Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestFriends is a short-lived kids-oriented drama that aired in the spring of 1979. The series, which was produced by Aaron Spelling and aired on ABC, starred Charlie Aiken, Jill Whelan, and Jarrod Johnson as three Southern Californian 11-year-olds. Karen Morrow also appeared. Only five one-hour episodes were produced before the series was cancelled.
Acting
Jill Whelan's pre-Love Boat earnestness, already polished.
Production
Spelling's glossy 70s California aesthetic, applied to children.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jill Whelan joined Love Boat the same year, making this her brief dramatic detour before becoming Captain Stubing's daughter.
Friends debuted weeks before the film The Champ, as 1979 briefly obsessed with making children cry onscreen.
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