Two Marriages

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Two Marriages
Genre Drama
Created byCarol Sobieski
Starring Michael Murphy
Tom Mason
Karen Carlson
Ina Fried
Tiffany Toyoshima
C. Thomas Howell
Janet Eilber
Kirk Cameron
Louanne
John McLiam
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production company Lorimar Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseAugust 23, 1983 (1983-08-23) 
April 26, 1984 (1984-04-26)

Two Marriages is an American dramatic television series that aired on ABC from August 23, 1983, until April 26, 1984.

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Premise

The Armstrongs and Daleys, two married couples with very different marriages but a close friendship live next-door to each other in suburban Iowa (presumably the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area).

Nancy Armstrong is a traditional homemaker whose husband, Art, is a successful, earnest, but occasionally distant and cynical surgeon; their older teenage daughter Shelby is wise beyond her years and yet feels awkward, while their mischievous son Eric is about to enter puberty.

Ann Daley, transplanted from Chicago, is a professional engineer whose husband (her second), Jim, is a down-to-earth dairy farmer; their children include her troubled son Scott Morgan, from her previous broken marriage, who resented the move to Iowa and wanted to return to Chicago, due to his feeling left out in the new family dynamics; Jim's adopted Vietnamese daughter, Kim; and the young son, Willie, Ann and Jim had together.

Willie and Kim bonded beautifully although they weren't blood, and eventually Scott found himself becoming part of the family, thanks to his neighbor, Shelby, who was able to get through to him.

Jim Daley's fun-loving, hard-working father, Woody, who operates the dairy with him, is an active figure in the lives of his biological and adopted grandchildren. [1]

Cast

US television ratings

SeasonEpisodesStart DateEnd DateNielsen RankNielsen Rating [2] Tied With
1983-8410August 23, 1983April 26, 19849210.0"Bay City Blues"

Episodes

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References

  1. TV Guide. "Two Marriages Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  2. "1983-84 Ratings History -- The Networks Are Awash in a Bubble Bath of Soaps".