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TV-G
1970
4 Seasons
6.5 (4,046)

The Partridge Family is a show about a mom and her kids who form a musical group as a means of staying together while earning money. Shirley Partridge is a widow with five children of varying ages. Keith is the oldest and performs most of the groups lead vocals. Laurie is the second oldest and contributes to the group by playing piano and keyboard. Danny is the middle child at ten, who plays bass guitar. Chris is the youngest boy and he plays drums while Tracy, as both the youngest girl and youngest member of the family, plays tambourine. The group also has an agent named Mr. Kincaid who often becomes the butt of many pranks pulled by Danny. Each member of the family has their own personality which adds to the story content for each episode. Most stories revolve around the older children with Keith and Laurie often having romantic interests. Keith is a classic teenage boy sensation and is often hounded by young teenage girls who dream of dating him. Keith and Laurie both attend the same high school so some of the stories revolve around activities in school. Danny is definitely the troublemaker in the family who often talks Keith into following his plans even though they usually turn out badly. Danny is also very smart and does all of the negotiations with Mr. Kincaid. He also keeps track of the family's finances. Some other characters who show up from time to time include Shirley's parents. The family has to travel quite a bit for the shows they put on. In order to accommodate all the members of the family and their instruments, Shirley buys a retired school bus. The kids get busy transforming it by painting the outside a variety of different colors in geometric squares, which becomes the trademark symbol for the group. The matching outfits they wear when performing on stage have also become a trademark for the Partridge Family.

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Seasons

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22. . . . - - -. . . (S.O.S)

March 23, 1974

Shirley's memories of a high school romance are stirred when Navy Capt. Charles Corwin arrives in town. She sees the Captain's picture in the newspaper and recognizes him as "Cuddles," an old flame. When Keith and Danny overhear part of a phone conversation, they think Capt. Corwin has a girl in every port, and their mother will get hurt.

21. Pin it on Danny

March 16, 1974

Danny finds a brooch and gives it to his mother for her birthday. He is dismayed when he sees a newspaper ad offering a $50-reward for it's return -- from his school teacher, Mrs Bullock! Danny then involves Keith and Laurie in an ill-fated plan to get the brooch back from their mother without Shirley's knowledge, and buy her a duplicate with part of the reward money.

20. Morning Becomes Electric

March 9, 1974

Scheduled to appear at a rally for energy conservation, the Partridge Family is chagrined when Danny's guitar blows all the fuses in the auditorium. To make amends they decide to be the "model" family, showing everyone how easy it is to cut down the use of electricity. But Danny's miscalculation has the family living with no power for the final day of the month.

19. Keith and Lauriebelle

March 2, 1974

Keith agrees to take over Laurie's babysitting gig if she will come to his party as his date in order to make a new girl at school jealous. But when Laurie hears of his plan, she comes dressed as a Southern belle.

18. Miss Partridge, Teacher

February 23, 1974

Laurie is appointed student-teacher of Miss Halstead's 7th grade English class, which includes her brother, Danny. She becomes hard on Danny and may just interrupt the families plan for a Summer tour by failing him.

17. Danny Converts

February 9, 1974

Danny is so smitten with Renee, the daughter of Rabbi Stern, that he pretends to be of her faith, and attends a Purim bizarre at Temple Aaron. Convinced that the family is Jewish, the Rabbi invites them to perform before the congregation.

16. Queen for a Minute

February 2, 1974

Laurie cries sexism after her girlfriend doesn't make the high school basketball team. After Keith overhears her scheme to win as homecoming queen in order to give her own view on sexism, he and Danny convince a guy to run for homecoming queen too.

15. Danny Drops Out

January 26, 1974

Danny, bored with school, wants to drop out and become a song writer. The school psychologist tells Shirley to let him believe he's dropped out but he soon gets bored and thinks he made a mistake. That is until he meets a self made millionaire who encourages him to go with his dream.

14. Two for the Show

January 19, 1974

Reuben has discovered a new singing act, 14-year-old twin brothers Andy and David, and he brings them to live with the Partridges until they cut their first record. The boys have a crush on Laurie which causes a rift in their act.

13. Art for Mom's Sake

January 12, 1974

Shirley Partridge joins an art class and is encouraged by her teacher, Lorenzo Bernard, who says she shows a natural artistic ability. The family doesn't share the same opinion but need to tell her after the enamored teacher sets up private showing.

12. Maid in San Pueblo

December 8, 1973

Shirley, advertising for a maid has an unexpected applicant, her mother, Amanda Renfrew. Seems her parents are arguing and leaves to live with Shirley. The family plots to get them back together if they can keep the house so clean that she will have nothing to do.

11. Al in the Family

November 24, 1973

Reuben Kincaid's nephew, Alan, comes to live with him and becomes his assistant. It's evident right from the start that Alan is eager to learn but always fails at everything.

10. A Day of Honesty

November 17, 1973

Danny gets caught trying to sneak into a movie theater without a ticket and is punished by losing his movie privileges for a month. Upset by this Danny writes down all the dishonest things his family has done. Shirley decides they need to try a day of being totally honest.

9. Heartbreak Keith

November 10, 1973

Keith enrolls in a Sociology class in college and discovers one of his favorite subjects, a beautiful girl, 23-year-old Dory Kimmel. He soon finds himself in love only to find out that Dory is married.

8. The Diplomat

November 3, 1973

A presidential ambassador and well-known ladies man asks Shirley out on a date. But after arriving 2 hours late and talking on the phone most of the night, she declines a second date. He then showers Shirley with gifts trying to make her reconsider.

7. The Last Howard

October 27, 1973

Keith and Danny believes Laurie's new boyfriend stole the bracelet that he gave her from a passenger on the cruise ship they are aboard. With the help of Reuben the try stealing it back so Laurie won't get caught smuggling it through customs.

6. Double Trouble

October 20, 1973

Keith wants a date with a beautiful new girl but she already has one with a basketball player, but sets him up with her plain looking friend. After her date falls through, she agrees to go with Keith who now has two dates for the beach party.

5. Reuben Kincaid Lives

October 13, 1973

Reuben believes he's is dying because everyone is suddenly being too nice to him. To cheer him up, Shirley sets up a surprise birthday party, complete with Reuben's mother.

4. The Strike-Out King

October 6, 1973

Shirley thinks Danny needs to be around friends his own age so Reuben suggests little league baseball. Problem is Danny hates baseball. To his surprise he becomes a star pitcher.

3. Beethoven, Brahms, and Partridge

September 29, 1973

Keith's new girlfriend has him believing his style music is meaningless and gives a try at writing his first classical piece.

2. None But the Lonely

September 22, 1973

Laurie gets a advice to the love lorn column in the local papers and soon Keith writes in to help get a date with the new girl in school, who's been forewarned of Keith's reputation.

1. Hate Thy Neighbor

September 15, 1973

New neighbors arrive and soon trouble ensues when they call the police complaining of the noise. The neighbor admits she doesn't like show biz people.

Description

The group also has an agent named Mr. Kincaid who often becomes the butt of many pranks pulled by Danny. Each member of the family has their own personality which adds to the story content for each episode. Most stories revolve around the older children with Keith and Laurie often having romantic interests. Keith is a classic teenage boy sensation and is often hounded by young teenage girls who dream of dating him. Keith and Laurie both attend the same high school so some of the stories revolve around activities in school. Danny is definitely the troublemaker in the family who often talks Keith into following his plans even though they usually turn out badly.

Danny is also very smart and does all of the negotiations with Mr. Kincaid. He also keeps track of the family's finances. Some other characters who show up from time to time include Shirley's parents. The family has to travel quite a bit for the shows they put on. In order to accommodate all the members of the family and their instruments, Shirley buys a retired school bus. The kids get busy transforming it by painting the outside a variety of different colors in geometric squares, which becomes the trademark symbol for the group. The matching outfits they wear when performing on stage have also become a trademark for the Partridge Family.

Partridge Family is a series that is currently running and has 4 seasons (96 episodes). The series first aired on September 25, 1970.

Where to Watch Partridge Family

Partridge Family is available for streaming on the ABC website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Partridge Family on demand at Amazon and Apple TV.