• Air date: 13 Sep '77 23 episodes
      Family is an American television drama series that aired on ABC from 1976 to 1980. Creative control of the show was split among executive producers Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling and Mike Nichols. A total of 86 episodes were produced.
  • List of Episodes (23)
    • 1. Acts of Love (1)

      13 Sep '77
      While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.
    • 2. Acts of Love (2)

      20 Sep '77
      Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
    • 3. The First Time

      27 Sep '77
      Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
    • 4. Change of Heart

      04 Oct '77
      Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.
    • 5. Annie Laurie

      25 Oct '77
      Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.
    • 6. We Love You, Miss Jessup

      01 Nov '77
      Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
    • 7. The Little Brother

      08 Nov '77
      Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
    • 8. Childhood's End

      15 Nov '77
      Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.
    • 9. A Tale Out of Season

      22 Nov '77
      Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
    • 10. Labors of Love

      29 Nov '77
      Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.
    • 11. A Child is Given

      13 Dec '77
    • 12. More Than Friends

      03 Jan '78
      Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
    • 13. Princess in the Tower

      10 Jan '78
      Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.
    • 14. Echoes of Love

      17 Jan '78
      Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.
    • 15. See Saw

      24 Jan '78
      Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.
    • 16. Lifeline

      31 Jan '78
      Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.
    • 17. . . . And Baby Makes Three

      07 Feb '78
      Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.
    • 18. Crossing Over

      14 Feb '78
      Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.
    • 19. The Covenant

      21 Feb '78
    • 20. A Friend of the Family's

      28 Feb '78
      A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
    • 21. Fear of Shadows

      02 May '78
      Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
    • 22. Sleeping Gypsy

      09 May '78
      Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
    • 23. Counterpoint

      16 May '78
      Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.