SERIES

An American Family

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Documentary

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

About

Originally intended as a chronicle of the daily life of the Louds, a Santa Barbara upper-middle-class family, the groundbreaking program documented the breakup of the family via the separation and subsequent divorce of parents Bill and Pat Loud.

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Details

Director: Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond
Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 11, 1973
Network: PBS
Studio: PBS

Time to finish

12 hrs

12 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Pat Loud

Self

Bill Loud

Self

Lance Loud

Self

Kevin Loud

Self

Grant Loud

Self

Delilah Loud

Self

Michelle Loud

Self

Craig Gilbert

Narrator (voice)

SERIES

An American Family

19731 Season60m episodes5.4

Documentary

TMDB5.4

Votes5

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: US

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Jan 11, 1973 · 58m
Episode 1
Opens with scenes from the last day of filming, December 31, 1971. Pat Loud and four of her children are having a New Year's Eve party in their Santa Barbara, California, home. Bill and Pat's marriage has ended in separation. Their eldest son, Lance, is still living in New York. The scene changes to the first days of filming when the family gathers for an early breakfast one morning in mid-May, 1971.
E2 · Airs Jan 18, 1973 · 58m
Episode 2
Pat visits her son Lance in New York City. She takes a room in his hotel, the Chelsea, and spends a week with him meeting his circle of friends.
E3 · Airs Jan 25, 1973 · 58m
Episode 3
Before returning from New York, Pat stops in Baltimore to check on a shipment that Bill is expecting. Bill meets her plane; they go out to lunch, during which they discuss their children. Later, they attend a dance recital featuring their daughters Delilah and Michele.
E4 · Airs Feb 1, 1973 · 58m
Episode 4
Pat returns to her Eugene, Oregon birthplace, and visits her mother, who still lives there. They drive around town, stopping at the important places in Pat's early life and the first years of her marriage. After attending her mother's birthday party, Pat ereturns home.
E5 · Airs Feb 8, 1973 · 58m
Episode 5
The girls are leaving with Pat for a vacation in Taos, New Mexico; Kevin leaves for Australia with Bill's business associate; and Lance calls the family from New York.
E6 · Airs Feb 15, 1973 · 59m
Episode 6
After Pat and Michele return from Taos, Pat has lunch with Bill and again the topic of discussion is their children. Lance is visiting Paris with a friend. A brush-fire in the hills threatens the Loud home.
E7 · Airs Feb 22, 1973 · 58m
Episode 7
The growing antagonism between Pat and Bill comes out in the open. Grant is criticized by his parents for not working hard enough, and, shortly afterward, gets into an accident while driving home from work.
E8 · Airs Mar 1, 1973 · 57m
Episode 8
While Bill is away on business, Pat decides to file for divorce. She spends an evening with her brother and sister-in-law, discussing this decision.
E9 · Airs Mar 8, 1973 · 58m
Episode 9
Bill returns from his business trip, learns from Pat that she plans to divorce him, and spends the night at a motel. The next day, the Loud children rally around their mother.
E10 · Airs Mar 15, 1973 · 58m
Episode 10
Bill looks for an apartment; the children register for their first day of the new school year; and Kevin masterminds a pep rally. Lance is in Copenhagen.
E11 · Airs Mar 22, 1973 · 58m
Episode 11
After living in New York City and Europe for seven months, Lance returns to his Santa Barbara home for a visit.
E12 · Airs Mar 29, 1973 · 58m
Episode 12
Grant and his rock group audition for Santa Barbara Lounge. Bill meets Delilah in his office and asks her to deliver a pair boots and a dress that he bought for Pat. Over drinks with a friend, Bill talks about the breakup of his marriage and his feelings about Lance and the other children. Pat also talks about the divorce with two of her friends and reveals her tentative plans for the future.