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Party of Five is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by Scott Wolf as Bailey, Matthew Fox as Charlie, Neve Campbell as Julia, and Lacey Chabert as Claudia Salinger, who with their baby brother Owen (played by several actors) constitute five siblings whom the series follows after the loss of their parents in a car accident. Notable co-stars included Scott Grimes, Paula Devicq, Michael Goorjian, Jeremy London, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. While categorized as a series aimed at teenagers and young adults, Party of Five explored several mature themes, including substance and domestic abuse, teen pregnancy, mental illness, cancer, and the long-term effects of parental loss.[1]

Party of Five
Genre
  • Family drama
  • Teen drama
Created by
Starring
Opening theme"Closer to Free" by BoDeans
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes142 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Christopher Keyser
  • Amy Lippman
  • Ken Topolsky
  • P.K. Simonds
  • Bruce J. Nachbar
  • Mark B. Perry
  • John Romano
  • Mitchell Burgess
  • Robin Green
Producers
  • Paul Marks
  • P.K. Simonds
  • Bruce J. Nachbar
  • Steven Robman
  • Daniel Attias
  • Ian Biederman
  • Allan Heinberg
Editors
  • Richard Freeman
  • Steve Potter
  • David Dworetzky
Running time43–45 minutes
Production companies
  • Keyser/Lippman Productions
  • Columbia Pictures Television
    • (1994–1997) (seasons 1–3)
  • Columbia TriStar Television
    • (1997–2000) (seasons 4–6)
  • Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Co. Medien KG
    • (1998–1999) (season 5)
DistributorSony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseSeptember 12, 1994 (1994-09-12) 
May 3, 2000 (2000-05-03)
Chronology
RelatedTime of Your Life

Despite receiving positive reviews from television critics after its debut, including TV Guide naming it "The Best Show You're Not Watching" in 1995,[2] the series suffered from low ratings during its first and second seasons, during which speculation arose that it would soon be cancelled.[3] In 1996, Party of Five won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, after which ratings and popularity grew for the majority of the remainder of the series.[4] A spin-off starring Hewitt debuted on the network in 1999, Time of Your Life, which was cancelled after one season.


Synopsis


The show, set in San Francisco, centered on the five Salinger siblings (the "party of five" of the show's title), who become orphans after their parents are killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. The family is composed of 24-year-old Charlie (Matthew Fox), the eldest, a womanizing, immature manual laborer who struggles with the responsibility of being the new head of the family; 16-year-old Bailey (Scott Wolf), the once-rebellious teen forced into a role of responsible caretaker and later veering into alcoholism; 15-year-old Julia (Neve Campbell), a sensitive teen; 11-year-old Claudia (Lacey Chabert), a precocious child prodigy musician; and baby Owen, age one.

The siblings take over the running of their family's restaurant, Salinger's. Charlie initially serves as bartender and manager, and later Bailey takes over. Over the years, the Salingers face various struggles: the long-term effects of parental loss; in season 3, Bailey's attempt to recover from alcoholism; in season 4, Charlie's diagnosis with cancer; and in season 5, Julia's dealing with domestic violence in a relationship.[1]

As the series progressed, romantic relationships became plot points and new cast members joined the show, including Jennifer Love Hewitt as Sarah, Bailey's girlfriend; Jeremy London as Griffin, Julia's "bad-boy" boyfriend and later husband; and Paula Devicq as Kirsten, Owen's nanny, who develops an on-again-off-again relationship with Charlie throughout the series, until they get married during the show's sixth and final season.


Cast and characters



Main



Recurring


The following lists all actors who appeared in five or more episodes during the run of the show.


Production


Fox Entertainment Group chairman Sandy Grushow commissioned the show as a possible replacement for Beverly Hills, 90210, which was then in its fourth season. Grushow stated that "I wanted a show that would possess many of the same values that '90210' had in the beginning. A show about teenagers and for teenagers. I pitched the notion of a group of kids who lost their parents in a tragic accident and therefore were forced to raise themselves."[7]

When Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman came on board to create the show, they disliked the more lighthearted premise the network had come up with, essentially of a bunch of teens without parents left to go wild, which Keyser called a "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead kind of thing." They decided to take the show in a more dramatic direction, where the characters have to deal with the serious repercussions of being orphaned and growing up.[8]

Jerry O'Connell was initially offered the role of Bailey, but he chose to sign with the series Sliders instead. Scott Wolf auditioned and was cast the very same day, the first of the actors to be cast.[9][3] Neve Campbell, who was still living in Canada at the time, auditioned for Party of Five while she was in Los Angeles interviewing with different talent agencies to represent her. She auditioned along with her then-roommate Tara Strong, and ended up winning the role of Julia and moving to LA for the show, after it was picked up by Fox for a full series.[9][10]

The show was produced by Columbia Pictures Television (CPT) and High Productions. CPT would later be folded into Columbia TriStar Domestic Television, which soon afterward became Sony Pictures Television.


Nielsen ratings


Season Episodes Timeslot (ET) Season Premiere Season Finale Rank Rating
(Households)
Viewers
(in millions)
1 22

Monday 9:00

Wednesday 9:00

September 12, 1994 March 15, 1995 #82[11] 5.0[11]
2 22

Wednesday 9:00

September 27, 1995 March 27, 1996 #96[12] 7.1[12]
3 25

Wednesday 9:00

August 21, 1996 April 2, 1997 #72[13] 6.7[13] 8.9[13]
4 24

Wednesday 9:00

September 17, 1997 May 13, 1998 #56[14] 6.7[15] 11.5[14]
5 25 Wednesday 9:00 September 16, 1998 May 19, 1999 #65[16] 7.2[17] 9.90[18]
6 24 Tuesday 9:00 October 5, 1999 May 3, 2000 #113[19] 4.3[19] 6.135[20]

Episodes


SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 12, 1994 (1994-09-12)March 15, 1995 (1995-03-15)
222September 27, 1995 (1995-09-27)March 27, 1996 (1996-03-27)
325August 21, 1996 (1996-08-21)April 2, 1997 (1997-04-02)
424September 17, 1997 (1997-09-17)May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13)
525September 16, 1998 (1998-09-16)May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)
624October 5, 1999 (1999-10-05)May 3, 2000 (2000-05-03)

Home media


On April 27, 1999, Columbia TriStar Home Video released the season 2 episode "The Wedding", the season 3 episode "Intervention", and the season 4 episode "Richer, Poorer, Sickness, and Health" on VHS.[21][22][23]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released all six seasons of Party of Five on DVD in Region 1 between 2004 and 2013.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

In August 2013, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to various television series from the Sony Pictures library including Party of Five.[31] They subsequently re-released season 1 on DVD on June 24, 2014, followed by season 2 on January 6, 2015.[32][33] On January 5, 2016, Mill Creek released a complete series set featuring all six seasons of the series, available together for the first time.[34][35]

In January 2016, it was announced that Hulu had acquired the rights to every episode of the series.[36]

DVD Name Ep # Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 DVD Special Features
The Complete 1st Season 22 May 4, 2004
June 24, 2014 (re-release)
Sept, 25 2006 May 5, 2006
June 7, 2017 (re-release)
Audio Commentary On Selected Episodes.

"Party of Five: A Family Album", 17 minutes of a documentary about the shows first 4 seasons.

9 Behind The Scenes Featurettes with the Cast and Crew

(On Original DVD Release Only)

The Complete 2nd Season 22 December 20, 2005
January 6, 2015 (re-release)
Sept, 3 2007 February 14, 2007
June 7, 2017 (re-release)
Audio Commentary On Selected Episodes.

Documentary on the Series Featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

(On Original DVD Release Only)

The Complete 3rd Season 25 March 25, 2008 N/A June 7, 2017 Minisodes
The Complete 4th Season♦ 24 March 5, 2013 N/A June 7, 2017 None
The Complete 5th Season♦ 25 July 2, 2013 N/A June 7, 2017 None
The Complete 6th and Final Season♦ 24 October 1, 2013 N/A June 7, 2017 None
The Complete Series 142 January 5, 2016 N/A November 1, 2017 "Party of Five: A Family Album", the complete 44 minute documentary.

♦ - Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release.


Awards and nominations


Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
ALMA Awards 2000 Emerging Actor in a Drama Series Wilson Cruz Won [37]
Casting Society of America 1995 Best Casting for Pilot Episode Mary V. Buck and Susan Edelman for "Pilot" Nominated [38]
GLAAD Media Award 2000 Outstanding TV Individual Episode "I'll Show You Mine" Nominated [39]
1996 Outstanding Television Series Nominated [40]
Golden Globe Awards 1997 Best Television Series - Drama Nominated [41]
1996 Best Television Series - Drama Won
Humanitas Prize 1998 60 Minute Category Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman for "Before and After" Nominated [42]
1996 60 Minute Category Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman for "Thanksgiving" Won
Kids' Choice Awards 2000 Favorite Television Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 1996 Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series "The Wedding" Nominated [43]
Teen Choice Awards 1999 TV – Choice Actor Scott Wolf Nominated [44]
TV – Choice Actress Neve Campbell Nominated
TV – Choice Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt Nominated
TV – Choice Drama Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards 1997 Television: Episodic Drama Mark B. Perry for "Falsies" Nominated [45]
Young Artist Awards 1999 Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series - Leading Young Actress Lacey Chabert Won [46]
YoungStar Awards 1998 Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series Won
1997 Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series Won

Reboot


In January 2018, Freeform ordered a pilot for a reboot of Party of Five, featuring five children who must take care of themselves after their parents are deported back to Mexico.[47] In April 2020, the reboot was canceled after one season.[48]



Party of Five is credited with "[moving] televised stories about and targeted at young adults away from the soap-opera genre and [helping to] make the medium safer for the more realistic teenagers we’d meet later on Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, Friday Night Lights, and Gilmore Girls."[3]

In 2021, Party of Five was one of the shows featured in the third episode of season 1 of Vice Media's Dark Side of the 90's entitled "TV for Teens."[49][50]


References


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  2. TV Guide Book of Lists. Running Press. 2007. pp. 212. ISBN 978-0-7624-3007-9.
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Further reading





На других языках


- [en] Party of Five

[ru] Нас пятеро

«Нас пятеро» (англ. Party Of Five) — американский драматический сериал, выходивший на канале «Fox» с 12 сентября 1994 по 3 мая 2000 года. Критики высоко оценили сериал, но рейтинги шоу были достаточно низкими, и после первого сезона сериал был на грани закрытия. В 1996 году, к удивлению многих, сериал выиграл премию «Золотой глобус» в номинации «Лучшая драма» — сериал стал самым низко-рейтинговым среди обладателей этой премии[1].



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