Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough was a television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from 1977-1981.

The show is centered around a Sacramento, California family with eight children (from oldest to youngest: David, Mary, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, and Nicholas). The father Tom Bradford was a newspaper columnist for the fictional Sacramento Register. His wife Joan took care of the children. The second season began with the revelation that Tom had become a widower. Tom fell in love with Sandra Sue "Abby" Abbott, a schoolteacher who came to the house to tutor Tommy. They were later married.