History Series / Parenthood

''Parenthood'' is the second television adaptation of the 1989 [[Film/{{Parenthood}} movie of the same name]], and like the first series (which [[ShortRunners lasted just 12 episodes]] in 1990), RonHoward (who directed the film) is an executive producer, although Jason Katims, executive producer of Series/FridayNightLights, appears to be the main showrunner, and airs on Creator/{{NBC}}.

* HotDad: Joel, Adam, and Crosby.
* HotMom: All of them.

** This is also done between Season 1 and Season 2 of the series. At the end of Season 1, Sarah writes a play, gets a big-name agent Zeek knows, and the play is a hit when performed locally. Maybe it would have flopped in bigger venues, and with the play seeming to be partially autobiographical, Sarah may have had no additional ideas. However, one would at least have expected a line in Season 2's premiere, "No producer wanted to pick it up for LA, much less New York, and I don't have any other ideas that seem worth it." Instead, Sarah went back to her (then) low-paying job as a bartender.

** Lauren Graham's character Sarah's first (albeit short-lived) love interest is a barista, and later on she dates her son's teacher, who is younger than her. In Graham's starring role in Series/GilmoreGirls, her character was a coffee addict who eventually fell in love with the man who served her coffee (He was a diner owner and served her food also, but she came in just for coffee often), and she dated early on-- and got engaged to-- her daughter's young teacher.

** Lauren Graham's character Sarah's first (albeit short-lived) love interest is a barista, and later on she dates her son's teacher, who is younger than her. In Graham's starring role in Series/GilmoreGirls, her character was a coffee addict who eventually fell in love with the man who served her coffee (He was a diner owner and served her food also, but she came in just for for coffee often), and she dated early on-- and got engaged to-- her daughter's young teacher.

''Parenthood'' is the second television adaptation of the 1989 [[Film/{{Parenthood}} movie of the same name]], and like the first series (which [[ShortRunners lasted just 12 episodes]] in 1990), it's executive produced by RonHoward (who directed the film) and airs on Creator/{{NBC}}.

* ShoutOut: The scene in "Solace" where the TV automatically turns to SpongeBobSquarePants might be a reference to a scene in ''Film/{Zathura}'' where one of the brothers was watching sports and one of them changes the channel to Spongebob unexpectedly (Although, unlike Parenthood, the boy changed it during the middle of an episode, not the intro theme like the Parenthood episode).

* ShoutOut: The scene in "Solace" where the TV automatically turns to SpongeBobSquarePants might be a reference to a scene in ''Film/Zathura'' where one of the brothers was watching sports and one of them changes the channel to Spongebob unexpectedly (Although, unlike Parenthood, the boy changed it during the middle of an episode, not the intro theme like the Parenthood episode).

''Parenthood'' is the second television adaptation of the 1989 [[Film/{{Parenthood}} movie of the same name]], and like the first series (which [[TooGoodToLast lasted just 12 episodes]] in 1990), it's executive produced by RonHoward (who directed the film) and airs on Creator/{{NBC}}.

The show explores the lives of the various families belonging to the Braverman clan. NeedsMoreLove.

** In Season 3 [[FridayNightLights Alex]] is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches FridayNightLights.

* BaldWoman: Kristina for the last chunk of Season 4 as a result of getting chemotherapy.

* ActorAllusion: One episode has Lauren Graham and Mae Whitman's characters talking about a movie they just seen that stars Michael Cera. Funny, I almost forgot who played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kick Cera's ass in ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld).
** She also wear a banana costume for Halloween

* FamilyVersusCareer: Beautifully averted with Julia; her husband Joel stays home with their daughter while she goes to work as a successful lawyer.

** CainAndAbel: [[StrawmanHasAPoint ...and then Victor goes and throws a baseball bat at her and shatters a window.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Joel and Julia's adopted son Victor has become a serious case of "Small Victories"

** SpoiledBrat: Sydney and Haddie especially, but all of the kids have elements of this.

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Camille.

** CainAndAbel: [[StrawmanHasAPoint ...and then Victor goes and throws a baseball at her and shatters a window.]]

* HotDad: Joel, Adam, Crosby...

** SpoiledBrat: And how.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A rare 21st century aversion, as Drew's girlfriend Amy has one.

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A rare 21st century aversion, as Drew's girlfriend Amy has one.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: When Jasmine learned that Crosby had cheated on her, she treated him like he crossed the MoralEventHorizon for a while...only, now she's having an affair herself.]]

** And now [[spoiler: [[Hypocrite Jasmine's cheated on Dr. Joe with Crosby]]]]

** CainAndAbel: [[StrawmanHasAPoint...and then Victor goes and throws a baseball at her and shatters a window.]]

** And now [[spoiler: [[{{Hypocrite Jasmine's cheated on Dr. Joe with Crosby}}]]]]

** CainAndAbel: [{StrawmanHasAPoint...and then Victor goes and throws a baseball at her and shatters a window.]]

* TheRunaway: Drew, Amber and Haddie run away from home once. Drew and Amber were easly found, while Haddie went to her grandparents' house.

** And now [[spoiler:Jasmine's cheated on Dr. Joe with Crosby]]

* ButtMonkey: Amber in the First Season seemed to be treated this way by everyone.

* DeadpanSnarker: Amber

* DysfunctionalFamily

* FragileFlower Kristina handles nothing well, though it's a 50/50 chance as to whether she'll cry or become comically irrational.
** Worse now that she's given birth to the latest Braverman.

* InformedFlaw: Up until the point where he cheats on Jasmine, Crosby's irresponsible/deadbeat nature is this. Other Characters treat him as though he's a "screw up" and constantly talk him down, but the audience is only treated to a likeable character responding rather well to sudden fatherhood.
** It's not until after his infidelity that the gets a bit of a FaceHeelTurn and starts ''actually exhibiting'' the informed behaviour on screen.

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: When Adam and Crosby are trying to find a receptionist.

* TroubledButCute: Amber.

* ActorAllusion: One episode has Lauren Graham and Mae Whitman's characters talking about a movie they just seen that stars Michael Cera. Funny, I almost forgot about whom played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kick Cera's ass in ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld).

* DawsonCasting: Avoided with most of the teen characters but Max is 12 playing 8 at the start of the series.
** And Mae Whitman is 21 playing a 15-year-old.

* InformedAttractiveness: Max's tutor Gaby.
** YMMV, considering she's played by Minka Kelly.

''Parenthood'' is the second television adaptation of the 1989 [[Film/{{Parenthood}} movie of the same name]], and like the first series (which [[TooGoodToLast lasted just 12 episodes]] in 1990), it's executive produced by RonHoward (who directed the film) and airs on {{NBC}}.

* {{Actor Allusion}}: One episode has Lauren Graham and Mae Whitman's characters talking about a movie they just seen that stars Michael Cera. Funny, I almost forgot about whom played Michael Cera's girlfriend back on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' (and kick Cera's ass in ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld).
** She also wear a banana costume for Halloween
** In Season 3 [[{{FridayNightLights}} Alex]] is explaining to Haddie why he doesn't think he should go to a high school party. Max says it's not a good idea because of the underage drinking, which he knows about because he watches FridayNightLights.
* {{Adults Are Useless}}: Some of the parents have this problem; Julia can't seem to do much of anything right with her daughter, Crosby is a {{Bumbling Dad}} for quite a few episodes. Adam and Kristina have mostly ignored their daughter while trying to deal with their son, who has Asperger's Syndrome.

* {{Amazingly Embarrassing Parents}}: Sarah. She yells after her kids to "make good choices!" on their first day of school. After this, Amber asks her to drop her off a few blocks from the front door. Adam and Kristina also qualify, considering their "MY DAUGHTER IS DATING!" freakout.

* {{Baseball Episode}}

* {{Brainy Brunette}}: Haddie
* {{Bratty Teenage Daughter}}: Amber is this. Haddie also sometimes fills this role, although it is justified with her. Sarah apparently used to be this.
* {{Bromantic Foil}}: Crosby towards Adam, to an extent. One is happy in his role as a father, confident, and responsible, and the other has absolutely no idea what he's doing.
* {{Bumbling Dad}}: The only dad without shades of this seems to be Joel.
* {{Butt Monkey}}: Amber in the First Season seemed to be treated this way by everyone.

* {{Children Raise You}}: This happens to Crosby, and a variation happens to Sarah.
* {{Clear My Name}}: Amber is accused of smoking Marijuana, but she insists she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. [[spoiler: It's actually Haddie's pot.]]
* {{Coming of Age Story}}: The premise of the show.

* DawsonCasting: Avoided with most of the teen characters but Max is 12 playing 8 at the start of the series.
** And Mae Whitman is 21 playing a 15-year-old.
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Amber
* {{Disappeared Dad}}: Amber and Drew's dad. {{Lampshaded}} by an explanation and occasional reminders in the dialogue.
* {{Dysfunctional Family}}

* {{Family Versus Career}}: Beautifully averted with Julia; her husband Joel stays home with their daughter while she goes to work as a successful lawyer.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[GilmoreGirls Lorelai Gilmore]] is [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Katara's]] mother!
* {{Hollywood Dateless}}: A female example with Sarah; early in the season it is a joke between the women that she hasn't had a date in years, despite being attractive. Possibly justified in that she has two teenagers, and [[TheUnfairSex all men are terrified of women who already have kids]]. Totally not justified in that later on, two very different men who know she has children fall for her very quickly.
* {{Hot Dad}}: Joel, Adam, Crosby...
* {{Hot Mom}}: All of them.

* {{My Biological Clock Is Ticking}}: Crosby's girlfriend Katie was feeling this, hence her ultimatum.