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Marie Lubbock

Just the Ten of Us
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Genre Sitcom
Created by Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Written by Kevin Abbott
Kate Boutilier
Bob Burris
Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Tim O'Donnell
Rich Reinhart
Rachelle Romberg
Craig Shoemaker
Brad Slaight
Michael Ware
Jake Weinberger
Mike Weinberger
Directed by John Guntzelman
Dan Guntzelman
Robert Heath
Jim Johnston
Howard Storm
John Tracy
Starring Bill Kirchenbauer
Deborah Harmon
Heather Langenkamp
Jamie Luner
Brooke Theiss
JoAnn Willette
Matt Shakman
Heidi Zeigler
Opening theme "Doin' it the Best I Can" performed by Bill Medley
Composer(s) Steve Dorff
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 47 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Dan Guntzelman
Steve Marshall
Mike Sullivan
Producer(s) Henry Johnson
Nick LeRose
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Distributor Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC
Original release April 26, 1988 (1988-04-26) – May 4, 1990 (1990-05-04)
Chronology
Related shows Growing Pains

Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series is a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same character on a recurring basis. As the series progressed, Coach Lubbock's four eldest daughters, the teenagers Marie (Heather Langenkamp), Cindy (Jamie Luner), Wendy (Brooke Theiss), and Connie (JoAnn Willette), became the primary focus of the show.

Just the Ten of Us aired on ABC starting with a trial run from April 26 to May 17, 1988. After the first four episodes in an abbreviated first season were aired, the show was renewed for two more seasons, eventually ending after 47 episodes on May 4, 1990. The show was a part of ABC's early TGIF programming block.

The series focuses on Graham Lubbock (Bill Kirchenbauer), a Catholic gym teacher who used to teach at the high school that Growing Pains characters Mike and Carol Seaver (Kirk Cameron and Tracey Gold) had attended, and the father of eight children.

In the pilot episode (which aired on Growing Pains in the spring of 1988), Graham's job is in jeopardy due to district budget cutbacks. Mike leads a protest after he learns that Lubbock is trying to support a large family (including yet another baby-on-the-way). Word of this spreads, and Graham's fate is sealed; he loses his job. However, he is soon offered a job at St. Augustine's Academy, an all-boys private Catholic school in Eureka, California. Graham promptly moves his family to California.


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