Growing Pains
American television series
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- history of television in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: Demographic divergence
Cosby Show, Family Ties, and Growing Pains (ABC, 1985–92) remained on the air into the 1990s, while at the same time more “realistic” shows featuring lower-middle-class families such as Roseanne (ABC, 1988–97), The Simpsons (Fox, begun 1989), Married…with Children (Fox, 1987–97), and Grace Under
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- In Television in the United States: Demographic divergence
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- DiCaprio
- In Leonardo DiCaprio
…in a recurring role on Growing Pains. That year DiCaprio also made his big-screen debut in Critters 3, a low-budget horror film.
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- In Matthew Perry: Family and early acting career
…role on the hit sitcom Growing Pains, playing a boyfriend of Carol Seaver (Tracey Gold) who dies in a drunk-driving accident. Perry later was a series regular on the short-lived Sydney (1990), cast as a rookie cop whose sister (Valerie Bertinelli) is a private detective. He then had guest appearances…
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- In Matthew Perry: Family and early acting career