ABC canceled Eight Is Enough in 1981 after five seasons. But star Dick Van Patton didn’t hear the news from a producer or network executive. According to the New York Times, he read it in a ...

It’s impossible to discuss classic retro TV shows and not mention the ABC drama-comedy series, Eight Is Enough.The show premiered in 1977 and wrapped in 1981. It’s based on the book by the ...

After Eight is Enough, Van Patten continued on in film and TV. He appeared in several shows including Arrested Development, That ’70s Show and Hot in Cleveland.

The popular series was based on the actual life of syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden and his experiences raising his eight children.

PHOTOS: See all 20 pics in “Eight is Enough” Cast - Where Are They Now? Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford THEN Young Dickie Van Patten started out on the stage, and did indeed call himself Dickie.

Adam Rich, who starred on "Eight Is Enough," died to the "effects of fentanyl," per a report from Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office. Rich was found dead at the age of 54 in January.

Eight Is Enough's on-screen stepmother Betty Buckley also shared an emotional tribute to Rich online."Adam Rich was a light and my young pal for the four seasons I was blessed to work with him on ...

Adam Rich, who played the youngest of eight children on the ABC series "Eight is Enough" in the late 1970s and early '80s, died at his Los Angeles-area home at the age of 54, it was reported Sunday.

Eight Is Enough wasn’t the first TV series inspired by a real person’s life, but it’s a rarity for such a show to be about a fairly well-known person, one who’s still alive at the time the ...

One-time child actor Adam Rich, who starred in the 1970s TV show “Eight is Enough,” walks out of a sheriff’s station after posting bail in City of Industry, Calif., Dec. 18, 2002.