ABC's "Thirtysomething" reunion with Tim Busfield, Mel Harris, Polly Draper, & more!
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- THIRTYSOMETHING Reunion! The gang is back together again! Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Melanie Mayron, Timothy Busfield, Patricia Wettig, Peter Horton, and Polly Draper will all join the episode to talk about their seminal series that defined a generation.
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This show was EVERYTHING to me. I was single then but wanted Hope's life--a stay-at-home mom with a great husband. It used to make me sad how Ellen always tried to make her feel like she was wasting her life. I was thankful that they wrote Hope's character to realize she wanted to be home with Janie and that was ok, too. Years later when I was a new mom, Lifetime used to rerun the episodes at like 1am and of course, with a new baby, I was up and this show helped get me through those crazy nights. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Get this show streaming somewhere!
This show and "Sisters" were two of the best written, best directed, best acted shows of the early 90's. I loved to watch alone because I did not know how emotional I would get. I felt the vulnerability of the characters and their lives. This was great TV. It didn't hurt that I had crushes on all of the male leads.
Agree. I always wanted to be like Hope. Big crush on Michael.
@carolyndukeanderson8880 Michael was my favorite. Hope was gorgeous! I loved the entire cast. This show, "Sisters," "St. Elsewhere, ""The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, "and "NYPD Blues" were great dramas of the late 80s and 90s. I think these were underrated shows.
Yes
With respect to the episode where Gary dies and the scene with Nancy talking to the kids about heaven - I think that might also be the episode where Nancy finds out that she will survive cancer because I remember her talking to someone where she questions why was she chosen to live and Gary was the one who died. I was so invested in Thirtysomething. Many nights I would be the only one up watching it as my husband and kids would be asleep. The cancer story really moved me. It just seemed so real. It was beautifully acted.
I still remember that episode as well. I was shocked and in tears! It was an excellent series with a brilliant cast.
I still remember that episode and it was a heartbreaker...so well acted. I was so sad when the show ended...I was 20 something when that show was popular but my husband and I never missed it.
When Gary passed away on the show I couldn't stop crying lol😇Such a great show..
My husband had been in a bad accident right before that episode and it aired right before he came home from the hospital. This was way before the internet and spoilers were all over, so I had NO idea what was going to happen and I totally lost it. 😭😭😭
The "Gary Dies" episode was brilliant. I've watched the clip from it several times and the Ken Olin scene on the phone with the police and then telling Mel Harris and Melanie Mayron about Gary's death, are some of the best scenes ever on TV and film.
I loved this show. It was SO realistic. I was in my 30s and married with kids at the time. My husband enjoyed it too. We never missed an episode.
Hands down one of the finest shows ever. Watched coming-of-age in my early 20's. Phenomenal acting and writing. Thank you for this!
It’s easy to see how much thirtysomething influenced my life. I spent a decade living a professional life like Ellyn, twenty years living a bohemian life like Melissa and now am in a relationship who splices the goofy humor of Elliot, the angst of Michael and the sensitive rebel like Gary.
The writing was groundbreaking...Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz were masters at micro-movement in human relationships. One of my favorite lines of all time, “I keep forgetting that college and reality are incompatible.”
One of the best shows ever on TV. And it’s no surprise why, seeing these clips and the interplay between the actors. Made me so nostalgic. I certainly hope they do a reunion show. It would be great watching where the characters ended up. Thank you for bringing it to us, StarsInTheHouse! Hope you raised a lot of money!
This was incredible. I was in college during thirtysomething. Their passion and enthusiasm is palpable and amazing. They all look amazingly the same after all these years! There seems little difference between the characters and the people, a testament to their talent and how special the show was! I hope the reboot goes through.
Oh I loved this show so much. The characters were just so real and relatable to me and my friends. I miss it and so happy to see all these lovely people again
Loved, Loved this show! I would love to have it stream on Hulu or Netflix.
I just got into this show after hearing about it. Streamed it on some obscure site. But haven't finished it yet. Yes, this needs to be on netflix or hulu.
Yes!!!! Me too!!!
I adored Thirtysomething too, and didn't want it to end. Then for years I wondered what each cast member was up to.
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You sound like me. I was in my late '20's and every Tuesday at 10:00 I lived vicariously through them. I cried when it ended and actually grieved losing them. It was SO real!! Ed and Marshall are geniuses.
@@nancyoakley4727 Agreed. They truly are geniuses.
I was 8 months old when thirtysomethibng first aired. And the intro lives in my mind. I am 34 and I live for this show.
You're Janey! :) Lol
Cool! You have good taste!
I loved this show and it’s characters. When I saw that Ken was directing “This is Us” I knew why that show was so good. I’ve been waiting for this show to come on somewhere. Hopefully, this will happen soon.
I still can’t get over the fact that there was never a Thirty Something reunion show. It could be called 60 Something with their kids being thirty something. Sounds stupid but I would love it.
There was a series being produced called thirtysomething(else). It was about the kids in their 30s and the parents were to make appearances. Just like you described. It was supposed to premiere in Fall 2020. Covid messed up the production.
Me too!
I just met Tim Busfield a few weeks ago. I asked him if Michael and Hope ever got the kitchen finished. He said just before covid, they were set to film an update. But they never got it done. I told me what happened to the characters... I dont want to tell ya..as he show may actually get filmed.
I was exactly the age of the thirtysomething cast when the show aired and, in my mind, we were all friends living through similar experiences. When Gary died, I was literally inconsolable. The next morning my radio alarm came on and the theme song to thirtysomething was playing. I remember just lying in bed thinking about how insensitive the station was to play that song the day after Gary died. BTW, I was a college educated, successful career woman who read great literature and this show STILL captivated me like none other. So great to see the cast again.
Remember Susannah wondering why everyone was treating Melissa like she was the widow, and the irony was we all kind of felt like widows, didn't we?
@@cynthiajohnson9412 Absolutely. I think I was particularly stunned because I didn't see Gary's death coming. I'm rarely surprised by storylines and so I was both grief-stricken and embarrassed to be so grief-stricken. Looking back now, it seems funny to have been so touched by a tv show, but it was ground-breaking and I loved it.
@@kansasgirl8371 :Did you see the video that popped up on RUclips with the scene of Gary's death? I didn't even watch because I didn't want to relive that. And it's not just you and me, if you want to see just how pervasively powerful that episode was, skip to the comments. As for myself, I remember my girlfriend and I, who worked together, were both big fans of the show. And the shell-shocked look on her face the next day at work is burned on my memory as well.
@@kansasgirl8371 : I used to be a big fan of L.A. Law, but after the episode of Rosalind falling down the elevator shaft, I stopped watching. The door opened and she just stepped out into nothing. I thought that was cheap and manipulative and frankly just horror for the sake of horror. But there was something beautiful, and ironic, and deep, and truly heart-renderingly sad about Gary's demise. It felt real, like a real friend who brought so much life to us was struck down. That's what television drama, good television drama is all about. I think that's the moment that T.V. transcends to the level of art. P.S. Have any recommendations for good shows I can stream? I recently loved 'The Durrells On Corfu'? And 'The Village' (also a heart ripper that will haunt you) How about you?
@@cynthiajohnson9412 I don't remember that and am wondering if I quit watching before that episode. I need to see if LA Law is streaming somewhere. I loved the first few seasons.
Thank you very much! Why does this reunion still make my eyes brim? I'm 68 now but even back then the show was such a central part of my life! Even my three kids, 8,7 and 6 at the time, knew that Thursday evening from 7.30 till 8 was MY moment of the whole week! Incredible how time flies! By the way, what a blessing you guys are all still around! Gracias a la vida!!!
Amazing to see all seven of them together. I learned so much about life and relationships from this show.
Oh, how I looked forward to seeing "Thirty Something"!! The cast was not in a sitcom, they became very real people in my life!! Amazing, how you all made a difference... =8^) Thank you!!
I loved this show back in the day. So nice to see them like this.
I loved this so much- I was a teen-something when thirtysomething was on the air, and am now a late-fortysomething, so needless to say, I relate to this show & cast in many ways, including that I want to be just like them as a sixtysomething! Cheers to a great show cast & Seth and James!
so great seeing this cast together - this show was amazing on so many levels - the acting / the music / the locations - I have all seasons on dvd but wish they were streamed somewhere. Wish David Clennon and Patricia Kalember were part of this reunion. My favorite scene is when you see Susannah's tear stream down her face thru the snow covered car glass remembering a moment with Gary. My favorite episode "Undone" when Chelsea Field was the one that got away from Michael as it reminded me of a role reversal a long time ago.........Such a well written and acted show. Bravo!
Great love to all in this group for sharing your experience working together in this reunion. Thank you so much for getting together. One of the greatest television shows of our time with a stellar group of actors and directors. “Thirty something” taught me the value of strong writing--and also influenced my years during its airing and many many years after. It was exactly how we are. Thank you Polly, Ken, Timothy, Patricia, Mel, Peter and Melanie for your time and words in this. Enjoyed every bit of it!
Loved this!! Started watching thirtysomething when I had my daughter at 20 yrs old! She turned 30 this year! I missed you guys! Thanks for doing this reunion!
Loved this show! Didn’t miss an episode! Loved Timothy Busfield as Danny in West Wing too!
Ken Olin directed some of 'The West Wing' episodes too.
This is such a lovely reunion. Often when you get casts back together they can seem very forced, but this is so warm and loving.
This show deserves to be on one of the platforms instead of so much garbage that they use to fill their catalogs
One of the best shows of that era … really enjoyed it. So good to see the cast together again! A reboot wound be awesome!
David Clennon as Miles Drentell was iconic.
What a treat to spend some time with this cast again in modern times! Thanks to Seth and James for enabling this reunion and seeing how vital these actors still are. thirtysomething was my favourite show back in the day - the writing and acting were so real it was hard not to become invested in the characters. I was also impressed with the creative camerawork. I have the CD soundtrack of the music and also the book of thirtysomething scripts. When ABC pulled the plug after four seasons, I wrote to them in protest. It was like a death! Following that, I kept up with Zwick and Herskovitz's subsequent series Relativity, Once And Again, My So-called Life, and even Dream Street, always impressed with the quality of the stories and the casting. And again, not allowed long runs. A side note: Too bad Terry Kinney wasn't in this reunion - I always remember his romance with Ellen and a particular scene with ski boots!
Thank you all I love you all
I was in my 20’s. When I watched you. Now family of 3 boys.❤
Everyone looks great! This show meant so much to me.
I loved this show so much. Such a talented cast and amazing writing. I literally mourned Gary for days. This show was so real to me as a THIRTYSOMETHING navigating a baby, job and marriage. I would love to see how the characters deal with older life, are they grandparents, are they political and outspoken, have they become advocates for the marginalized, did they retire to grow lavender? This show could have gone on for 30 years and I would probably still relate
One of the best shows ever
OMG yes! I loved this show! There was nothing like it on TV at the time. Please rerelease!!!
Really great thanks! Hope to see cast of Northern Exposure someday soon🙏
Yes! That’s my second favorite show after thirtysomething!
Agree 100%
I bought DVD of both shows and watch both all the time...
This is everything I loved this show I was only in. My early 20’s when this show was on. I bought all the episodes non Amazon. Thanks for doing this!
It was so delightful to see all these guys together here! I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you!
I loved the show from the opening where Michael had to talk Gary off the ledge, telling him he could 'do it', he could walk do the aisle, and Gary was just the best man. Too Funny. I also loved the joke about the hidden nail in the wall that ripped someone's coat during their first party when they weren't sure the house was ready for guests. Went on to restore many an old house and that joke still makes me smile.
Love love love this show I was addicted to this show. I was able to purchase the first season. For a long time you couldn't get the rest but now I just checked on Amazon and they have it on there again so I just ordered it. So glad you guys are on this. What are the chances that you could have every Union TV show 4 years later when your kids are all grown on the show that would be fun.
One of my favorite. You know why its not available .... it is too smart for today . Seriously . Anyway I too had to buy dvds cause need a fix . Thanks for this.
I was 30 something and me and my coworker would watch it together. Other times we would call each other after show was over and talk about the show for hours. Or at lunch next day at work. Best show ever!
Thanks for being the wonderful cast on Thirty Something! I was actually living in Philadelphia when the show started, having my first son. Hope and Michael, and little Janey was so relatable to me! It actually helped me to see people in their 30’s going through major life events. It sure would be great to do a Sixty Something! Please consider it? lol. Thanks guys for this get together. I felt kind of like I was seeing old friends. ☮️
This show was EVERYTHING. I loved it. What a groundbreaking series. I'm no good with technology, but if I can find this series on DVD I'm all in. Hopefully a network will carry it. There's reruns on everything else, and most of it I don't watch or like. Ken Olin is just a Genius. Everything he does is Gold. I would like to know why the show ended. Why?😊
I don’t think the writers wanted to continue...but I vaguely remember ABC kept jerking the show around..
I bought the whole series on Amazon ..
I’ve checked out the DVDs from the library. I get a lot of shows from the library.
If you get the dvds, there are a good amount of extras where they discuss why the show was canceled.
Fingers crossed they resurrect the show. This show was so good!
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They have all signed on for a Thirtysomething reboot!!!!
the show was so good .....my fear is any reboot will pale in comparison....hope I am wrong
@@mananimal3644 They had ABC's okay to shoot a sequel-series a year ago, had a cast picked out and a pilot script written, but ABC ended up killing it as too expensive (thank the pandemic). Not sure they'll revive it.
One of my all time favorite shows
Loved this show! I remember when Gary's character died, the New York Times article headline: "Death comes to thirtysomething as Gary, not Nancy, dies" I was devastated.
Love this show. Want it back PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just started watching this fairly recently for the first time and I love it so far. But I really wish they could bring it to streaming so I can actually binge watch it
Loved the show and watched religiously back in the day. Enjoyed seeing you all reminisce. Wish it was available to watch again!
Patricia Wettig is my age and from what I can tell she and Polly Draper look pretty much like they did in 1987; never missed that show.
THE BEST SHOW EVER! TY so much!
I would love to watch Thirtysomething again.
I wish it would be added to Prime! I would love to revisit this show!!!
Ohh, thank God for YT! I just happened to stumble across this tonight. I LOVED this series so much, and still remember back in the late 90s, a channel (AMC, Lifetime, Bravo?) showed the entire series, and I told myself I should tape it, but I didn't. I truly thought it would appear again somewhere else, but it never did...
And I CANNOT believe they're still wrangling over the rights to it! It's ridiculous...
I guarantee you -- if they ever do get it together and put this brilliant series on streaming it will BLOW UP the internet.
Love all you guys. So glad to see you all together again 😍
My favorite show of all time. 😍 Great to see them all and hear them speak on their memories. I do wish David Clennon could've joined them too. He was just so good. And although they had limited time in the show, I'd like to see Terry Kinney and Erich Anderson. It would be great to hear their memories too.
I think my favorite episode was the Christmas episode in the first season. I thought (Melissa) Melanie and (Michael) Ken were going to kill each other in that episode - haha - but they were so, so good - great acting. They were very real and raw. Same with the trials of Nancy and Elliott. Amazing acting - especially for TV. They deserved every award and should've received more!
I really could not pick a favorite character. They really were all such likeable and relatable characters and I think most fans would agree. And I, for one, am happy to go back in time and rewatch a show without cell phones, iPads and the internet. Very nostalgic and while I'm sure that's part of my love for the show for me, but it's still one of the best written, acted, and directed shows in TV history.
I wish it was coming back. Maybe we will get lucky. I love thirtysomething .
Good show with good cast chemistry. Enjoyed the Zoom session.
You guys all look SO great :) you should be very proud of this show it was Such a great show!! thank you !
Love This!! I didn’t miss an episode! Would love to see this on Netflix! Thanks 💕
This show was ahead of its time. It has the subtlety and depth of streaming shows of today when there were still only a few networks and a few dozen crappy cable channels.
i was 20 something....wishing I was thirthysomething....now....Fithy Something
Bringing back lots of lovely memories watching every episode of this great show! You all look great, just wish it was on now! X
Shoutouts to Melanie Polly Mel Patricia Tim Ken and Peter for making this reunion happen It was amazing
This was so much fun to watch! I loved this show. It first aired when I was 30 years old and just had a new baby, I could identify with so much on the show at that time and I was home a lot too having a new baby, so it meant more to me than most shows would.
You will have to call the reboot, "Sixtysomething" for sure! LOL!
Loved this show. Pure 80s angst. The template for many family dramas since
We need sixty something!! And everyone looks terrific!
This show kicked arse ....oh my goodness brilliant actors great story lines , loved you all 🇨🇦
Would you guys consider another 30 something series. All the original cast members? I'm ALL IN.
Yes!
They were planning to make a TV movie called Thirtysomething(else). That’s what they were talking about earlier in the interview.
Everybody looks great! I miss this show so much. All kidding aside, I really do wish they would do seventysomething--or at least sixtysomething since that's a shorter wait for us. I also miss Once & Again, which didn't even get a third-season DVD put out for it and, of course, Parenthood. Miss that so much. These are the types of shows that resonate. These characters become family and friends.
This show to me was 💖 Everything . So enjoyed seeing these wonderful people again . Loved them so much . Bless you guys 💕
I loved this show! I was in my early 20s when it came on and all I wanted was to be Hope Steadman and live in an old house and drive a Jeep Cherokee.
Also the episode of West Wing with Mel as Senator Raferty is one of my favorites. She was perfect for that role.
Hello! Thanks SOOOO much for this sensational video. Deeply appreciated. I STILL love this show and will always. I requested the show on Netflix, etc. Happy you mentioned it that it's impossible to watch online. It really is. Great show you have here. All the very best.
Loved this show…watched this every week
Such a great show!! Would love it brought to a streaming service.
The character of Hope influenced me so much during that time. She was my character crush. LOL! I wore my hair like her, lots of hoop and dangly earrings, the vests..... I wanted to live in a cool old house that was in constant state of renovation (I didn't). Everything about her life as a mom, even the struggles, seemed like the life I was leading. I had 2 small kids born in the 80s, and was pregnant with a 3rd when the show ended. I was born in 1955, and was very much in the middle of Thirty-Something years of age while this show was on the air.
My show! 😍
I loved this show. I had a crush on Ken Olin. Anyone watching the show A Million Little Things? This show is so much like Thirty Something and it is so well done. There are all these connected friends and what goes on in their lives. I highly recommend this show. And one of the guys in this show looks a lot like Ken Olin. I thought he might be his son. His name escapes me right now. But he is the one married and has a son. He plays music and recently ended up in a wheelchair after being hit by a truck.
Sorry..can’t agree..MLT is quite boring at times..and the characters are a bit unlikable..loved the thirty something characters...
When 30 Something first viewed ,I was hooked. I hope they can go ahead to make another continued story line of the 30 something years later .Maybe a 2 hour movie of everyone as life of older and the kids all grown.Janie and the kids.. Just a thought. Loved the series. ❤.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the show again!!!
Wow........everybody in the show still looks SO good.......and they are fun to watch! This was a great zoom video!
Loved the reunion and miss the show. I have watched the entire show all the way through at least four times. Please do the reboot! I need a great show to be invested in!
Stream this show somewhere❤️❤️❤️!!!
I love Timothy Busfield, Melanie Mayron, Polly Draper, Peter Horton, Ken Olin, Patricia Wettig, and Mel Harris.
I just saw this! I loved loved loved this show!!! If anyone reads this..please do at the least a movie & release the shows to stream! That show defined a lit of my 30 something life at the time! I even had a thirtysomething nightshirt that I wore until it literally fell apart! Love you all!! I know this was from 2 yrs ago but I hope everyone is doing well!!❤
Wonderful
Remains, to this day, one of my favorite shows of all time. Hope they do get this reboot together and FOR GOD’S SAKE somebody stream this show. I have a DVD player hooked to my tv just for these dvds.
Loved show. Please Hulu show this. Thanks Jennifer 🤩
For me, Patricia Wetting as Nancy is the Breaking Bad of female characters, the one who changes the most, from weak in one season to badass to trembling with vulnerability. Every film and TV actress/actor should study this work.
I loved the show
My parents watched this show when it was on...they also were in their 30s
My friends from 1987 30 something it was so good to see you guys again after 34 years it's been great 👍 💖 Farhana
Hilarious! So fun to see all of you again! You all look wonderful....
Love these people.
I loved the show so much, I was in my early twenties with a small baby when I watched it. I’d love it to come back
I own all the episodes; I bought them on Amazon years ago.
I think I watched each episode. The show was definitely an 80s TV show.
Nancy actress is still so beautiful. Wow! My favorite character.
Why not rerun this series. Loved it and miss it so.
Okay Netflix, let's go!! I am so ready for a new season of Thirtysomething...now Fiftysomething. Cast is so great. They've 'brought back' so many shows w Netflix...if you're going to return to something then return to something w stellar actors and real life emotional stories. I think it would be fascinating to see same characters 25 + yrs later. Life is a wild ride of trauma grief and change. It will be a huge success. Surely Netflix must know this?!