When thirtysomething debuted in 1987 it was attacked by some critics as being a self-indulgent examination of the minutiae of yuppie life. Before the first season was over, some of those same critics were covering their tracks by calling it "the most improved show on television." Producers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz had teamed up before on Family and would go on to create My So-Called Life, Relativity and Once and Again. Often using feature-film techniques, their brand of what could be ca…
When thirtysomething debuted in 1987 it was attacked by some critics as being a self-indulgent examination of the minutiae of yuppie life. Before the first season was over, some of those same critics were covering their tracks by calling it "the most improved show on television." Producers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz had teamed up before on Family and would go on to create My So-Called Life, Relativity and Once and Again. Often using feature-film techniques, their brand of what could be ca…
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Seasons (4)
Season 1
29 Sep 1987 – 10 May 1988 · 21 episodes
1Pilot29 Sep 1987
2The Parents Are Coming6 Oct 1987
3Housewarming13 Oct 1987
4Couples27 Oct 1987
5But Not for Me3 Nov 1987
6We Gather Together17 Nov 1987
7Nice Work If You Can Get It1 Dec 1987
8Weaning8 Dec 1987
9I'll Be Home for Christmas15 Dec 1987
10South by Southeast5 Jan 1988
11Therapy12 Jan 1988
12Competition19 Jan 1988
13Separation26 Jan 1988
14I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Gynecologist2 Feb 1988
15Business as Usual9 Feb 1988
16Accounts Receivable1 Mar 1988
17Whose Forest Is This?15 Mar 1988
18Nancy's First Date22 Mar 1988
19Undone12 Apr 1988
20Tenure3 May 1988
21Born to Be Mild10 May 1988
Season 2
6 Dec 1988 – 16 May 1989 · 17 episodes
1We'll Meet Again6 Dec 1988
2In Re: the Marriage of Weston13 Dec 1988
3The Mike Van Dyke Show20 Dec 1988
4Trust Me3 Jan 1989
5No Promises10 Jan 1989
6Politics17 Jan 1989
7Success31 Jan 1989
8First Day / Last Day7 Feb 1989
9About Last Night14 Feb 1989
10Elliot's Dad28 Feb 1989
11Payment Due7 Mar 1989
12Deliverance21 Mar 1989
13Michael Writes a Story4 Apr 1989
14New Job11 Apr 1989
15Be a Good Girl25 Apr 1989
16Courting Nancy2 May 1989
17Best of Enemies16 May 1989
Season 3
19 Sep 1989 – 22 May 1990 · 24 episodes
1Nancy's Mom19 Sep 1989
2Love and Sex3 Oct 1989
3Mr. Right10 Oct 1989
4New Baby24 Oct 1989
5Legacy31 Oct 1989
6Strangers7 Nov 1989
7Pilgrims21 Nov 1989
8The Burning Bush28 Nov 1989
9New Parents5 Dec 1989
10Michael's Campaign12 Dec 1989
11Pulling Away9 Jan 1990
12Another Country16 Jan 1990
13Post-Op23 Jan 1990
14Once a Mermaid6 Feb 1990
15Fathers and Lovers13 Feb 1990
16Her Cup Runneth Over20 Feb 1990
17Good Sex, Bad Sex, What Sex, No Sex27 Feb 1990
18The Other Shoe20 Mar 1990
19The Three Year Itch3 Apr 1990
20I'm Nobody, Who Are You?10 Apr 1990
21Arizona17 Apr 1990
22Going Limp1 May 1990
23Towers of Zenith Part 1: The Go-Between15 May 1990
24Towers of Zenith Part 2: Samurai Adman22 May 1990