Season 3 poster

Season 3

(1978)

Cast

Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford
Dick Van Patten

as Tom Bradford

Betty Buckley as Abby Bradford
Betty Buckley

as Abby Bradford

Grant Goodeve as David Bradford
Grant Goodeve

as David Bradford

Willie Aames as Tommy Bradford
Willie Aames

as Tommy Bradford

Dianne Kay as Nancy Bradford
Dianne Kay

as Nancy Bradford

Connie Needham as Elizabeth Bradford
Connie Needham

as Elizabeth Bradford

Lani O'Grady as Mary Bradford
Lani O'Grady

as Mary Bradford

Adam Rich as Nicholas Bradford
Adam Rich

as Nicholas Bradford

Susan Richardson as Susan Bradford
Susan Richardson

as Susan Bradford

Laurie Walters as Joannie Bradford
Laurie Walters

as Joannie Bradford

Episodes

Who's Crazy Here? poster

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September 6, 1978

Suffering from imsommia and thinking he's going nuts.Tom visits a psychiatrist to find the cause. Tommy develops two …

Nine Is Too Much poster

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September 13, 1978

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

Here We Go Again poster

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September 20, 1978

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

Cinderella's Understudy poster

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September 27, 1978

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

Milk and Sympathy poster

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October 11, 1978

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

The Flunked and the Funked poster

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October 18, 1978

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

Cops and Toddlers poster

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October 25, 1978

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

The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone poster

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November 1, 1978

Many struggles with medical school and charaviristic professors. Susan, Elizabeth, and Nancy try to reach Tommy to driv…

Fast and Loose poster

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November 8, 1978

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

War Between the Bradfords poster

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November 15, 1978

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

All The Vice President's Men poster

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November 22, 1978

Abby's parents are flying in from Pasadena for Thanksgiving.Nicholas is surprised when the Vice-President accepts his i…

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

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November 29, 1978

The Bradford children plan a party for Tom and Abby's anniversary and Nicholas fell left out. Tom and Abby unknowingl…

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

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November 29, 1978

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 h…

Alone At Last poster

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December 6, 1978

Tired of not having time to themselves, Tom and Abby conspire to get rid of the kids so they can spent the weekend alon…

The Yearning Point poster

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January 10, 1979

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

Moving Out poster

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January 3, 1979

Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accep…

Mother's Rule poster

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January 10, 1979

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

Inlaws and Outlaws poster

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January 24, 1979

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

Horror Story poster

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January 31, 1979

On a rainy night in Sacramento, the Bradford house is turned upside-down when the power goes out and leaves the Bradfor…

Just the Ten of Us poster

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February 14, 1979

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

Best of Friends poster

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February 21, 1979

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

The Kid Who Came to Dinner poster

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February 28, 1979

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

The Better Part of Valour poster

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March 7, 1979

While substitute teaching at the high school, Abby refuses to pass the star basketball player, and troubles begin for T…

Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers poster

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March 14, 1979

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

The Final Days poster

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May 2, 1979

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

Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (1) poster

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May 9, 1979

Tom is proud when Elizabeth and Joannie are graduating the same week (Joannie from college and Elizabeth from high scho…

Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy (2) poster

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May 9, 1979

Tom finally realizes his dream of being a published author when a magazine prints his short story, but finds it publish…

The Graduates poster

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May 23, 1979

David and his traveling companion continue on their cross-country trip and he gets involved in a hang-gliding competiti…