Eight Is Enough

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1977

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Episodes

EP 2: Nine Is Too Much

Nicholas convinces Tom to coach his little league football team. Tired of having no privacy, the Bradford children have their o...

EP 3: Here We Go Again

Abby has her own problems when she thinks sha may be pregnant and is relucant to tell Tom. Tom panics when he finds out he is go...

EP 4: Cinderella's Understudy

Joannie gets accepted into a theater company and her first role is that of gopher and understudy.When the lead actress quits the p...

EP 5: Milk and Sympathy

Nicholas has a crush on his teacher and buys her self-portrait at her garbage sale, but tries to hide it from the kids, who think ...

EP 6: The Flunked and the Funked

Tom is chosen to teach a journalism class at the university and is impressed by one student who is working his way throu college. ...

EP 7: Cops and Toddlers

Susan struggles to find the right career after she realizes she's not out to be a professional athlete. So she decides to try out ...

EP 8: The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone

Many struggles with medical school and charaviristic professors. Susan, Elizabeth, and Nancy try to reach Tommy to drive is reluct...

EP 9: Fast and Loose

David starts living gangerously after a close friend dies oif a heart attack at a young age. The kids try to help and eventually D...

EP 10: War Between the Bradfords

The male Bradfords refuse to attend a speech that Abby was selected to give. War erupts between the Bradfords men and woman when t...

EP 11: All The Vice President's Men

Abby's parents are flying in from Pasadena for Thanksgiving.Nicholas is surprised when the Vice-President accepts his invitation t...

EP 12: You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1)

The Bradford children plan a party for Tom and Abby's anniversary and Nicholas fell left out. Tom and Abby unknowingly bid again...

EP 13: You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (2)

In San Diego, Nicholas is taken in by Joe Simmons, an old con man and bum who was a friend of Sam's. He then performs his best sca...

EP 14: Alone At Last

Tired of not having time to themselves, Tom and Abby conspire to get rid of the kids so they can spent the weekend alone.They send...

EP 15: The Yearning Point

Both Elizabeth and Tommy learn that there is no easy way to success. Elizabeth wants to go to an expensive college in Vermont with...

EP 16: Moving Out

Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accepting that h...

EP 17: Mother's Rule

In an effort to keep the remaining Bradfords at home, Tom repeals all curfews but Abby doubts his wisdom. Tom shows everyone that ...

EP 18: Inlaws and Outlaws

Abby's mother arrives for a visit and Abby is upset to learn that her parent are breaking up. Abby's father arrives shortly, and m...

EP 19: Horror Story

On a rainy night in Sacramento, the Bradford house is turned upside-down when the power goes out and leaves the Bradfords stuck at...

EP 20: Just the Ten of Us

Nicholas tries to avoid a young lady who has a crush on him. Tired of saying goodnight to each other every night, David and Jan...

EP 21: Best of Friends

Tommy offers to marry a pregnant friend who was a girl, Lori, even though he's not the father of her baby. The Bradfords rally to ...

EP 22: The Kid Who Came to Dinner

Abby uses the family as subjects in a research project for school. Nicholas's new friend, Bobby, runs away from his foster fami...

EP 23: The Better Part of Valour

While substitute teaching at the high school, Abby refuses to pass the star basketball player, and troubles begin for Tommy. It...

EP 24: Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers

Tom and Abby are surprised to learn that Nicholas is musically talented but Abby is upset when Tom gets him a drum set. Joannie...

EP 25: The Final Days

Abby and the children are frustrated when they are trying to study for finals and a youth-oriented article Tom wrote in his column...

EP 26: Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1)

Tom is proud when Elizabeth and Joannie are graduating the same week (Joannie from college and Elizabeth from high school). Joa...

EP 27: Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2)

Tom finally realizes his dream of being a published author when a magazine prints his short story, but finds it published in a man...

EP 28: The Graduates

David and his traveling companion continue on their cross-country trip and he gets involved in a hang-gliding competition and lear...

Overview

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.

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Episodes >>

Who's Crazy Here?

Episode 1

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Nine Is Too Much

Episode 2

Nicholas convinces Tom to coach his little league football team. Tired of hav...

Here We Go Again

Episode 3

Abby has her own problems when she thinks sha may be pregnant and is relucant to...

Cinderella's Understudy

Episode 4

Joannie gets accepted into a theater company and her first role is that of gophe...

Milk and Sympathy

Episode 5

Nicholas has a crush on his teacher and buys her self-portrait at her garbage sa...

The Flunked and the Funked

Episode 6

Tom is chosen to teach a journalism class at the university and is impressed by ...

Cops and Toddlers

Episode 7

Susan struggles to find the right career after she realizes she's not out to be ...

The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone

Episode 8

Many struggles with medical school and charaviristic professors. Susan, Elizabet...

Fast and Loose

Episode 9

David starts living gangerously after a close friend dies oif a heart attack at ...

War Between the Bradfords

Episode 10

The male Bradfords refuse to attend a speech that Abby was selected to give. War...

All The Vice President's Men

Episode 11

Abby's parents are flying in from Pasadena for Thanksgiving.Nicholas is surprise...

You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (1)

Episode 12

The Bradford children plan a party for Tom and Abby's anniversary and Nicholas f...

You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore (2)

Episode 13

In San Diego, Nicholas is taken in by Joe Simmons, an old con man and bum who wa...

Alone At Last

Episode 14

Tired of not having time to themselves, Tom and Abby conspire to get rid of the ...

The Yearning Point

Episode 15

Both Elizabeth and Tommy learn that there is no easy way to success. Elizabeth w...

Moving Out

Episode 16

Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of ...

Mother's Rule

Episode 17

In an effort to keep the remaining Bradfords at home, Tom repeals all curfews bu...

Inlaws and Outlaws

Episode 18

Abby's mother arrives for a visit and Abby is upset to learn that her parent are...

Horror Story

Episode 19

On a rainy night in Sacramento, the Bradford house is turned upside-down when th...

Just the Ten of Us

Episode 20

Nicholas tries to avoid a young lady who has a crush on him. Tired of saying ...

Best of Friends

Episode 21

Tommy offers to marry a pregnant friend who was a girl, Lori, even though he's n...

The Kid Who Came to Dinner

Episode 22

Abby uses the family as subjects in a research project for school. Nicholas's...

The Better Part of Valour

Episode 23

While substitute teaching at the high school, Abby refuses to pass the star bask...

Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers

Episode 24

Tom and Abby are surprised to learn that Nicholas is musically talented but Abby...

The Final Days

Episode 25

Abby and the children are frustrated when they are trying to study for finals an...

Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1)

Episode 26

Tom is proud when Elizabeth and Joannie are graduating the same week (Joannie fr...

Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2)

Episode 27

Tom finally realizes his dream of being a published author when a magazine print...

The Graduates

Episode 28

David and his traveling companion continue on their cross-country trip and he ge...