Eight Is Enough was an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden, a real-life father with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name. The series was rare in that it was one of the few hour-long television series to use a laugh track. "Eight Is Enough", was Based on the book, Eight Is Enough by Thomas Braden andthe tales of the Bradford family from Sacramento, California. Premiered March 15, 1977 on ABC.
This family drama chronicles the lives of the Bradford family: the father Tom, who worked as a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper), the mother Joan, and their eight children: Mary, David, Joanie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Tommy, and Nicholas. Tom fell in love with Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott (played by Betty Buckley), a schoolteacher who came to the house to tutor one of his children. They were married in one of Eight Is Enough's special TV-movie broadcasts in November 1977. These two-hour television events usually occurred during sweeps periods and routinely grabbed viewing figures as high as a forty television share. This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.The sometimes-comic, sometimes-dramatic story.
Eight is enough DVD is a collection of DVDs in a box set as shown above, all 100% in chronological order from the pilot to the finale
This family drama chronicles the lives of the Bradford family: the father Tom, who worked as a columnist for a Sacramento newspaper), the mother Joan, and their eight children: Mary, David, Joanie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Tommy, and Nicholas. Tom fell in love with Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott (played by Betty Buckley), a schoolteacher who came to the house to tutor one of his children. They were married in one of Eight Is Enough's special TV-movie broadcasts in November 1977. These two-hour television events usually occurred during sweeps periods and routinely grabbed viewing figures as high as a forty television share. This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.The sometimes-comic, sometimes-dramatic story.
