thirtysomething(1987)

series - first aired/released 1987-09-29 - audience 6.3

Drama

Directed by Claudia Weill, Dan Lerner, Deborah Reinisch, Edward Zwick, Ellen S. Pressman, Gary Sinise, John Pasquin, Joshua Brand, Ken Olin, Mark Cullingham, Mark Harris, Marshall Herskovitz, Melanie Mayron, Mel Harris, Peter Horton, Peter O'Fallon, Randall Miller, Rob Cohen, Rob Lieberman, Ron Lagomarsino, Scott Winant, Steven Robman, Timothy Busfield, Tom Moore

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.