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A New Kind of Family

  • TV Series
  • 1979–1980
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
42
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Rob Lowe, Eileen Brennan, Gwynne Gilford, Connie Ann Hearn, Lauri Hendler, and David Hollander in A New Kind of Family (1979)
Comedy

Two single mothers rent the same house, sight unseen, from an unscrupulous real estate agent. With their money gone and no place else to go, they decide to move in together with their total ... Read allTwo single mothers rent the same house, sight unseen, from an unscrupulous real estate agent. With their money gone and no place else to go, they decide to move in together with their total of four children.Two single mothers rent the same house, sight unseen, from an unscrupulous real estate agent. With their money gone and no place else to go, they decide to move in together with their total of four children.

  • Stars
    • Rob Lowe
    • Eileen Brennan
    • Lauri Hendler
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    6.9/10
    42
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    • Stars
      • Rob Lowe
      • Eileen Brennan
      • Lauri Hendler
    • 3User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 nomination total

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    Rob Lowe
    Rob Lowe
    • Tony Flanagan
    Eileen Brennan
    Eileen Brennan
    • Kit Flanagan
    Lauri Hendler
    Lauri Hendler
    • Hillary Flanagan
    David Hollander
    David Hollander
    • Andy Flanagan
    Gwynne Gilford
    Gwynne Gilford
    • Abby Stone
    Connie Ann Hearn
    • Jill Stone
    Telma Hopkins
    Telma Hopkins
    • Jess Ashton
    Janet Jackson
    Janet Jackson
    • Jojo Ashton
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    Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann
    • Harold Zimmerman
    Jenna McMahon
    • Lynette Zimmerman
    Eric Stoltz
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    Melissa Sue Anderson
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    • Trivia
      In his appearance on Joe Rogan's #1522 podcast, Rob Lowe described how he learned that there were precisely 62 television programs on the air: A New Kind of Family was dead last in the Nielsen ratings (number 62 of all the shows on TV at the time).
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      Each Day is What You Make It
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    Why A New Kind Of Family Was Cancelled
    In 1979 I was a then young 22 year old Hollywood short actor. I was hired on with A New Kind Of Family to work as a stand-in for the child regulars (i.e., Lowe and Hollander).

    Aside from the fact that the show was not that great to begin with (good idea; badly executed), the star of the series, Eileen Brennan, was being courted to co-star in the movie version of "Private Benjamin". The only thing standing in her way was this series that was not too good.

    Not knowing that Ms Brennan had this conflict, I had jotted down some thoughts to Dick Clair, one of the show's producers, on how to maybe make it better. It was all rather amusing when Ms Brennan sent her personal assistant out to the sound stage, demanding that I be forcefully removed and banned from the set. Clearly, Ms Brennan had no desire to want to see or hear of any ideas that might have helped the show.

    Christian Seaborn
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    • christianseaborn2006
    • Feb 1, 2006

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Gordon-Eisner Productions
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      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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