Thirtysomething

thirtysomething (1987 - 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American evening television drama, of the type popularly labelled a soap opera when broadcast during the daytime. It premiered on September 29, 1987. The last of its 85 episodes aired on May 28, 1991.

Story line

thirtysomething depicts the lives of a married couple, Michael and Hope Steadman, and their friends (Gary, Melissa, Ellyn, Elliot, and Nancy) all of whom are in their thirties (hence the title) and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Michael and Elliot work in the advertising business. Although the series began with them running their own agency, they eventually went to work for Miles Drentell, the head of DAA (a character who would reappear on the ABC show Once and Again). Hope is a writer who struggles with her desire to be at home with her daughter, Janey, and her need to work. Nancy is Elliot's wife, an artist, and stay-at-home mother to Ethan and Brittany. She struggled with, and overcame, cancer during the last two seasons. Melissa is Michael's cousin and Gary's former girlfriend. She is a photographer whose career includes an album by Carly Simon and photos in the magazine Vanity Fair. Ellyn is Hope's childhood friend and works for the city government. Gary, a free-spirited professor of English literature, is Michael's college roommate, who marries Susannah, a social worker. He dies in a traffic accident in 1991 (in order to allow Horton to pursue his love of directing).

Related Topics:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Once and Again - English literature - 1991

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