60 minSeason 4 • Episode 23
LatestMichael gets a job offer in California. While out there, he runs into Elliot and they talk about forming another partnership. But Hope is adamantly against the move, so much so that her and Michael's marriage is threatened.
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
Writing
Dialogue so real you'll think they're reading your group chat.
Acting
Patricia Wettig's Nancy: a masterclass in quiet desperation.
Production
Every sweater, kitchen, and Volvo screams 1987 authenticity.
Creators
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This show invented the term 'yuppie' for mass audiences and made Philadelphia look like the only place worth having an existential crisis.
The 'Samurai Ad Man' episode that ranked #22 on TV Guide's greatest list? That's the one where Michael hallucinates his job as actual combat—pure '80s work-life balance horror.
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