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2	[[caption-width-right:325:The main cast.]]
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4	''thirtysomething'' is a television drama series created by Creator/EdwardZwick and Marshall Herskovitz that aired for four seasons (1987–91) on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]. It details the lives of seven friends in their thirties – former [[TheSixties '60s]] counterculture types turned '80s [[{{Yuppie}} yuppies]] – living in suburban UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}.
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6	[[AC: The main characters are:]]
7	* Michael Steadman (Creator/KenOlin) - An advertising executive.
8	* Hope Murdoch (Creator/MelHarris) - Michael's wife, a freelance journalist raising their newborn daughter, Janey.
9	* Elliot Weston (Creator/TimothyBusfield) - Michael's advertising partner, who, at the beginning of the series, is having marital problems after an affair with a co-worker.
10	* Nancy Weston (Creator/PatriciaWettig) - Elliot's wife, an aspiring artist raising their two children, Ethan and Brittany. Nancy battled ovarian cancer during the last two seasons.
11	* Melissa Steadman (Creator/MelanieMayron) - Michael's photographer cousin.
12	* Gary Shepherd (Creator/PeterHorton) - An English professor who was Michael's friend in college and used to date Melissa.
13	* Ellyn Warren (Creator/PollyDraper) - Hope's girlhood friend, a local politician.
14	* Miles Drentell (Creator/DavidClennon) - Michael and Elliot's BadBoss, who employed them once their ad agency went bankrupt.
15	* Susannah Hart (Creator/PatriciaKalember) - Gary's girlfriend and later wife, who eventually bore him a daughter, Emma.
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17	Not to be confused with the Hugh Laurie Britcom ''Series/{{Fortysomething}}''.
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20	!! "[=tropeysomething=]":
21	* AllLowercaseLetters: Officially, the show's title is ''thirtysomething''.
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23	* ButNotTooGay: The show got a burst of publicity as being the first program to feature a gay couple in bed together. However, the actors playing the couple were not allowed to touch each other, and the network later refused to rerun the episode due to negative advertising reaction.
24	* CreatorCameo: Story editor Liberty Godshall (who started out as an actress before turning to writing) has a supporting role in "Advanced Beginners," which she also wrote.
25	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Gary tragically dies in a car accident a few episodes into the final season.]]
26	* MrsRobinson: Dating the much younger Lee causes Melissa to feel like this.

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