Parenthood

1990-08-20 | en

Ken Ober Mary Jackson Leonardo DiCaprio

Drama Comedy

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Pilot

Aug. 20,1990

Garry hopes his dad will appear at his baseball team's championship game, but Helen doubts her indifferent ex will show up; Marilyn gives Susan's childhood stewardess doll to Patty.

EP2 My Dad Can Beat Up Your BMW

Sep. 22,1990

The kids get chicken pox.

EP3 The Plague

Sep. 29,1990

Gil volunteers to help untangle his father's finances; Patty freezes during a ballet recital.

EP4 I Never Invested for My Father

Oct. 06,1990

Julie walks out on Tod when she discovers he's planning the formal wedding they never had.

EP5 Love Stinks

Oct. 13,1990

Gil's jealous when Max prefers to spend time with Grandpa; Helen is attracted to a housepainter who's like an older Tod.

EP6 Cards & Cars

Oct. 20,1990

Gil and Karen's plans for an old-fashioned Hallowe'en make the kids feel dowdy next to their Ninja Turtled friends.

EP7 Hollow Halloween

Oct. 27,1990

Helen finds Garry kissing a girl in his room; Gil and Karen try to get rid of a pesky raccoon.

EP8 Small Surprises

Nov. 03,1990

With the kids away, Gil and Karen anticiapte a romantic 11th anniversaryâ€”until Gil's mom shows up on their doorstep.

EP9 Take My Parents, Please

Nov. 10,1990

A Thanksgiving to remember at the Buckman house.

EP10 Thanksgiving with a T that Rhymes with B that Stands for Basketball

Nov. 19,1990

Building an outdoor deck makes Gil a hero to Kevinâ€”making it difficult for Gil to quit as he'd like.

EP11 Gil vs. the Deck

Dec. 16,1990

Tod's stripper mother visits; Frank locks horns with Nathan over child-rearing.

EP12 Fun for Kids

Aug. 11,1991

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Parenthood is an American comedy-drama series based on the 1989 film of the same name. Executive produced by Ron Howard, the series aired for one season on NBC. Parenthood was one of many failed movie-to-TV adaptations in the fall of 1990 which included Working Girl, Baby Talk, Ferris Bueller and Uncle Buck.

Parenthood Audience Reviews

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Aldo Renato From what I've read over the years, Parenthood was conceived as a series in the late 1980s but never got picked up by the networks. It was then turned into a movie and, after the movie was a hit, relaunched as a series...??!! The series came and went despite a great cast of TV actors (any couple can relate to Ed Begley Jr. and Jayne Atkinson as parents and/or William Windom and Sheila McRae as grandparents, not to mention Leonardo DiCaprio and Thora Birch among the children). Add into this Ron Howard and his partner Brian Grazer and at least five other people credited as executive producers. This show should've clicked as a series but it didn't...??!! 20 years later, it's back...different cast and the same producers...let's see what happens this time around!! This was a great series that should've worked. My wife and I saw the movie and every episode of the series and, as previously stated, we related to the Begley-Atkinson couple. Let's see if 20 years have changed things.

Stebaer4 Yes,cute but like most TV series'of which are inspired by theater movies tend to be rehashes not just of the movie itself but itself on the whole too and of which is why they do usually tend to get canceled quickly too.the 1st episode rehashed the boy in the cowboy hat & gun holster scene with the boy in diving mask & flippers scene. I saw each episode of this short lived series except for the last one of which was the Christmas one.But as anyone could tell especially with the holiday themed episodes is if those were made to celebrate the same holidays again in another season then they'd chances are rehash the previous ones of the same holidays.so if you see the Halloween,Thanksgiving & Christmas ones then you'd agree.As you'll also see the premise is also cute but still very limited limited too.Also look in to this to see how Leonardo Di Caprio was both before he got "Growing Pains" as well as before his career got to be "Titanic".The boy who played Young Gil in the movie had played Kevin on the TV Show.Truthfully, Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a. "Ste".