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Growing Pains 

The misadventures of a family with a home business father and a journalist mother.

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Neal Marlens
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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Alan Thicke ...  Dr. Jason Seaver 167 episodes, 1985-1992
Joanna Kerns ...  Maggie Malone Seaver 167 episodes, 1985-1992
Kirk Cameron ...  Mike Seaver 167 episodes, 1985-1992
Jeremy Miller ...  Ben Seaver 167 episodes, 1985-1992
Tracey Gold ...  Carol Seaver 166 episodes, 1985-1992
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Storyline

It's hard enough to raise a kid nowadays but when you have to cope with THESE kids, things tend to get out of hand! Dr Seaver, a psychologist and his wife Maggie Seaver, a journalist, try to do their best raising their family and although their kids, Mike, Ben, Carol and Crissie, cause them endless problems, they manage to keep the family close together. As long as they got each other, nothing else matters... Written by Xenophon Tsakanikas <ftpadmin@antigoni.med.auth.gr>

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Comedy | Family

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1985 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Growing Pains See more »

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Runtime:

(166 episodes)

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Mono | Stereo

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3
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Trivia

Kirk Cameron met his future wife Chelsea Noble when she guest-starred as Kate on the show. (She was actually his girl friend that was hired after Julie's character got fired.) See more »

Quotes

[reading fortune cookies]
Mike: 'Every dog has his day.' Oops, Carol, I think I got yours!
Carol: Then I must have yours, 'One day you will meet a handsome man and fall in love with him.'!
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Connections

Referenced in The Comeback: Valerie Is Brought to Her Knees (2014) See more »

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As Long As We Got Each Other
Written by John Bettis
Performed by B.J. Thomas
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Good show!
15 December 2000 | by Monika-5See all my reviews

I still love the fantastic wit Growing Pains has! Even in reruns, this show still makes me laugh--a lot. With a talented cast like this, I'm surprised none of them made it big in Hollywood (except for you-know-who from Titanic). The Seavers were one of my favorite TV families and I was sad when the show left the air. I also loved the recent reunion movie!


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