The Torkelsons

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The Torkelsons is an early-1990s American family sitcom that follows a single mother and her children navigating everyday life and financial struggles in a small Oklahoma town.

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instanceOf American television sitcom
family sitcom
alsoKnownAs Almost Home (retooled second season title) NERFINISHED
audioFormat stereo
broadcastOn network television
cameraSetup multi-camera
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Lynn Montgomery NERFINISHED
distributor Buena Vista Television NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Michael Jacobs NERFINISHED
Robert L. Boyett NERFINISHED
Thomas L. Miller NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter a talking inner-voice addressed to the Man in the Moon by Dorothy Jane
firstAired 1991
followedBy Almost Home NERFINISHED
genre family television series
sitcom
lastAired 1993
leadActor Aaron Michael Metchik NERFINISHED
Connie Ray NERFINISHED
Lee Norris NERFINISHED
Olivia Burnette NERFINISHED
Rachel Duncan NERFINISHED
William Schallert NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Chuckie Lee Torkelson NERFINISHED
Dorothy Jane Torkelson NERFINISHED
Millicent Torkelson NERFINISHED
Ruth Ann Torkelson NERFINISHED
Steven Floyd Torkelson NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 33
numberOfSeasons 2
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork NBC
pictureFormat NTSC color television standard
surface form: NTSC
portrays a single mother raising five children
financial struggles of a rural American family
productionCompany Michael Jacobs Productions NERFINISHED
Miller-Boyett Productions NERFINISHED
Touchstone Television NERFINISHED
protagonist Millicent Torkelson NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode approximately 22 minutes
setIn the fictional town of Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
settingLocation Oklahoma NERFINISHED
targetAudience family audience
theme coming of age
family resilience
small-town life
timePeriod early 1990s American television

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Robert Iscove notableWork The Torkelsons
Robert Iscove directorOf The Torkelsons