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A New Kind of Family is a short-lived American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that aired on ABC and starred Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan is an United States actress of film, television, and theater....
, Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe

Robert Hepler Lowe is an United States actor. He became famous after appearing in popular 1980s movies such as The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire , which included other members of the Brat Pack ....
, and Telma Hopkins
Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins is an United States singer and television actor. She left Tony Orlando and Dawn to pursue an acting career....
.

series starred Eileen Brennan as Kit Flanagan, a widowed mother of three who shares a home with a divorced woman, Abby Stone (Gwynne Gilford
Gwynne Gilford

Gwynne Gilford is an United States actress. She appeared in several television series in the 1970s and 1980s, including A New Kind of Family, The Young Lawyers and The Waverly Wonders, and had a role in the 1987 film version of Masters of the Universe....
), and her daughter Jill in an effort to save money. Halfway during the series' run, the characters of Abby and Jill Stone were written out and new characters, Jess and Jojo Ashton (played by Telma Hopkins and Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
 respectively), were added to the series.






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A New Kind of Family is a short-lived American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
 that aired on ABC and starred Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan

Eileen Brennan is an United States actress of film, television, and theater....
, Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe

Robert Hepler Lowe is an United States actor. He became famous after appearing in popular 1980s movies such as The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire , which included other members of the Brat Pack ....
, and Telma Hopkins
Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins is an United States singer and television actor. She left Tony Orlando and Dawn to pursue an acting career....
.

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The series starred Eileen Brennan as Kit Flanagan, a widowed mother of three who shares a home with a divorced woman, Abby Stone (Gwynne Gilford
Gwynne Gilford

Gwynne Gilford is an United States actress. She appeared in several television series in the 1970s and 1980s, including A New Kind of Family, The Young Lawyers and The Waverly Wonders, and had a role in the 1987 film version of Masters of the Universe....
), and her daughter Jill in an effort to save money. Halfway during the series' run, the characters of Abby and Jill Stone were written out and new characters, Jess and Jojo Ashton (played by Telma Hopkins and Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
 respectively), were added to the series. Despite the cast change, the show was cancelled in January 1980.

Cast

  • Eileen Brennan.....Kit Flanagan
  • Rob Lowe.....Tony Flanagan
  • Lauri Hendler
    Lauri Hendler

    'Lauri Hendler' is an United States actress. She starred in the hit sitcom Gimme a Break! from 1981-1987 as the middle child, Julie Kinisky. She had guest appearances on CHiPs, Three's Company, Mr....
    .....Hillary Flanagan
  • David Hollander.....Andy Flanagan
  • Gwynne Gilford.....Abby Stone
  • Connie Ann Hearn.....Jill Stone
  • Telma Hopkins.....Jess Ashton
  • Janet Jackson.....Jojo Ashton
  • Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann

    Chuck McCann is a movie actor, TV actor, stage actor, and a voice actor....
    .....Harold Zimmerman


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