A Year in the Life(1987)

series - first aired/released 1987-09-16 - audience 7.2

Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, Helaine Head, Jack Bender, Kevin Hooks, Michael Ray Rhodes, Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Thomas Carter

Following the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who returns home with her two teenaged children; daughter Lindley and husband Jim, parents of a newborn baby daughter; black sheep son Jack; and conservative youngest son Sam, newly married to free-spirited Kay.