Growing Pains

Growing Pains is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the Seaver family, which included psychiatrist and father Jason, journalist and mother Maggie, and their children Mike, Carol, Ben, and Chrissy.

Growing Pains
Title card from the first three seasons.
GenreSitcom
Created byNeal Marlens
Directed by
  • John Tracy (seasons 1–6)
  • Various (seasons 1–2 & 7)
Starring
Theme music composerJohn Bettis
Steve Dorff
Opening theme"As Long as We Got Each Other"
performed by B. J. Thomas (season 1 solo) and with Jennifer Warnes (seasons 2, 3, 5 and most of 7) and Dusty Springfield (season 4);
Joe Chemay, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce and George Merrill (seasons 6, part of 7 and the series finale)
Ending theme"As Long as We Got Each Other" (instrumental)
ComposerSteve Dorff
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes166 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Neal Marlens (1985–1986)
  • Dan Guntzelman (1985–1991)
  • Mike Sullivan (1985–1991)
  • Steve Marshall (1986–1991)
  • Dan Wilcox (1991–1992)
Producers
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24 minutes
Production companiesGuntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions (seasons 5–6)
Warner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1985 (1985-09-24) 
April 25, 1992 (1992-04-25)
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