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created by executive producer

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, and co-executive produced by

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and E. Duke Vincent through

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. The series revolves around a family headed by parents Eric Camden (

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), a

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, and

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(

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), a

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. Their seven children are

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( Barry Watson),

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Beverley Mitchell Beverley Ann Mitchell (born January 22, 1981) is an American actress and singer. She portrayed Lucy Camden on the television The WB/The CW series '' 7th Heaven''. Early life In 1999, Mitchell graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory Scho ...

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), Ruthie (

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) and twins Sam and David ( Nikolas and Lorenzo Brino). Hampton, in addition to creating the show and serving as its executive producer, wrote multiple ''7th Heaven'' episodes each season. Hampton received writing credits on 114 of the shows 243 episodes. ''7th Heaven'' debuted on August 26, 1996, on

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, a network which had launched only a year earlier. In November 2005,

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announced The WB's decision to cancel the series at the end of the tenth season due to rising production costs. The final episode was intended to air on May 8, 2006, in the final year of The WB's operation before it merged with

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to form

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in the fall; however, the episode achieved 7 million viewers, and The CW revived the show, bringing it back to the schedules for its eleventh season on September 25, 2006. The return did not last long; due to flagging viewing figures, The CW made a schedule change midway through the eleventh season, switching ''7th Heaven'' from the Monday 8:00 p.m. timeslot it had occupied since the first episode with ''

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'' in the Sunday 8:00 p.m. timeslot, and on April 2, 2007, The CW announced its decision to end the series, airing the final episode on May 13, 2007. In all, 243 episodes were produced over eleven seasons.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997–98)

Season 3 (1998–99)

Season 4 (1999–2000)

Season 5 (2000–01)

Season 6 (2001–02)

Season 7 (2002–03)

Season 8 (2003–04)

Season 9 (2004–05)

Season 10 (2005–06)

Season 11 (2006–07)

References

General

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Specific

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:7th Heaven Lists of American teen drama television series episodes