Two Marriages
{{Short description|American dramatic television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| genre = Drama
| creator = Carol Sobieski
| writer =
| director =
| starring = Michael Murphy
Tom Mason
Karen Carlson
Ina Fried
Tiffany Toyoshima
C. Thomas Howell
Janet Eilber
Kirk Cameron
Louanne
John McLiam
| theme_music_composer = Bruce Broughton
Dory Previn
| open_theme = "Home Here"
performed by Jerry Fuller
| composer = Peter Myers
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 10
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Philip Capice
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| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = Raven's Claw Productions
Lorimar Productions
| channel = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1983|08|23}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1984|04|26}}
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Two Marriages is an American dramatic television series that aired on ABC from August 23, 1983 until April 26, 1984.
Premise
The Armstrongs and Daleys, two married couples with very different marriages but a close friendship live next-door to each other in suburban Iowa (presumably the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area).
Nancy Armstrong is a traditional homemaker whose husband, Art, is a successful, earnest, but occasionally distant and cynical surgeon; their older teenage daughter Shelby is wise beyond her years and yet feels awkward, while their mischievous son Eric is about to enter puberty.
Ann Daley, transplanted from Chicago, is a professional engineer whose husband (her second), Jim, is a down-to-earth dairy farmer; their children include her troubled son Scott Morgan, from her previous broken marriage, who resented the move to Iowa and wanted to return to Chicago, due to his feeling left out in the new family dynamics; Jim's adopted Vietnamese daughter, Kim; and the young son, Willie, Ann and Jim had together.
Willie and Kim bonded beautifully although they weren't blood, and eventually Scott found himself becoming part of the family, thanks to his neighbor, Shelby, who was able to get through to him.
Jim Daley's fun-loving, hard-working father, Woody, who operates the dairy with him, is an active figure in the lives of his biological and adopted grandchildren.{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/two-marriages/cast/205210 |title=Two Marriages Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |access-date=2013-02-21}}
Cast
- Michael Murphy as Dr. Art Armstrong
- Tom Mason as Jim Daley
- Karen Carlson as Ann Daley
- Janet Eilber as Nancy Armstrong
- Ina Fried as Willie Daley
- Tiffany Toyoshima as Kim Daley
- C. Thomas Howell as Scott Morgan
- Kirk Cameron as Eric Armstrong
- Louanne as Shelby Armstrong
- John McLiam as Woody Daley
US television ratings
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| Season
! Episodes ! Start Date ! End Date ! Nielsen Rank ! Tied With |
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| style="text-align:center" | 1983-84
| style="text-align:center" | 10 | style="text-align:center" | August 23, 1983 | style="text-align:center" rowspan=6| April 26, 1984 | style="text-align:center: rowspan=8| 92 | style="text-align:center" | 10.0 | style="text-align:center" | "Bay City Blues" |
Episodes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0085104|Two Marriages}}
- [http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/two-marriages/205210 TV Guide]
Category:1983 American television series debuts
Category:1984 American television series endings
Category:1980s American drama television series
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in Iowa
Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios