DVD Format: Thinpak, Academy , Closed Captioned, Color
Supplements
28 episodes on six discs
Review
(1976-1977) Sada Thompson and James Broderick are the parents of a modern seventies family in the acclaimed drama series that charted the trials and tribulations of the Lawrence family: attorney father Doug (Broderick), housewife, student and musician Kate (Thompson), eldest daughter and divorced mother Nancy (Elayne Heilveil in the initial 6 episodes, taken over by Meredith Baxter Birney in the second season), teenage son Willie (Gary Frank) and adolescent daughter Buddy (Kristy McNichol). Produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. It won Emmy Awards for supporting performers Gary Frank and Kristy McNichol in its second season.