The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until August 24, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had subsequent runs in syndication. The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family the Cowsills, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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The Partridge Family
Genre	Musical sitcom
Created by	Bernard Slade
Starring	Shirley Jones David Cassidy Susan Dey Danny Bonaduce Suzanne Crough Jeremy Gelbwaks Dave Madden Brian Forster Rick Segall
Theme music composer	Diane Hilderbrand Danny Janssen Wes Farrell
Opening theme	"When We're Singin'" (1970–1971) "C'mon, Get Happy" (1971–1974)
Composers	George Duning Benny Golson Warren Barker Hugo Montenegro Shorty Rogers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	96 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Bob Claver
Producers	William Bickley Paul Junger Witt Dale McRaven Larry Rosen Mel Swope
Cinematography	Fred Jackman, Jr. Irving Lippman
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Screen Gems Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 25, 1970 (1970-09-25) – March 23, 1974 (1974-03-23)
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