ThirtySomething, the love story it was

Created by two of the most popular writers, Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, ThirtySomething invaded the television screens in 1987 and lasted until 1991. It was fiest aired on ABC network which lasted for four seasons and 85 episodes. The title of the show was made by Kathie Broyles which combined the original title of the show which was originally Thirty Something. It was considered as a dramedy series due to the mix of drama and comedy genre.

The TV series was about different love scenarios which starts with the married couple Hope and Michael who struggles with their married life. Michael has his own business, an agency with his business parner Elliot, his good friend. Elliot is married to Nancy and also struggling due to their ages. Michael's bestfriend, Gary tries to stopped from his bad habit of womanasing and move on after an affair with Michael's cousin, Melissa.

It sounds like another sappy soap but the production gave it a unique and new atmosphere by their intelligent scripts and in reality characters. This TV series was considered as one of the best higlights of the late 1980s.

Other characters were as follows, Ellyn Warren: Hope's childhood friend. Ellyn works with City Hall She is initially involved with Steve Woodman who works at City Hall as well. Later, she has an affair with a married man Jeffrey Milgram. During the final season, Ellyn becomes involved with and then marries Billy Sidel Prof. Gary Shepherd and Susannah Hart Shepherd: Gary is Michael's college roommate and a free-spirited professor When he is denied tenure at the University of Pennsylvania, he thinks about becoming a social workerIt is at this point that Gary meets Susannah who is a social worker. Despite the fact that no one else likes her, Gary marries Susannah when they have a baby, Emma. Gary dies during the last season in a traffic accident, just as Nancy recovers from cancer (Gary later visits Michael as a ghost, or at least Michael imagines that he does). After Gary's death, Susannah moves away with Emma and Miles Drentell (David Clennon): Michael and Elliot's boss at DAA. Miles' lack of ethics propels Michael into periods of self-reflection and depression, particularly when he is forced to fire Elliot.

ThirtySomething also won numerous of Emmy Awards and nominations for Outstanding as well.