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{{short description|American drama television series (1987-1991)}}
{{about|an American television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = thirtysomethingcast.jpg
| caption            = Main cast
| runtime            = 60 minutes
| genre              = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
| creator            = [[Edward Zwick]]<br />[[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| showrunner        = Edward Zwick<br />Marshall Herskovitz
| writer             =
| director           = 
| executive_producer = [[Edward Zwick]]<br />[[Marshall Herskovitz]]
| producer           = [[Ann Lewis Hamilton]]<br />[[Joseph Dougherty]]<br />[[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]
| starring           = [[Ken Olin]]<br />[[Mel Harris]]<br />[[Melanie Mayron]]<br />[[Timothy Busfield]]<br />[[Patricia Wettig]]<br />[[Peter Horton]]<br />[[Polly Draper]]
| composer           = [[W. G. Snuffy Walden]]<br />[[Stewart Levin]]<br />[[Jay Gruska]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| company            = [[Bedford Falls Productions|The Bedford Falls Company]]<br />[[MGM Television|MGM/UA Television Productions]]
| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired        = {{start date|1987|9|29}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|1991|5|28}}
| num_seasons        = 4
| num_episodes       = 85
| list_episodes      = List of Thirtysomething episodes
| related            = ''[[Once and Again]]'' 
}}

'''''Thirtysomething''''' is <!-- don't change this to "was" without first discussing it on the talk page --> an American [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series created by [[Edward Zwick]] and [[Marshall Herskovitz]] for [[United Artists Television]] (under MGM/UA Television) and aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 29, 1987, to May 28, 1991.<ref name=trust>"The 'don't trust anyone over thirty' slogan of the Sixties gave way to a show called ''Thirtysomething'' in the Eighties, showing boomers grappling with having children or having left it too late." In {{cite book |last=Adams |first=Paul |date=2012 |title=Power Trap: How fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power--and what can be done about it |publisher=Lorimer |page=234 |isbn=978-1459402706 }}</ref>

The series focuses on a group of [[baby boomers]] in their thirties who live in [[Philadelphia]], and how they handle the lifestyle that dominated American culture during the 1980s given their involvement in the [[History of the United States (1964–1980)|early 1970s]] [[counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] as young adults.<ref name=larb>{{cite web
|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/big-thaw-togetherness-thirtysomething-means-now/
|title=The Big Thaw: "Togetherness" and What Thirty-Something Means Now
|access-date=2016-05-22
|last=Roberts
|first=Soraya
|date=March 8, 2015
|publisher= [[Los Angeles Review of Books]]
}}</ref> It premiered in the United States on September 29, 1987, and lasted four seasons. It was canceled in May 1991 by mutual agreement between the producers and the network. Zwick and Herskovitz moved on to other projects.<ref name="moveon">{{cite web
|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/05/29/for-thirtysomething-fans-an-end-to-the-angst/
|title=For 'Thirtysomething' Fans, An End To The Angst
|access-date=2016-06-22
|last=Papajohn
|first=George
|date=May 29, 1991
|website=Chicago Tribune
}}</ref><ref name="else">{{cite web
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-22-ca-2256-story.html
|title=They're Moving On to Somethingelse
|access-date=2016-06-22
|last=Hill
|first=Michael
|date=May 22, 1991
|website=Los Angeles Times
}}</ref><ref name="farewell">{{cite web
|url=http://articles.philly.com/1991-05-28/news/25798935_1_michael-and-hope-abc-entertainment-president-thirtysomething
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809165423/http://articles.philly.com/1991-05-28/news/25798935_1_michael-and-hope-abc-entertainment-president-thirtysomething
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=August 9, 2016
|title=A Farewell To 'Thirtysomething' A Loyal Viewer Bemoans The Demise Of Abc's Phila.-centered Hour Of Angst.
|access-date=2016-06-22
|last=Heller
|first=Karen
|date=May 28, 1991
|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer
}}</ref> The series won 13 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], out of 41 nominations, and two [[Golden Globe Award]]s.

On January 8, 2020, ABC confirmed that a [[television pilot]], which would serve as a sequel to the series, had been ordered. The pilot was never filmed, but was set to be directed by Zwick, written by Zwick and Herskovitz, and have four members of the original cast ([[Ken Olin]], [[Mel Harris]], [[Timothy Busfield]] and [[Patricia Wettig]]) reprising their roles.<ref name="Sequel">{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title='Thirtysomething': ABC Picks Up Sequel Series Pilot With Original Cast From Marshall Herskovitz & Ed Zwick |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/thirtysomething-abc-sequel-series-with-original-cast-marshall-herskovitz-ed-zwick-1202824579/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=January 12, 2020 |date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> In June 2020, ABC passed on the series.<ref name="Sequel Passed">{{cite web |last1=Goldberg|first1=Lesley |title=ABC Passes on 'Thirtysomething' Update as Pilot Fates Revealed|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abc-passes-thirtysomething-update-as-pilot-fates-revealed-1300925|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=June 29, 2020 |date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
An ensemble drama, the series revolves around a married couple, Michael Steadman and Hope Murdoch, and their baby, Janie. Michael's cousin is photographer Melissa Steadman, who used to date his college friend Gary Shepherd. Gary eventually marries Susannah. Michael's business partner is Elliot Weston, who has a troubled marriage with his wife Nancy, a painter. Hope's childhood friend is local politician Ellyn Warren.

==Characters==
* '''Michael Steadman''' ([[Ken Olin]]) and '''Hope Murdoch Steadman''' ([[Mel Harris]]): Hope is from [[Philadelphia]], and Michael is from [[Chicago]] but remained in the Philadelphia area after graduating from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. Hope is a graduate of [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and a consumer affairs writer. After having their daughter Janie, Hope becomes a [[Homemaker|stay-at-home mother]] and initially gives up her writing. Later, she returns to work but struggles with her role as a mother in the process. During a difficult period in her marriage when she is pregnant with her second child, Leo, Hope contemplates having an affair with environmentalist John Dunaway ([[JD Souther]]). Michael's confrontation with her over this leads them to resolve their problems and rekindle their marriage. Michael is Jewish, and Hope is Christian, and complications from their [[interfaith marriage]] recur throughout the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvacres.com/ethnic_jewish_s_z.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917171948/http://www.tvacres.com/ethnic_jewish_s_z.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2012|website=TV ACRES|title= Ethnic Groups > Jewish - "S-Z"|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> Michael's original ambition was to be a writer, but he works in advertising with graphic designer Elliot. The men first meet at the Bernstein Fox ad agency and then leave to form The Michael and Elliot Company. When their company goes bankrupt, Michael and Elliot join the advertising corporation DAA, run by Miles Drentell. Michael's relationship with Miles erodes his marriage with Hope, who finally decides to accept a job in Washington, D.C. By the time the show was canceled, Michael had decided to quit work altogether so that Hope could pursue her own interests.
* '''Elliot Weston''' ([[Timothy Busfield]]) and '''Nancy Krieger Weston''' ([[Patricia Wettig]]): Elliot studied graphic design at [[Rhode Island School of Design]] (RISD). His father Charlie ([[Eddie Albert]]) is divorced from Elliot's mother and now lives in California. Elliot's sister Ruthie (played by [[Meagen Fay]]), who lives in Philadelphia and is married with two children, has not forgiven their father for leaving them. Elliot works in the advertising business with Michael (initially in their own business, but later for DAA). Nancy was also an art major and is a stay-at-home mother to Ethan and Brittany. Like Hope, she initially feels bored and unhappy in her role as a [[homemaker]]. After Elliot has an affair which leads to divorce proceedings, Nancy develops a career as a children's book illustrator and author, and begins teaching at a local art center. Elliot becomes jealous after she also begins to date and finds himself once again attracted to her. Eventually, they rekindle their relationship and stop divorce proceedings. During the final two seasons, Nancy struggles with, but ultimately overcomes, ovarian cancer, which deepens their relationship. Always a rebel, Elliot can never reconcile himself to Miles' preference for Michael and his own loss of creative work at DAA, and eventually quits DAA in a fit of rage against both Miles and Michael. He and Nancy move to California, where he finds his passion in directing and eventually makes up with Michael when they accidentally bump into each other during Michael's job interview at [[TBWA/Chiat/Day|TBWA\Chiat\Day]]. Michael does not accept the job but briefly entertains the possibility of working again with Elliot to make commercials (and turns again to Miles for help in this endeavor). At the time the show was canceled, it is implied that this venture will not happen after Michael tells Hope that he will stop working so that she can pursue her own interests.
* '''Melissa Steadman''' ([[Melanie Mayron]]): Michael's cousin and Gary's former girlfriend, who studied photography at [[New York University]] (NYU). Her work as a photographer includes the cover of a [[Carly Simon]] album and photos in ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. Melissa has a complicated relationship with Michael, who is frequently jealous of her career path. She has an equally complicated relationship with her mother, Elaine ([[Phyllis Newman]]), and grandmother, Rose ([[Sylvia Sidney]]). Her free-spirited sister, budding actress Jill, lives in New York (and is portrayed by Mayron's sister Gale Mayron). In the first season, Melissa dates a divorced [[gynecologist]] who has a daughter (played by [[Kellie Martin]]) who does not want more children. Melissa later briefly dates Michael's boss Miles; this relationship ends when his intense attraction to her nearly evolves into [[date rape]], which she prevents and for which he apologizes. Miles never really recovers from his infatuation, but Melissa works to avoid him thereafter. Art school-dropout house painter and twenty-something Lee Owens ([[Corey Parker (actor)|Corey Parker]]) becomes the primary focus of her romantic yearnings. They are drawn to each other, but their relationship is fraught with problems, mostly due to the age difference. After Melissa convinces Michael and Elliot to find Lee a job at DAA, the couple begins to drift apart and eventually breaks up. At the time of the show's cancellation, they are on friendly terms again, and Gary's "ghost" (as he recently died in a car accident) tells Michael that Lee and Melissa will marry and have a child.
* '''Ellyn Warren''' ([[Polly Draper]]): Hope's childhood friend. Ellyn is an important local politician who works at [[Philadelphia City Hall|City Hall]]. Initially dating her co-worker Steve Woodman ([[Terry Kinney]]), she later becomes involved with a married man, Jeffrey Milgrom ([[Richard Gilliland]]), who leaves his second wife for her but eventually abandons her and goes back to his first wife. After the breakup, Ellyn develops a new friendship with Gary, whom she used to dislike. Annoyed by Michael and Hope's perpetual interference in their lives, Gary and Ellyn play a practical joke on them, implying that they are having an affair. The joke ends when Ellyn reveals she is once again involved with Billy Sidel ([[Erich Anderson]]), a [[comics artist]] and friend of Michael and Hope's, who set them up on a blind date. Ellyn had dumped him while still seeing Jeffrey, but after they break up she bumps into Billy, and they begin to spend time together. Initially unsettled by Billy's genuine and straightforward manner, Ellyn grows to love him. Afraid of his growing feelings for Ellyn, Billy has a one-night stand with a former girlfriend that temporarily damages his relationship with Ellyn. They eventually work through issues related to fear and trust, and marry in a ceremony at Michael and Hope's house, held after Gary's death.
* '''Gary Shepherd''' ([[Peter Horton]]) and '''Susannah Hart''' ([[Patricia Kalember]]): Gary, who first met Michael when they were in the same freshman dorm at University of Pennsylvania, is a free-spirited, womanizing professor of [[medieval literature]] at a Philadelphia college, and Melissa's ex-boyfriend. When denied tenure, he thinks about becoming a social worker and meets Susannah, who works for a social welfare nonprofit. Susannah, who later admits to being shy and introverted, is initially an outcast among Gary's friends but develops a working relationship with the group to make Gary happy. Susannah and Gary move in together after she becomes pregnant with Emma and then marry before Susannah moves to New York for a new job. Gary stays in Philadelphia as he has found a new teaching position there that he does not want to give up, even though it requires him to teach American poetry. He falls into the role of a [[stay-at-home dad]] after the move and becomes more deeply involved in his new teaching position. He turns to Nancy for help when he is assigned a course in [[children's literature]] and does not know what to teach. Among the books Nancy recommends is ''[[Through the Looking-Glass]]'', but she no longer owns a copy of it. Gary is on his way to visit Nancy in the hospital with a copy of the book as a gift when he is killed in a car accident. Michael, who initially cannot let go of Gary, is "haunted" by his ghost, who comes back to Michael through a mirror (looking glass). Michael learns to respect Susannah (who stands up to his controlling nature) as they turn to each other to cope with Gary's passing.
* '''Miles Drentell''' ([[David Clennon]]): Michael and Elliot's corrupt boss at DAA who styles himself as a type of [[Zen master]]. Miles is a [[Vietnam veteran]] who was once a photographer passionate about art but eventually sold out. By the time Eliot and Michael meet him, Miles is a ruthless and extremely powerful businessman whose complete lack of ethics propels Michael into periods of self-reflection and depression. Michael's internal conflict deepens after Miles promotes him, forcing Michael to also sell out. Clennon reprised this role in the series ''[[Once and Again]]'' (1999–2002).
* '''Russell Weller''' ([[David Marshall Grant]]) is a gay friend of Melissa's who met her while she was photographing a wedding. They became fast friends due to their mutual interest in art. His relationship with Peter Montefiore ([[Peter Frechette]]) in the 1989 episode "[[Strangers (thirtysomething)|Strangers]]" was the [[Strangers (thirtysomething)#Controversy|subject of controversy]] as five of the show's regular sponsors pulled out of the episode, costing the network approximately $1.5 million in advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite book|author=Becker, Ron |date=2006| title=Gay TV and Straight America|url=https://archive.org/details/gaytvstraightame0000beck |url-access=registration | publisher= Rutgers University Press|page= [https://archive.org/details/gaytvstraightame0000beck/page/138 138]}}</ref> It eventually led producers to refrain from sexualizing their gay characters.<ref>{{cite book|author=Becker, Ron |date=2006| title=Gay TV and Straight America|url=https://archive.org/details/gaytvstraightame0000beck |url-access=registration | publisher= Rutgers University Press|page= [https://archive.org/details/gaytvstraightame0000beck/page/179 179]}}</ref>

==History==

===Episodes===
{{main|List of Thirtysomething episodes}}
{{:List of Thirtysomething episodes}}

===Nielsen ratings/broadcast history===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! '''Season'''
! '''Timeslot'''
! '''Rank'''
! '''Rating'''

|-
| 1) 1987–1988
| rowspan="4" | Tuesday night at 10:00 pm
| #49
| 12.1

|-
| 2) 1988–1989
| #41
| 13.9

|-
| 3) 1989–1990
| #43
| 12.4

|-
| 4) 1990–1991
| #54 <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/08/1990-91-ratings-history-abc-reclaims.html | title=The TV Ratings Guide | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322035257/http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/08/1990-91-ratings-history-abc-reclaims.html | accessdate=October 21, 2020| archive-date=March 22, 2018 }}</ref>
| 11.2

|}

===Home media===
[[Shout! Factory]] (under license from [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM]]) has released all four seasons of ''Thirtysomething'' on DVD in Region 1.

Mill Creek Entertainment has rereleased the first season on DVD in two volumes. On January 18, 2011, it released ''Season One, Volume One'', which contains the first 10 episodes of the season. ''Season One, Volume Two'', which contains the remaining 11 episodes, was released on January 10, 2012.

In Region 2, [[Revelation Films]] released the first two seasons on DVD in the UK. Season 3 was briefly released in 2014, but was almost immediately withdrawn from sale for unspecified "contractual reasons" and has, to date, not been rereleased, nor has Season 4.

In Region 4, [[Shock Records|Shock Entertainment]] has released all 4 seasons on DVD in Australia.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"|DVD Name
! rowspan="2"|Ep#
! colspan="3"|Release Dates
|-
! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
|-
| The Complete First Season
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| August 25, 2009
| November 26, 2012
| September 18, 2013
|-
| The Complete Second Season
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| January 19, 2010
| March 18, 2013
| September 18, 2013
|-
| The Complete Third Season
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| May 11, 2010
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| September 18, 2013
|-
| The Complete Fourth Season
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| November 9, 2010
| style="text-align:center;"|-
| September 18, 2013
|}

==Influences and cultural impact==
''Thirtysomething'' was influenced by the films ''[[Return of the Secaucus 7]]'' (1980) and ''[[The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]'' (1983).<ref name=museum>{{cite web
|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/thirtysomethi.htm
|title=Thirtysomething
|access-date= 2008-05-07
|website=[[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]
}}</ref> The show reflected the [[angst]] felt by [[baby boomers]] and [[yuppies]] in the United States during the 1980s,<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.ew.com/article/1990/05/04/why-were-still-watching-and-arguing-about-thirtysomething | title=Why we're still watching and arguing about ''thirtysomething''|work=EW|date=May 4, 1990}}</ref> such as the changing expectations related to [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] introduced during the era of [[second-wave feminism]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hanke|first1=Robert|title=Hegemonic Masculinity in thirtysomething|journal=Critical Studies in Mass Communication|date=September 1990|volume=7|issue=3|pages=231–248|doi=10.1080/15295039009360176}}</ref> It also introduced "a new kind of hour-long drama, a series that focused on the domestic and professional lives of a group of young urban professionals, a socio-economic category of increasing interest to the television industry [...] its stylistic and story-line innovations led critics to respect it for being 'as close to the level of an art form as weekly television ever gets,' as the ''New York Times'' put it."<ref name=museum/> During its four-year run, ''Thirtysomething'' "attracted a cult audience of viewers who strongly identified with one or more of its eight central characters, a circle of friends living in Philadelphia."<ref name=museum/> Even after its cancellation in 1991, it continued to influence television programming, "in everything from the look and sound of certain TV advertisements, to other series with feminine sensibilities and preoccupations with the transition from childhood to maturity (''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]''), to situation comedies about groups of friends who talk all the time (''[[Seinfeld]]'')."<ref name=museum/>
The show also influenced the British television series ''[[Cold Feet]]'', which featured similar storylines and character types. The creator of ''Cold Feet'' wanted his show to be in the mould of successful American TV series like ''Thirtysomething'' and ''[[Frasier]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Smith, Rupert |date=2003| title=Cold Feet: The Complete Companion|location= London|publisher= Granada Media|page=6|isbn=0-233-00999-X}}</ref>

[[Susan Faludi]], in her bestseller [[Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women|''Backlash'']] (1991), argues that ''Thirtysomething'' often reinforced, rather than dismantled, gender stereotypes. She suggests that it exhibited a disdainful attitude toward single, working, and feminist women (Melissa, Ellyn, and Susannah) while at the same time "exalting homemakers" (Hope and Nancy).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Heide|first1=Margaret J.|title=Mothering Ambivalence: The Treatment of Women's Gender Role Conflicts Over Work and Family on "thirtysomething"|journal=Women's Studies|date=1 April 1992|volume=21|issue=1|pages=103–117|doi=10.1080/00497878.1992.9978929|issn=0049-7878}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316115,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519120321/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316115,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2007|title=Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women - EW.com|author=Susan Faludi|work=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=August 9, 2015}}</ref> In this manner, the series was seen as "seemingly progressive but substantially conservative in its construction of reality."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Loeb|first1=Jane Connelly|title=Rhetorical and Ideological Conservatism in thirtysomething|journal=Critical Studies in Mass Communication|date=1 September 1990|volume=7|issue=3|pages=249–260|doi=10.1080/15295039009360177|issn=0739-3180}}</ref>

===''Oxford English Dictionary''===
Almost immediately after the introduction of the show, the term "Thirtysomething" became a [[catchphrase]] used to designate [[baby boomer]]s in their thirties. This cultural shift was reinforced by the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', which added "Thirtysomething" in 1993 (under the word "thirty") and defined the term as follows:

:Draft additions 1993 - n. [popularized as a catch-phrase by the U.S. television programme thirtysomething, first broadcast in 1987] colloq. (orig. U.S.) an undetermined age between thirty and forty; spec. applied to members of the ‘baby boom’ generation entering their thirties in the mid-1980s; also attrib. or as adj. phr. (hence, characteristic of the tastes and lifestyle of this group).<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200888?rskey=oMtfpj&result=1#eid18574179 |work=Oxford English Dictionary|title=thirtysomething}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
While it aired, ''Thirtysomething'' was nominated for 41 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], winning 13. It also won two [[Golden Globe]] awards. Later, by 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were listed as number 22 on [[TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time|''TV Guide''{{'}}s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time]].<ref>{{cite journal |year=1997 |title=Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time |journal=[[TV Guide]] |issue=June 28–July 4 }}</ref> ''Thirtysomething'' then placed the number 19 spot on [[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|''TV Guide''′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]] in 2002,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/ "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows"]. [[CBS News]]/[[Associated Press]]. February 11, 2009.</ref> and in 2013, ''[[TV Guide]]'' placed it as No. 10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.<ref>Roush, Matt (February 25, 2013). "Showstoppers: The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time". ''[[TV Guide]]''. pp. 16-17.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Association
!Category
!Recipient
!Results
!Ref
|-
| rowspan="16" |1988
|[[Casting Society of America]]
|[[Casting Society of America|Best Casting for a TV, Dramatic Episodic]]
|(casting director) Judith Holstra<br />(casting director) [[Marcia Ross]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night]]
|for episode "Pilot"<br />(director) [[Marshall Herskovitz]]<br />(unit production manager) [[Stephen McEveety]]<br />(first assistant director) [[Peter Gries]]<br />(second assistant director) Dawn Easterling
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series]]
|for episode "Whose Forest is This?"<br />(men's costume supervisor) Patrick R. Norris<br />(women's costume supervisor) Marjorie K. Chan<br />(men's costumer) Anne Hartley<br />(women's costumer) Julie Glick
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=THIRTYSOMETHING|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/thirtysomething|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Television Academy|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series]]
|for episode "Pilot"<br />(costume supervisor) Marilyn Matthews<br />(costumer) Patrick R. Norris
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music]]
|Stewart Levin<br />W.G. Snuffy Walden
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production]]
|for episode "Therapy"<br />(editor) Victor Du Bois<br />(editor) Richard Freeman
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "The Parents Are Coming"<br />Shirley Knight
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series — Drama]]
| ''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Thirtysomething|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/thirtysomething|access-date=2021-06-30|website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Humanitas Prize|Humanitas Prize Awards]]
|60 Minute Category
|[[Paul Haggis]]<br />[[Marshall Herskovitz]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[People's Choice Awards]]
|Favorite New Television Program — Dramatic
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
|(producer) [[Scott Winant]]<br />(supervising producer) [[Paul Haggis]]<br />(executive producer) [[Marshall Herskovitz]]<br />(executive producer) [[Edward Zwick]]
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Business as Usual (aka Michael's Father's Death"<br />(writer) [[Paul Haggis]]<br />(writer) [[Marshall Herskovitz]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Polly Draper]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[TCA Awards]]
|[[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama|Outstanding Achievement in Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="24" |1989
|[[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
|Best Edited Episode from a Television Series
|for episode "Accounts Receivable"<br />(editor) Victor Du Bois<br />(editor) Steven Rosenblum
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series]]
|for episode "We'll Meet Again"<br />(men's costumer) Patrick R. Norris<br />(women's costumer) Julie Glick
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production]]
|for episode "First Day/Last Day"<br />(editor) Steven Rosebaum
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling|Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series]]
|for episode "We'll Meet Again"<br />(hairstylist) Carol Pershing
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects|Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects]]
|for episode "Michael Writes A Story"<br />(associate producer) Jeanne Byrd<br />(supervising editor) Victor Du Bois<br />(visual effects artist) Simon Holden<br />(visual effects supervisor) Steve Wyskocil
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Art Direction for a Series]]
|for episode "Michael Writes A Story"<br />(art director) Brandy Alexander<br />(set director) Mary Ann Biddle
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Michael Writes A Story"<br />(music re-recording mixer) Tim Philben<br />(music re-recording mixer) Scott Millan<br />(effects re-recording mixer) Clark Conrad<br />(production mixer) Will Yardbrough
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "The Mike Van Dyke Show"<br />Jack Gilford
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America]]
|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama Series – Night
|for episode "Michael's Brother"<br />(director) Edward Zwick
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama Series – Night]]
|for episode "Therapy"<br />(director) Marshall Herskovitz<br />(unit production manager) Lindsley Parsons III<br />(first assistant director) Craig Beaudine<br />(second assistant director) Roger E. Mills
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series — Drama]]
|''thirysomething''
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Humanitas Prize|Humanitas Prize Awards]]
|60 Minute Category
|for episode "In Re: The Marriage Of Weston"<br />Susan Shiliday
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|60 Minute Category
|for episode "Elliot's Dad"<br />Joseph Dougherty
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
|(executive producer) Marshall Herskovitz<br />(executive producer) Edward Zwick<br />(supervising producer) Scott Winant<br />(producer) Richard Kramer<br />(co-producer) Ellen S. Pressman<br />(coordinating producer) Lindsley Parsons III
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "We'll Meet Again"<br />(director) Scott Winant
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "First Day/Last Day"<br />(writer) Joseph Dougherty
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Melanie Mayron]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[TCA Awards]]
|[[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama|Outstanding Achievement in Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Awards]]
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Awards|Best Quality Drama Series]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America]]
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Nice Work If You Can Get It"<br />(teleplay) Paul Haggis<br />(story) Jean Vallely
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Therapy"<br />(writer) Susan Shilliday
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Thirtysomething"<br />(writer) Marshall Herskovitz<br />(writer) Edward Zwick
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Young Artist Award]]s
|[[Young Artist Award|Best Young Actor Under Nine Years of Age]]
|[[Luke Ross]]i
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="23" |1990
| rowspan="5" |[[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Costuming for a Series]]
|for episode "Strangers"<br />(supervising costumer) Patrick R. Norris<br />(women's costumer) Julie Glick
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series]]
|for episode "Strangers"<br />(hairstylist) Carol Pershing
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series|Outstanding Art Direction for a Series]]
|for episode "Michael's Campaign"<br />(production designer) Brandy Alexander<br />(set decorator) Mary Ann Biddle
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Strangers"<br />[[Peter Frechette]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Arizona"<br />[[Shirley Knight]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night]]
|for episode "Love & Sex"<br />(director) Michael Herskovitz
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[GLAAD Media Award]]s
|Outstanding Drama Episode
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series — Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="3" |<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama]]
|[[Ken Olin]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama]]
|[[Mel Harris]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Humanitas Prize|Humanitas Prize Awards]]
|[[Humanitas Prize|60 Minute Category]]
|[[Joseph Dougherty]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
|(executive producer) [[Edward Zwick]]<br />(executive producer) [[Marshall Herskovitz]]<br />(supervising producer) [[Scott Winant]]<br />(producer) [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]<br />(co-producer) [[Ellen S. Pressman]]<br />(coordinating producer) [[Lindsley Parsons III]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "The Go-Between"<br />(director) [[Scott Winant]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "The Go-Between"<br />(writer) [[Joseph Dougherty]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Melanie Mayron]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[TCA Awards]]
|[[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama|Outstanding Achievement in Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Viewers for Quality Television Awards]]
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Quality Drama Series]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="4" |
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Mel Harris]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Young Artist Award|Young Artists Awards]]
|[[Young Artist Award|Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Television Series]]
|[[Luke Ross]]i
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="25" |1991
|[[American Society of Cinematographers]]
|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
|for episode "The Go-Between"<br />(cinematographer) Kenneth Zunder
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series|Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series]]
|for episode "A Wedding"<br />(costume supervisor) Patrick R. Norris<br />(women's costume supervisor) Linda Serijan
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Sifting The Ashes"<br />[[Eileen Brennan]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America]]
|[[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series – Night]]
|for episode "The Go-Between"<br />(director) [[Scott Winant]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama|Best Television Series — Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Humanitas Prize|Humanitas Prize Awards]]
|[[Humanitas Prize|60 Minute Catgegory]]
|for episode "Fighting The Cold"<br />[[Joseph Dougherty|Joseph Doughterty]]
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[Humanitas Prize|60 Minute Category]]
|[[Ann Lewis Hamilton]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
|(executive producer) [[Edward Zwick]]<br />(executive producer) [[Marshall Herskovitz]]<br />(supervising producer) [[Scott Winant]]<br />(producer) [[Ellen S. Pressman]]<br />(producer) [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]<br />(producer) [[Ann Lewis Hamilton]]<br />(producer) [[Joseph Dougherty]]<br />(co-producer) [[Lindsley Parsons III]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series]]
|for episode "Second Look"<br />(writer) [[Ann Lewis Hamilton]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[David Clennon]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Melanie Mayron]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[TCA Awards]]
|[[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Drama|Outstanding Achievement in Drama]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Viewers for Quality Television Awards]]
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Quality Drama Series]]
|''thirtysomething''
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="7" |
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Writing in a Quality Drama Series]]
|writers
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Ken Olin]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Patricia Wettig]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Timothy Busfield]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series]]
|[[Melanie Mayron]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Viewers for Quality Television Award|Specialty Player]]
|[[David Clennon]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America]]
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "I'm Nobody, Who Are You?"<br />(writer) [[Winnie Holzman]]
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Strangers"<br />(writer) [[Richard Kramer (writer)|Richard Kramer]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Young Artist Award|Young Artists Awards]]
|[[Young Artist Award|Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series]]
|[[Luke Ross]]i
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
| rowspan="2" |[[Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America]]
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Photo Opportunity"<br />(writer) Racelle Rosett Schaefer
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|Episodic Drama
|for episode "Guns and Roses"<br />(writer) Liberty Godshall
|{{Nominated}}
|}

== Sequel ==
A sequel to the series, ''thirtysomething(else)'', was pitched in September 2019. The [[Television pilot|pilot]] was a co-production between [[MGM Television]] and [[Bedford Falls Productions]], which was behind the original series, and [[ABC Studios]], and producers were casting its four original main roles at the time of the announcement.<ref name="Sequel"/>

In February 2020, [[Chris Wood (actor)|Chris Wood]] was cast as Leo Steadman, the show's male lead.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/thirtysomethingelse-chris-wood-star-leo-in-abc-pilot-sequel-thirtysomething-1202853683/|title='Thirtysomething(else)': Chris Wood To Star In ABC Pilot, Sequel To 'Thirtysomething'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 7, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Over the next few weeks, [[Odette Annable]] was cast as Janey Steadman and [[Patrick Fugit]] and [[Auden Thornton]] as Ethan and Brittany Weston.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/thirtysomething-sequel-odette-annable-cast-thirtysomethingelse-pilot-1202857019/|title=Odette Annable To Star In ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/patrick-fugit-cast-star-thirtysomething-sequel-pilot-abc-thirtysomethingelse-1202860244/|title=Patrick Fugit To Star In ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/thirtysomethingelse-auden-thornton-cast-thirtysomething-abc-sequel-pilot-star-1202862122/|title=Thirtysomething(else): Auden Thornton To Star In ABC's 'Thirtysomething' Sequel Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> [[Melanie Mayron]] and [[Polly Draper]] agreed to appear as Melissa Steadman and Ellyn Warren.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/thirtysomething-melanie-mayron-and-polly-draper-return-cast-sequel-thirtysomethingelse-abc-1202863238/|title='Thirtysomething' Co-Stars Melanie Mayron and Polly Draper To Return For Sequel On ABC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|magazine=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 20, 2020|access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> On June 29, ABC decided not to move forward with the sequel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2020/06/29/thirtysomething-sequel-cancelled-abc-pilot-not-moving-forward/|title=''thirtysomething'' Sequel, Brides Pilot Not Moving Forward at ABC|website=TVLine|first=Rebecca|last=Iannucci|date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Portal|Philadelphia}}
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==

===Articles===
* {{cite news| author=Bellafanta, Ginia| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/arts/television/21thirty.html?_r=0| title=A Series That Shows Its Age| work=The New York Times| date= August 20, 2009}}
* {{cite news| author=Bianculli, David| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113220148 | title='Thirtysomething' Withstands The Test Of Time| work=NPR| date= October 7, 2009}}
* {{cite news| author=Collins, Scott| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-23-ca-thirtysomethingmain23-story.html| title= 'thirtysomething' twentysomething years later| work=Los Angeles Times| date= August 23, 2009}}
* {{cite news| author=Dana, Rebecca| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120000485526882237 | title=The 'Thirtysomething' Power Players| work=The Wall Street Journal| date=January 11, 2008}}
* {{cite news| author=Escherich, Katie| url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8399783 | title=Exclusive: 'thirtysomething' Cast Reunion on 'GMA'!| work=ABC News| date= August 25, 2009}}
* {{cite magazine| author=Fretts, Bruce| url=https://www.ew.com/article/2001/08/17/thirtysomething |title=thirtysomething (A-)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly| date= August 17, 2001}}
* {{cite news| author=Karpel, Ari| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/arts/television/21web-thirty.html | title=Talking About 'Thirtysomething'| work=The New York Times| date= August 21, 2009}}
* {{cite news| author=Stuever, Hank| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/02/11/its-25-years-since-thirtysomething-killed-off-gary-now-our-tv-heroes-wont-stop-dying/| title= Thirtysomething' killed off Gary 25 years ago. Now TV characters drop dead all the time| newspaper=The Washington Post| date= February 11, 2016}}
* {{cite news| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112209862 |title=The Cast Of 'Thirtysomething' Reflects|work= NPR|date= August 25, 2009}}
* {{cite magazine| author=Zehme, Bill|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/thirtysomething-19890601 |title=Thirtysomething Confidential|magazine= Rolling Stone|date= June 1, 1989}}
* {{cite book| author=Zoglin, Richard| url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/printout/0,8816,965690,00.html |title= Yup, Yup and Away!|publisher= [[Time Inc.]]|date= October 5, 1987}} Video.

===Books===
* {{cite book| asin=B00P57Z0VM |author=Ryan, Scott| url=http://www.bluerosemag.com/?product=thirtysomething-at-thirty-hard-cover-signed-book |title=thirtysomething at Thirty: An Oral History|publisher= Bear Manor Media|date= June 7, 2017}} A book that interviews the entire cast and writing staff of the series.

===Scholarship===
* {{cite news| author=Auster, Albert|title=thirtysomething: Television, Women, Men, and Work|work=Critical Studies in Television|publisher= Lexington Books| date=2007}}
* {{cite news| author=Hanke, R. |date=1990|title=Hegemonic masculinity in ''Thirtysomething''|work=Critical Studies in Mass Communication|volume= 7|pages= 231–248}}
* {{cite book| author=Heide, Margaret J. |title=Television Culture and Women's Lives: thirtysomething and the Contradictions of Gender| url=https://archive.org/details/televisioncultur0000heid | url-access=registration |publisher= University of Pennsylvania Press|date= 1995}}

===Screenplays===
* {{cite news| title=Writers of Thirtysomething|work=Thirtysomething Stories|publisher= Pocket|date= 1991}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Thirtysomething}}
* {{IMDb title|0092492|thirtysomething}}
* [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/02/15/edward-zwick-marshall-herskovitz-inspired-thirty-something_n_6687562.html Remember 'thirtysomething'? Here's What Inspired One Of The Greatest TV Shows Of All Time] (video interview). February 15, 2015.

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