Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 24, 1985
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 162
Networks: ABC
Genres: Comedy

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Growing Pains(1985)

TMDB Rating: 6.5 (146 votes)

Overview

Fatherhood has taken on a whole new meaning for Jason Seaver, who has assumed the chores of cooking, cleaning and minding the kids so that his wife, Maggie, can pursue a career in journalism after spending 15 years as a housewife.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Pilot	Sep 24, 1985
2	Springsteen	Oct 1, 1985
3	Jealousy	Oct 8, 1985
4	Carol's Article	Oct 15, 1985
5	Superdad!	Oct 29, 1985
6	Mike's Madonna Story	Nov 5, 1985
7	Weekend Fantasy	Nov 12, 1985
8	Slice of Life	Nov 19, 1985
9	Carol's Crush	Nov 26, 1985
10	Dirt Bike	Dec 3, 1985
11	Standardized Test	Dec 10, 1985
12	A Christmas Story	Dec 17, 1985
13	The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver	Jan 7, 1986
14	First Blood	Jan 14, 1986
15	Slice of Life II	Jan 21, 1986
16	The Seavers vs. the Cleavers	Jan 28, 1986
17	Charity Begins at Home	Feb 18, 1986
18	Reputation	Feb 25, 1986
19	The Anniversary That Never Was	Mar 4, 1986
20	Be a Man	Mar 11, 1986
21	Career Decision	May 6, 1986
22	Extra Lap	May 13, 1986

Season 2

22 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Jason and the Cruisers	Sep 30, 1986
2	Fast Times at Dewey High	Oct 21, 1986
3	Long Day's Journey Into Night	Oct 28, 1986
4	Call Me	Nov 11, 1986
5	Employee of the Month	Nov 18, 1986
6	Dream Lover	Nov 25, 1986
7	Do You Believe in Magic?	Dec 2, 1986
8	Jason's Rib	Dec 9, 1986
9	The Kid	Dec 16, 1986
10	The Breakfast Club	Jan 6, 1987
11	Choices	Jan 13, 1987
12	Higher Education	Jan 20, 1987
13	Some Enchanted Evening	Jan 27, 1987
14	Thank You, Willie Nelson	Feb 3, 1987
15	Thank God It's Friday	Feb 10, 1987
16	My Brother, Myself	Feb 24, 1987
17	Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins	Mar 3, 1987
18	Carnival	Mar 10, 1987
19	The Awful Truth	Mar 17, 1987
20	Born Free	Mar 31, 1987
21	The Long Goodbye	May 5, 1987
22	Confidentially Yours	May 19, 1987

Season 3

24 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Aloha	Sep 18, 1987
2	Taking Care of Business	Sep 22, 1987
3	Not Necessarily the News	Sep 29, 1987
4	Michaelgate	Oct 6, 1987
5	Big Brother is Not Watching	Oct 13, 1987
6	A Star is Born	Oct 27, 1987
7	Gone But Not Forgotten	Nov 3, 1987
8	Who's Zoomin' Who?	Nov 10, 1987
9	This is Your Life	Nov 17, 1987
10	Broadway Bound	Nov 24, 1987
11	The Scarlet Letter	Dec 1, 1987
12	A Reason to Live	Dec 8, 1987
13	Nasty Habits	Dec 15, 1987
14	The Marrying Kind	Jan 5, 1988
15	State of the Union	Jan 12, 1988
16	The Mom Who Knew Too Much	Jan 26, 1988
17	Great Expectations	Feb 9, 1988
18	Dance Fever (1)	Mar 1, 1988
19	Dance Fever (2)	Mar 2, 1988
20	Bringing Up Baby	Mar 9, 1988
21	The Obscure Objects of Our Desire	Mar 30, 1988
22	How the West Was Won (1)	Apr 20, 1988
23	How the West Was Won (2)	Apr 26, 1988
24	Graduation Day	May 4, 1988

Season 4

22 episodes • 1988Avg: 1.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Fool for Love	Oct 19, 1988	0.0
2	Birth of a Seaver	Oct 26, 1988	0.0
3	Family Ties (1)	Nov 2, 1988	0.0
4	Family Ties (2)	Nov 9, 1988	0.0
5	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	Nov 16, 1988	0.0
6	Homecoming Queen	Nov 23, 1988	0.0
7	Nude Photos	Nov 30, 1988	0.0
8	Ben's First Kiss	Dec 7, 1988	0.0
9	The Nanny	Jan 4, 1989	0.0
10	Mandingo	Jan 11, 1989	0.0
11	In Carol We Trust	Jan 18, 1989	0.0
12	Mom of the Year	Jan 25, 1989	0.0
13	Semper Fidelis	Feb 1, 1989	0.0
14	Feet of Clay	Feb 8, 1989	0.0
15	Anniversary from Hell	Feb 15, 1989	0.0
16	Fortunate Son	Feb 22, 1989	0.0
17	Double Standard	Mar 1, 1989	0.0
18	The Recruiter	Mar 15, 1989	0.0
19	Show Ninety -- Who Knew?	Mar 22, 1989	0.0
20	Second Chance	Apr 12, 1989	0.0
21	The Looooove Boat (1)	Apr 26, 1989	0.0
22	The Looooove Boat (2)	May 3, 1989	1.0

Season 5

26 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Anger With Love	Sep 20, 1989
2	Mike and Julie's Wedding	Sep 27, 1989
3	Carol Meets the Real World	Oct 4, 1989
4	Fish Bait	Oct 11, 1989
5	Teach Me	Oct 18, 1989
6	Carol's Papers	Oct 25, 1989
7	Coughing Boy	Nov 1, 1989
8	The New Deal (1)	Nov 8, 1989
9	The New Deal (2)	Nov 15, 1989
10	Paper Route	Nov 22, 1989
11	Five Grand	Nov 29, 1989
12	Carol's Promotion	Dec 6, 1989
13	Ben and Mike's Excellent Adventure	Dec 13, 1989
14	The Triangle	Jan 3, 1990
15	The Return of the Triangle	Jan 10, 1990
16	The Home Show	Jan 17, 1990
17	Jason vs. Maggie	Jan 24, 1990
18	Mike, Kate and Julie	Jan 31, 1990
19	Mike, the Teacher	Feb 7, 1990
20	Carol in Jail	Feb 14, 1990
21	Future Shock (a.k.a. Maggie's Dream)	Feb 21, 1990
22	Cheating (a.k.a. Ben Cheat's)	Mar 14, 1990
23	Mike the Director	Mar 21, 1990
24	Weekend at Mike's	Apr 4, 1990
25	Ben's Movie	Apr 25, 1990
26	Where There's a Will	May 2, 1990

Season 6

23 episodes • 1990

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Mike's Choice	Sep 19, 1990
2	Midnight Cowboy	Sep 26, 1990
3	Roommates	Oct 3, 1990
4	Daddy Mike	Oct 10, 1990
5	Ben's Sure Thing	Oct 17, 1990
6	Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts	Oct 24, 1990
7	Happy Halloween	Oct 31, 1990
8	Let's Go Europe (1)	Nov 7, 1990
9	Let's Go Europe (2)	Nov 14, 1990
10	Let's Go Europe (3)	Nov 28, 1990
11	Divorce Story	Dec 5, 1990
12	The World According to Chrissy	Dec 19, 1990
13	How Could I Leave Her Behind?	Jan 2, 1991
14	Like Father, Like Son	Jan 9, 1991
15	Ben's Rap Group	Jan 23, 1991
16	Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye	Jan 30, 1991
17	Maggie Seaver's: The Meaning of Life	Feb 6, 1991
18	All the World is a Stage	Feb 13, 1991
19	Not With My Carol You Don't	Feb 20, 1991
20	Meet the Seavers	Mar 6, 1991
21	Carol's Carnival	Mar 27, 1991
22	Home Schooling	Apr 17, 1991
23	Viva Las Vegas	Apr 24, 1991

Season 7

23 episodes • 1991

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Back to School	Sep 18, 1991
2	Stop, Luke, and Listen	Sep 25, 1991
3	In vino veritas	Sep 28, 1991
4	Paper Tigers	Oct 5, 1991
5	The Young and the Homeless	Oct 12, 1991
6	Jason Sings the Blues	Oct 19, 1991
7	The Kid's Still Got It	Oct 26, 1991
8	There Must Be a Pony	Nov 2, 1991
9	The Big Fix	Nov 9, 1991
10	Home Malone	Nov 14, 1991
11	Bad Day Cafe	Nov 23, 1991
12	B=MC2	Nov 30, 1991
13	It's Not Easy Being Green	Dec 21, 1991
14	The Call of the Wild	Jan 4, 1992
15	Honest Abe	Jan 17, 1992
16	Vicious Cycle	Feb 1, 1992
17	Ménage à Luke	Feb 8, 1992
18	The Five Fingers of Ben	Feb 22, 1992
19	Don't Go Changin'	Feb 29, 1992
20	The Truck Stops Here	Mar 21, 1992
21	Maggie's Brilliant Career	Apr 4, 1992
22	The Wrath of Con Ed	Apr 11, 1992
23	The Last Picture Show	Apr 25, 1992

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