from 8 September 2008 to 28 March 2016. The series was produced in Canada. It has 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes, each lasting 21 minutes.

Plot

Louis-Paul Parent and Natalie Rivard are the caring parents of three boys Thomas, the oldest, lazy teenager who does well academically, Olivier "Oli", a rebellious, manipulative, mischievous, athletic middle child, who loves

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, and Zacharie "Zak", the youngest very energetic child.

Cast

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as Natalie Rivard *

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as Louis-Paul Parent * Joey Scarpellino as Thomas Parent * Raphaël Grenier-Benoît as Olivier Parent * Louis-Philippe Beauchamp as Zacharie Parent * Alexis Martin as Benoît, Louis-Paul's friend *

Marie-Chantal Perron Marie-Chantal Perron (born February 1, 1967) is a Canadian actress and fashion designer. She was born in Châteauguay, Quebec. Biography Perron studied at the National Theatre School of Canada, graduating in 1989. She began her career playin ...

as Marie, Natalie's friend *

Louise Turcot Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

as Madeleine Rivard, Natalie's mother *

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as Bernard Rivard, Natalie's father * Maude Carmel-Ouellet as Anaïs Laliberté, Thomas's girlfriend * Jean-Carl Boucher as Jesse, Olivier's friend * Rosalie Bonenfant as Sarah, Olivier's girlfriend * Sophie Nélisse as Zoé Larivière-Beaudoin, Zacharie's friend * Aliocha Schneider as Frédéric-Olivier, Thomas's friend * Pier-Luc Funk, as Maxime, Thomas's friend *

Alice Morel-Michaud Alice Morel-Michaud (born October 31, 1998) is a Quebec actress.

as Alicia, Zacharie's friend * Olivier Fontaine as Matthew Couture, Zacharie's friend *

Émilien Néron Émilien Néron (born December 28, 1998) is a Canadian actor from Longueuil, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Simon in the 2011 film ''Monsieur Lazhar'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 14th Jutra ...

as Cédrick Plourde, Zacharie's friend * Édith Cochrane as Sylvie, Cédrick's mother * Mélanie Maynard as Sarah's mother *

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as himself * Charlotte Legault as Mélissa, Olivier's girlfriend (season 5) * Kalinka Petrie as Alex Parent, Thomas, Olivier, and Zacharie's cousin (season 5)

Production and broadcast

''The Parent Family'' was created by Jacques Davidts, and produced in Canada by La Presse Télé (2008–2013), LP8 Média (2013–2014), Attraction Images (2014–2016), and Marleen Beaulieu, and distributed by

. The main cast included:

, Joey Scarpellino, Raphaël Grenier-Benoît, and Louis-Philippe Beauchamp. The first episode aired on 8 September 2008, on ICI Radio-Canada Télé in Canada. Its final episode aired on 28 March 2016. In total, the show had 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes. Since 4 October 2010, the show also aired in France on

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and Gulli channels, in partially redubbed version, modified for the French audience.

Adaptations

In 2011 the show was adapted into a

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series produced by Telewizja Polska, titled ''

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'', which aired until 2020. . In 2015, it was adopted into a Russian-language series titled '' Roditeli'' (Russian: ''Родители'') produced by Russia-1 channel. In 2016, it was adopted into a Slovak-language series titled '' Naši'' produced by TV JOJ.

References

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