A Year in the Life

A Year in the Life

NR 1987 · 1 season · 22 eps · ★ 7.2 · Drama

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Following the success of the three-part miniseries of the same name, the drama series follows the daily lives of Seattle's Gardner family. Joe Gardner is the owner of a successful plastics business and the father of four adult children. The Gardner family includes twice-divorced daughter Anne, who returns home with her two teenaged children; daughter Lindley and husband Jim, parents of a newborn baby daughter; black sheep son Jack; and conservative youngest son Sam, newly married to free-spirited Kay.

Created by Joshua Brand, John Falsey

Network: NBC

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