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Mood:
- SentimentalSincereCleverStylizedTouching
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsParents and ChildrenThirtysomething LifeLifestyleLove and RomanceCouplesFamily RelationsFriends more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s90s
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Place:
- PhiladelphiaUSASuburbs
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedEmmy WinnerGolden Globe WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Ensemble CastTalky
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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thirtysomething, 1987 - 1991
English
USA
Profile of thirtysomething
thirtysomething can be described as sentimental, sincere, and clever. The plot revolves around thirtysomething life, couples relations, and parents and children. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, thirtysomething stars an ensemble cast, is talky, and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. thirtysomething is located in Philadelphia. It takes place in the 1980s and in the 1990s. The TV show has received attention for being a Golden Globe winner, an Emmy winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of thirtysomething
Unofficially picking up where THE BIG CHILL left off, the ABC series THIRTYSOMETHING chronicles a circle of baby boomers as they cope with life in the 1980s. The "me" decade brings fresh challenges to the young professionals: Hope (Mel Harris) learns to balance her feminist ideals with her role as a stay-at-home mother, while her husband, Michael (Ken Olin), attempts to make it in the advertising business. His partner, Elliot (Timothy Busfield), struggles in the confines of his own marriage to Nancy (Patricia Wettig), a restless homemaker who eventually stares down ovarian cancer. Together with artist friend Melissa (Melanie Mayron), free spirit Ellyn (Polly Draper), and English prof Gary Shepherd (Peter Horton), the couples pull together and fall apart under a variety of pressures and tragedies. Created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, THIRTYSOMETHING has long been celebrated as a highwater mark in TV drama (the New York Times lovingly deemed it "television of substance"). The series showcases complex personal narratives while staying wary of melodrama.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 29 September 1987 |
| Runtime: | 60 min |
| Seasons: | 4 |
Cast and Crew
as Elliot Weston 85 episodes, 1987-1991
as Ellyn Warren 85 episodes, 1987-1991
as Hope Murdoch Steadman 85 episodes, 1987-1991
as Gary Shepherd 85 episodes, 1987-1991
as Melissa Steadman 85 episodes, 1987-1991
as Michael Steadman 85 episodes, 1987-1991
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