Growing Pains

Growing Pains was an American television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from 1985 to 1992.

The show was about the Seaver family. Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke), a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie (Joanna Kerns), has gone back to work as a reporter. Jason has to take care of his kids: troublemaker Mike (Kirk Cameron), honors student Carol (Tracey Gold), and rambunctious Ben (Jeremy Miller). From 1990 on, Chrissy Seaver (Ashley Johnson) became a part of the family. Later, Luke Brower (Leonardo DiCaprio) also moved in with the family. The show was relevant in the mid-1980s as women going to work was becoming more and more common, as were stay at home dads.

Reruns aired on the Disney Channel from 1997-2001 with the episodes featuring Leonardo DiCaprio given special emphasis in an attempt to draw in preteen crowds who had recently seen him in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. The cable rights for the show moved to sister network ABC Family, where it ran from 2001 to 2004.

On November 20, 2006, ION Television began running episodes of Growing Pains (albeit with the shortened theme song commonly used for syndication for most episodes), with double runs airing weeknights at 7PM ET/6PM CT. Nick at Nite began airing "Growing Pains" on February 12, 2007, launching with a marathon from 9:00PM ET-1:00AM ET.

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Growing Pains Episodes

Growing Pains 1st Season 1985

1. 1- 1 206740 24 Sep 85 Pilot
2. 1- 2 185803 1 Oct 85 Springsteen
3. 1- 3 185801 8 Oct 85 Jealousy
4. 1- 4 185804 15 Oct 85 Carol's Article
5. 1- 5 185805 29 Oct 85 Superdad!
6. 1- 6 185802 5 Nov 85 Mike's Madonna Story
7. 1- 7 185808 12 Nov 85 Weekend Fantasy
8. 1- 8 185809 19 Nov 85 Slice of Life
9. 1- 9 185810 26 Nov 85 Carol's Crush
10. 1-10 185811 3 Dec 85 Dirt Bike
11. 1-11 185806 5 Dec 85 Standardized Test
12. 1-12 185812 10 Dec 85 A Christmas Story
13. 1-13 185814 7 Jan 86 The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver
14. 1-14 185813 14 Jan 86 First Blood
15. 1-15 185815 21 Jan 86 Slice of Life II
16. 1-16 185817 28 Jan 86 The Seavers vs. the Cleavers
17. 1-17 185816 18 Feb 86 Charity Begins at Home
18. 1-18 185819 25 Feb 86 Reputation
19. 1-19 185818 4 Mar 86 The Anniversary That Never Was
20. 1-20 185820 11 Mar 86 Be A Man
21. 1-21 185821 6 May 86 Career Decision
22. 1-22 185807 13 May 86 Extra Lap

Growing Pains 2nd Season 1986

23. 2- 1 185962 30 Sep 86 Jason and the Cruisers
24. 2- 2 185963 21 Oct 86 Fast Times at Dewey High
25. 2- 3 185961 28 Oct 86 Long Day's Journey Into Night
26. 2- 4 185965 11 Nov 86 Call Me
27. 2- 5 185967 18 Nov 86 Employee of the Month
28. 2- 6 185970 25 Nov 86 Dream Lover
29. 2- 7 186969 2 Dec 86 Do You Believe in Magic?
30. 2- 8 185971 9 Dec 86 Jason's Rib
31. 2- 9 185972 16 Dec 86 The Kid
32. 2-10 185966 6 Jan 87 The Breakfast Club
33. 2-11 185964 13 Jan 87 Choices
34. 2-12 185973 20 Jan 87 Higher Education
35. 2-13 186976 27 Jan 87 Some Enchanted Evening
36. 2-14 185974 3 Feb 87 Thank You, Willie Nelson
37. 2-15 185975 10 Feb 87 Thank God It's Friday
38. 2-16 185981 24 Feb 87 My Brother, Myself
39. 2-17 185979 3 Mar 87 Jimmy Durante Died for Your Sins
40. 2-18 185968 10 Mar 87 Carnival
41. 2-19 185980 17 Mar 87 The Awful Truth
42. 2-20 185978 31 Mar 87 Born Free
43. 2-21 185982 4 May 87 The Long Goodbye
44. 2-22 185977 11 May 87 Confidentially Yours

Growing Pains 3rd Season 1987

45. 3- 1 186103 18 Sep 87 Aloha (1)
46. 3- 2 186104 18 Sep 87 Aloha (2)
47. 3- 3 186102 22 Sep 87 Taking Care of Business
48. 3- 4 186109 29 Sep 87 Not Necessarily the News
49. 3- 5 186108 6 Oct 87 Michaelgate
50. 3- 6 186101 13 Oct 87 Big Brother is Not Watching
51. 3- 7 186107 27 Oct 87 A Star is Born
52. 3- 8 186105 3 Nov 87 Gone But Not Forgotten
53. 3- 9 186113 10 Nov 87 Who's Zoomin' Who?
54. 3-10 186110 17 Nov 87 This is Your Life
55. 3-11 186115 24 Nov 87 Broadway Bound
56. 3-12 186106 1 Dec 87 The Scarlet Letter
57. 3-13 186112 8 Dec 87 A Reason to Live
58. 3-14 186119 15 Dec 87 Nasty Habits
59. 3-15 186114 5 Jan 88 The Marrying Kind
60. 3-16 186120 12 Jan 88 State of the Union
61. 3-17 186111 26 Jan 88 The Mom Who Knew Too Much
62. 3-18 186122 9 Feb 88 Great Expectations
63. 3-19 186117 1 Mar 88 Dance Fever (1)
64. 3-20 186118 2 Mar 88 Dance Fever (2)
65. 3-21 186121 9 Mar 88 Bringing Up Baby
66. 3-22 186365 30 Mar 88 The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (1)
67. 3-23 186365 30 Mar 88 The Obscure Objects of Our Desire (2)
68. 3-24 186291 20 Apr 88 How the West Was Won (1)
69. 3-25 186292 26 Apr 88 How the West Was Won (2)
70. 3-26 186116 4 May 88 Graduation Day

Growing Pains 4th Season 1988

71. 4- 1 186433 19 Oct 88 Fool for Love
72. 4- 2 186434 26 Oct 88 Birth of a Seaver
73. 4- 3 186431 2 Nov 88 Family Ties (1)
74. 4- 4 186432 9 Nov 88 Family Ties (2)
75. 4- 5 186435 16 Nov 88 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
76. 4- 6 186436 23 Nov 88 Homecoming Queen
77. 4- 7 186437 30 Nov 88 Nude Photos
78. 4- 8 186439 7 Dec 88 Ben's First Kiss
79. 4- 9 186438 4 Jan 89 The Nanny
80. 4-10 186442 11 Jan 89 Mandingo
81. 4-11 186441 18 Jan 89 In Carol We Trust
82. 4-12 186443 25 Jan 89 Mom of the Year
83. 4-13 186440 1 Feb 89 Semper Fidelis
84. 4-14 186444 8 Feb 89 Feet of Clay
85. 4-15 186446 15 Feb 89 Anniversary from Hell
86. 4-16 186445 22 Feb 89 Fortunate Son
87. 4-17 186447 1 Mar 89 Double Standard
88. 4-18 186449 15 Mar 89 The Recruiter
89. 4-19 186450 22 Mar 89 Show Ninety -- Who Knew?
90. 4-20 186448 19 Apr 89 Second Chance
91. 4-21 186451 26 Apr 89 The Looooove Boat (1)
92. 4-22 186452 3 May 89 The Looooove Boat (2)

Growing Pains 5th Season 1989

93. 5- 1 186704 20 Sep 89 Anger With Love
94. 5- 2 186703 27 Sep 89 Mike and Julie's Wedding
95. 5- 3 186701 4 Oct 89 Carol Meets the Real World
96. 5- 4 186702 11 Oct 89 Fish Bait
97. 5- 5 186706 18 Oct 89 Teach Me
98. 5- 6 186705 25 Oct 89 Carol's Papers
99. 5- 7 186709 1 Nov 89 Coughing Boy
100. 5- 8 186707 8 Nov 89 The New Deal (1)
101. 5- 9 186708 15 Nov 89 The New Deal (2)
102. 5-10 186710 22 Nov 89 Paper Route
103. 5-11 186713 29 Nov 89 Five Grand
104. 5-12 186711 6 Dec 89 Carol's Promotion
105. 5-13 186712 13 Dec 89 Ben and Mike's Excellent Adventure
106. 5-14 186714 3 Jan 90 The Triangle
107. 5-15 186715 10 Jan 90 The Return of the Triangle
108. 5-16 186716 17 Jan 90 The Home Show
109. 5-17 186717 24 Jan 90 Jason vs. Maggie
110. 5-18 186718 31 Jan 90 Mike, Kate and Julie
111. 5-19 186719 7 Feb 90 Mike, the Teacher
112. 5-20 186720 14 Feb 90 Carol in Jail
113. 5-21 186721 21 Feb 90 Future Shock
114. 5-22 186722 14 Mar 90 Cheating
115. 5-23 186723 21 Mar 90 Mike the Director
116. 5-24 186725 4 Apr 90 Weekend at Mike's
117. 5-25 186695 25 Apr 90 Ben's Movie
118. 5-26 186696 2 May 90 Where There's A Will

Growing Pains 6th Season 1990

119. 6- 1 187014 19 Sep 90 Mike's Choice
120. 6- 2 187015 26 Sep 90 Midnight Cowboy
121. 6- 3 187016 3 Oct 90 Roommates
122. 6- 4 187013 10 Oct 90 Daddy Mike
123. 6- 5 187012 17 Oct 90 Ben's Sure Thing
124. 6- 6 187011 24 Oct 90 Jason Flirts, Maggie Hurts
125. 6- 7 187017 31 Oct 90 Happy Halloween (1)
126. 6- 8 187018 31 Oct 90 Happy Halloween (2)
127. 6- 9 187019 7 Nov 90 Let's Go Europe (1)
128. 6-10 187020 14 Nov 90 Let's Go Europe (2)
129. 6-11 187022 28 Nov 90 Let's Go Europe (3)
130. 6-12 187023 5 Dec 90 Divorce Story
131. 6-13 187024 19 Dec 90 The World According to Chrissy
132. 6-14 187021 2 Jan 91 How Could I Leave Her Behind?
133. 6-15 187025 9 Jan 91 Like Father, Like Son
134. 6-16 187027 23 Jan 91 Ben's Rap Group
135. 6-17 187026 30 Jan 91 Eddie, We Hardly Knew Ye
136. 6-18 187029 6 Feb 91 Maggie Seaver's: The Meaning of Life
137. 6-19 187030 13 Feb 91 All The World is A Stage
138. 6-20 187028 20 Feb 91 Not With My Carol You Don't
139. 6-21 187032 6 Mar 91 Meet the Seavers
140. 6-22 187033 27 Mar 91 Carol's Carnival
141. 6-23 187031 17 Apr 91 Home Schooling
142. 6-24 187034 24 Apr 91 Viva Las Vegas

Growing Pains 7th Season 1991

143. 7- 1 187201 18 Sep 91 Back to School
144. 7- 2 187203 25 Sep 91 Stop, Luke, and Listen
145. 7- 3 187204 28 Sep 91 In vino veritas
146. 7- 4 197202 5 Oct 91 Paper Tigers
147. 7- 5 187205 12 Oct 91 The Young and the Homeless
148. 7- 6 187206 19 Oct 91 Jason Sings the Blues
149. 7- 7 187207 26 Oct 91 The Kid's Still Got It
150. 7- 8 187208 2 Nov 91 There Must Be A Pony
151. 7- 9 187209 9 Nov 91 The Big Fix
152. 7-10 187210 14 Nov 91 Home Malone
153. 7-11 187212 23 Nov 91 Bad Day Cafe
154. 7-12 187211 30 Nov 91 B=MC2
155. 7-13 187213 21 Dec 91 It's Not Easy Being Green
156. 7-14 187214 4 Jan 92 The Call of the Wild
157. 7-15 187216 17 Jan 92 Honest Abe
158. 7-16 187217 1 Feb 92 Vicious Cycle
159. 7-17 187215 8 Feb 92 Menage a Luke
160. 7-18 187218 22 Feb 92 The Five Fingers of Ben
161. 7-19 187220 29 Feb 92 Don't Go Changin'
162. 7-20 187219 21 Mar 92 The Truck Stops Here
163. 7-21 187221 4 Apr 92 Maggie's Brilliant Career
164. 7-22 187222 11 Apr 92 The Wrath of Con Ed
165. 7-23 187223 25 Apr 92 The Last Picture Show (1)
166. 7-24 187224 25 Apr 92 The Last Picture Show (2)

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