Eight Is Enough

1977 • ABC
4,4
11 reviews
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (9)

1 Never Try Eating Nectarines as Juice May Dispense (Pilot)
77/03/15
Season-only
Tom learns the importance of family relationships when David moves out
2 Schussboomer
77/03/22
Season-only
Mary brings home a pregnant friend, Matilda, whose attitudes towards marriage upset Tom. She learns the joys of parenthood, and paternal Tom helps deliver the baby.
3 Pieces of Eight
77/03/29
Season-only
Tom becomes the editor-in-chief at his newspaper, but he quickly runs into trouble when the printers go on strike. The whole family pitches in to help earn extra money.
4 Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory
77/04/05
Season-only
Things get a little tense around the Bradford home when Tommy is stood up and neither David nor Tom want to go on their annual duck hunt.
5 Turnabout
77/04/12
Season-only
David learns about life at a party the family hosts to celebrate Doctor Maxwell's 25th anniversary -- when David's date and Maxwell don't get along.
6 Quarantine
77/04/18
Season-only
Togetherness can be really funny when the whole Bradford household is quarantined, including Nancy's blind date, after Mary's boyfriend comes down with a mysterious ailment.
7 V is for Vivian
77/04/25
Season-only
Tom's sister arrives for a visit and disrupts the Bradford household when she encourages the kids to pursue their dreams and goals.
8 Hit and Run
77/05/03
Season-only
Joanie has a fender-bender with a real estate developer who is already upset with the Bradford's column opposing his project. Meanwhile, Elizabeth goes from three prom dates to none when they all show up at the same time.
9 The Gipper Caper
77/08/10
Season-only
Tom's dentist challenges the family to a touch football game.

About this show

Dick Van Patten stars in this often comical, always touching family drama as the single father of eight very independent and individual children. Facing the hardships, joys, challenges and ups and downs of everyday life in a close-knit family, Tom Bradford and the Bradford brood find more than enough laughs in life.

Ratings and reviews

4,4
11 reviews
Susan Burk
17 September 2018
Loved this show as a kid, and was tickled pink to see it here, but only the first season? Are other seasons coming? I would actually like to buy the entire series and binge-watch!😊
O0O j0hnny O0O
25 December 2018
Why is there no 2nd to 5th season available???? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... P.S.. Season 1, Episode 1 is Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense... not "Never Try Eating Nectarines 'as' Juice May Dispense"..
Sharon Strike Touma
01 August 2014
And these ones too.