

In the later years, the show lost some of the dynamics that made it a top-rated sitcom but was still very entertaining nonetheless. They also brought in Luke (Leonardo DiCaprio) as a homeless kid that the Seavers adopt for a season and Dwight as Carol's weirdo boyfriend. Between seasons 5 and 6, she showed "remarkable maturity". Maggie gave birth to Chrissy in the third season. As the shows ratings began to fall, the producers began to bring new characters to try and breathe new life into the show. Fox and Kirk Cameron becoming the faces of their respective shows.

Both shows started with the parents being the focus and then shifted to the children with Michael J. Both Carol and Mallory had weird, spacey boyfriends (Dwight and Nick). Both Mike and Alex had strange best friends with weird names (Boner and Skippy). Both shows added babies late in their runs and both babies mysteriously aged like 3 years during the summer hiatuses. He wasn't as outgoing and charming as Mike and wasn't as smart as Carol. He was cute as a youngster but as he got older, he never really did anything to stand out. While Mallory was shallow, ditzy and popular, Carol was brainy, deep and struggled to fit in. While Alex was a habitual overachiever, Mike was the chronic underachiever who was always trying to talk his way out of trouble. Their eldest, Mike, was basically the anti-Alex Keaton. Like the Keatons, they grew up in the 60s and had mellowed with the advent of a family. Maggie and Jason were similar to Steven and Elyse in their methods of parenting. In some ways, the show was both exactly similar and exactly opposite to "Family Ties". While it was never as critically acclaimed as "Family Ties" nor as groundbreaking as "The Cosby Show", "Growing Pains" built up a loyal fan following that allowed it to run for 7 seasons. The show had the unenviable task of being aired at around the same time as two highly-rated and similar-themed family sitcoms: "Family Ties" and "The Cosby Show". The show originally centered around upper class parents Maggie and Jason Seaver and their pains raising three kids: Mike, Carol, and Ben. It is rarely seen in syndication and has only released two seasons on DVD.
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