Eight Is Enough
Drama • Series

Eight Is Enough

6.1/10 1977 5 Seasons 112 Episodes Ended

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5

Season 3 Episodes

S3E1
E1
Who's Crazy Here?
1978

Suffering from imsommia and thinking he's going nuts.Tom visits a psychiatrist to find the cause. Tommy develops two p…

S3E2
E2
Nine Is Too Much
1978

Nicholas convinces Tom to coach his little league football team. Tired of having no privacy, the Bradford children ha…

S3E3
E3
Here We Go Again
1978

Abby has her own problems when she thinks sha may be pregnant and is relucant to tell Tom. Tom panics when he finds ou…

S3E4
E4
Cinderella's Understudy
1978

Joannie gets accepted into a theater company and her first role is that of gopher and understudy.When the lead actress q…

S3E5
E5
Milk and Sympathy
1978

Nicholas has a crush on his teacher and buys her self-portrait at her garbage sale, but tries to hide it from the kids, …

S3E6
E6
The Flunked and the Funked
1978

Tom is chosen to teach a journalism class at the university and is impressed by one student who is working his way throu…

S3E7
E7
Cops and Toddlers
1978

Susan struggles to find the right career after she realizes she's not out to be a professional athlete. So she decides t…

S3E8
E8
The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone
1978

Many struggles with medical school and charaviristic professors. Susan, Elizabeth, and Nancy try to reach Tommy to drive…

S3E9
E9
Fast and Loose
1978

David starts living gangerously after a close friend dies oif a heart attack at a young age. The kids try to help and ev…

S3E10
E10
War Between the Bradfords
1978

The male Bradfords refuse to attend a speech that Abby was selected to give. War erupts between the Bradfords men and wo…

S3E11
E11
All The Vice President's Men
1978

Abby's parents are flying in from Pasadena for Thanksgiving.Nicholas is surprised when the Vice-President accepts his in…

S3E12
E12
You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1)
1978

The Bradford children plan a party for Tom and Abby's anniversary and Nicholas fell left out. Tom and Abby unknowingly…

S3E13
E13
You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (2)
1978

In San Diego, Nicholas is taken in by Joe Simmons, an old con man and bum who was a friend of Sam's. He then performs hi…

S3E14
E14
Alone At Last
1978

Tired of not having time to themselves, Tom and Abby conspire to get rid of the kids so they can spent the weekend alone…

S3E15
E15
The Yearning Point
1979

Both Elizabeth and Tommy learn that there is no easy way to success. Elizabeth wants to go to an expensive college in Ve…

S3E16
E16
Moving Out
1979

Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accept…

S3E17
E17
Mother's Rule
1979

In an effort to keep the remaining Bradfords at home, Tom repeals all curfews but Abby doubts his wisdom. Tom shows ever…

S3E18
E18
Inlaws and Outlaws
1979

Abby's mother arrives for a visit and Abby is upset to learn that her parent are breaking up. Abby's father arrives shor…

S3E19
E19
Horror Story
1979

On a rainy night in Sacramento, the Bradford house is turned upside-down when the power goes out and leaves the Bradford…

S3E20
E20
Just the Ten of Us
1979

Nicholas tries to avoid a young lady who has a crush on him. Tired of saying goodnight to each other every night, Dav…

S3E21
E21
Best of Friends
1979

Tommy offers to marry a pregnant friend who was a girl, Lori, even though he's not the father of her baby. The Bradfords…

S3E22
E22
The Kid Who Came to Dinner
1979

Abby uses the family as subjects in a research project for school. Nicholas's new friend, Bobby, runs away from his f…

S3E23
E23
The Better Part of Valour
1979

While substitute teaching at the high school, Abby refuses to pass the star basketball player, and troubles begin for To…

S3E24
E24
Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers
1979

Tom and Abby are surprised to learn that Nicholas is musically talented but Abby is upset when Tom gets him a drum set. …

S3E25
E25
The Final Days
1979

Abby and the children are frustrated when they are trying to study for finals and a youth-oriented article Tom wrote in …

S3E26
E26
Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1)
1979

Tom is proud when Elizabeth and Joannie are graduating the same week (Joannie from college and Elizabeth from high schoo…

S3E27
E27
Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2)
1979

Tom finally realizes his dream of being a published author when a magazine prints his short story, but finds it publishe…

S3E28
E28
The Graduates
1979

David and his traveling companion continue on their cross-country trip and he gets involved in a hang-gliding competitio…

Cast

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
Tom Bradford
Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley
Abby Bradford
Grant Goodeve
Grant Goodeve
David Bradford
Willie Aames
Willie Aames
Tommy Bradford
Dianne Kay
Dianne Kay
Nancy Bradford
Connie Needham
Connie Needham
Elizabeth Bradford
Lani O'Grady
Lani O'Grady
Mary Bradford
Adam Rich
Adam Rich
Nicholas Bradford

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