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The Torkelsons

7.8
2 seasons
33 episodes
Ended
Comedy
Drama
Family

Plot Summary

Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and her children after her husband Randy abandons the family.

First Aired:September 21, 1991
Last Aired:June 12, 1993
Episode Runtime:24m
Networks:
NBC
Created By:
Lynn Montgomery

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (2)

Season 1
1.0

Season 1

20 episodes

Aired: 1991

In the small town of Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma, Millicent Torkelson is struggling to raise her five children with no money after her husband abandoned the family. While she's busy trying to put food on the table, the kids are often getting into and out of trouble in ways that test her patience. Elderly loner Wesley Hodges pays for room and board to help them out, and becomes a quasi-family member before long.

Season 2

Season 2

13 episodes

Aired: 1993

Production

Touchstone Television

Walt Disney Television

Michael Jacobs Productions