• Air date: 21 Sep '78 22 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 (22)
    • 1. Starting Over

      21 Sep '78
      Annie's sole surviving relative dumps her into the Lawrences' lap -- where she doesn't feel quite comfortable, at first.
    • 2. All For Love

      28 Sep '78
      Zack tells Buddy that unless she sleeps with him, he will have to satisfy his manly needs with another girl; Doug thinks of buying a flashy sports car.
    • 3. Changes

      12 Oct '78
      Nancy is all set to re-marry Jeff; Annie, heretofore known as ""Annie Cooper,"" decides to add ""Lawrence"" to her name; Buddy, ever the traditionalist, is bothered by it all.
    • 4. Magic

      19 Oct '78
      Kate, in the hospital for a physical, meets a burned-out former rock star; Annie needs Doug's help to impress her classmates with magic tricks.
    • 5. Just Friends

      09 Nov '78
      Willie considers an affair with a married woman he met in a writing class; Nancy, sick of living in a ""fishbowl,"" decides to move out of the guesthouse and into an apartment of her own.
    • 6. Generations

      23 Nov '78
    • 7. Expectations

      07 Dec '78
      Nancy's new boss pressures her to sleep with him; Buddy tries out for the cheerleading squad.
    • 8. Gifts

      21 Dec '78
      Annie, who still misses her parents, can't relate to the Lawrences' holiday cheer, and decides to run away until Christmas is over; Willie runs into his old barber, who is about to close up shop for good.
    • 9. The Friend's Affair

      04 Jan '79
      A colleague and friend of Doug's is cheating on his wife; Annie suspects a next-door neighbor of having murdered his.
    • 10. Exits and Entrances

      11 Jan '79
      After Buddy stars in a high-school play (Shaw's Saint Joan), her interest in acting is strongly encouraged by a friend of Kate's, a professional actress; Annie gets a telemarketing job to pay for a new bike.
    • 11. Moment of Truth

      18 Jan '79
      A man he once helped put in jail threatens Doug; Buddy and Audrey have a fight about who copied from whom on an algebra test.
    • 12. Malicious Mischief

      25 Jan '79
      Nancy considers a marriage proposal from Timmy's daycare provider -- until he gets accused of child abuse; Willie falls in love with a cat.
    • 13. Sleeping Over

      01 Feb '79
      Nancy considers a marriage proposal from Timmy's daycare provider -- until he gets accused of child abuse; Willie falls in love with a cat.
    • 14. Disco Queen

      08 Feb '79
      Buddy sneaks into a disco club, with the help of an older acquaintance, and finds it more than she bargained for; Annie has a date with a jock.
    • 15. The Athlete

      01 Mar '79
      Buddy, volunteering at a hospital, encounters a star high-school basketball player who is there for a broken leg -- or so he thinks; Annie runs for class president against her nemesis, Emmy Sheldon.
    • 16. The Competition

      08 Mar '79
      Buddy, volunteering at a hospital, encounters a star high-school basketball player who is there for a broken leg -- or so he thinks; Annie runs for class president against her nemesis, Emmy Sheldon.
    • 17. Ballerina

      15 Mar '79
      Willie has a fling with a ballet dancer; Doug purchases a workout set by mail order.
    • 18. Diversions

      22 Mar '79
    • 19. An Apple For the Teacher

      30 Mar '79
      Kate's teaching career gets off to a rough start, when a student decides to continuously annoy her; Annie borrows Buddy's ""lucky"" ring to help during a spelling bee, and promptly loses it.
    • 20. Prelude

      20 Apr '79
      Buddy has a crush on her swimming instructor, much to Zack's displeasure; Kate is tempted to call an old boyfriend.
    • 21. Going Straight

      10 May '79
    • 22. From Russia With Love

      17 May '79
      Kate acts as escort to, and highly impresses, a visiting Ukrainian composer; Buddy and Annie play Monopoly to determine who gets Willie's old room.