thirtysomething
Hope and Michael are a married couple in their thirties, living in Philadelphia, and struggling with everyday adult angst. Michael runs an ad agency with his friend Elliot, whose marriage to Nancy is beginning to show the cracks of age, as is the friendship between Hope and her best friend Ellyn. Michael's best friend, Gary, on the other hand, is trying to get on with his womanising life, and get over the mutually-destructive affair he had with Michael's cousin, Melissa. It all sounds like just another soap, but is given a unique atmosphere by the production team (the Bedford Falls company, also responsible for 'My So Called Life') whose intelligent scripts, believable characters and frequent dips into the slightly surreal world of the character's minds places the series as one of the highlights of the late 1980s.
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Cast: | Mel Harris , Ken Olin , Patricia Wettig , Faith Ford , Shirley Knight , Stanley Tucci , Dana Delaney , Jack Gilford , Eddie Albert , Sylvia Sidney , Tess Harper , Grant Heslov , Marg Helgenberger , Rita Wilson , Darrell Fetty , Patricia Arquette , Brad Pitt , Carly Simon , Mariska Hargitay , Angela Bassett , Paul Feig |
Golden Globe Awards
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1991 WinnerBest Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
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1991 NomineeBest Television Series - Drama
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1990 NomineeBest Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
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1990 NomineeBest Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
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1990 NomineeBest Television Series - Drama
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1989 WinnerBest Television Series - Drama
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1988 NomineeBest Television Series - Drama