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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WARNER HOME VIDEO RELEASES SEASON TWO OF
THE HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING 80s COMEDY
GROWING PAINS
APRIL 26, 2011
Join the Seaver Clan for 22 Laugh-Out-Loud Episodes
of the Emmy Winning and Golden Globe Nominated Series
BURBANK, CA - One of television's best loved families, the Seavers, returns for another laughter-filled season on DVD when Warner Home Video (WHV) brings
Season Two of
Growing Pains to DVD April 26, 2011. Titled
Growing Pains: The Complete Second Season, this release will retail for $29.98 SRP.
Growing Pains stars teen idol Kirk Cameron (Mike Seaver), Alan Thicke (Jason Seaver), Joanna Kerns (Maggie Seaver), Tracey Gold (Carol Seaver) and Jeremy Miller (Ben Seaver). The show follows the story of the Seavers, a contemporary couple living in Long Island, NY with their three children. Maggie Seaver, the matriarch of the household, has recently rejoined the workforce as a journalist, leaving her husband Jason, a practicing psychiatrist, to juggle his responsibilities to his patients and his three children by working from home.
In the second season of
Growing Pains, Mike (Kirk Cameron) receives a car from his parents after he's named Employee of the Month, but when he's fired from his job, he has no idea how to break the news to them. Mike is not the only one with secrets. Brainy Carol (Tracey Gold) wants everyone to think she has a romantic extracurricular life with a hunky football hero. What is up with 10-year-old Ben (Jeremy Miller) and 67 phone calls that were made to an erotic phone line?
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Growing Pains is one of the most beloved comedies from the 1980s. Just as funny and relatable today as ever, the show continues to have a strong appeal with viewers," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV and Special Interest Marketing. She added, "Fans have been asking for and anticipating the release of subsequent seasons of
Growing Pains, and we are delighted to bring them more. This is a must-own title for classic TV fans and anyone who appreciates great family comedies."
Growing Pains originally aired on ABC from September 1985 to April 1992 and went on to become a very successful and popular family comedy for seven seasons. Over its run, it garnered two Emmy Award wins and three additional nominations, and three Golden Globe nominations. Prior to its release on DVD,
Growing Pains aired in syndication on The Disney Channel and ABC Family.
About Warner Home Video
With operations in 90 international territories, Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, a division of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment/videogames, direct-to-DVD production, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. WBHEG is responsible for the global distribution of content through DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD, and delivery of theatrical content to wireless and online channels, and is also a significant worldwide publisher for both internal and third party videogame titles.
