Growing Pains

Growing Pains
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Neal Marlens
Directed by	John Tracy (seasons 1–6) Various (seasons 1–2 and 7)
Starring	Alan Thicke Joanna Kerns Kirk Cameron Tracey Gold Jeremy Miller Ashley Johnson Leonardo DiCaprio
Theme music composer	John Bettis Steve Dorff
Opening theme	"As Long as We Got Each Other" performed by B. J. Thomas (season 1 solo) and with Jennifer Warnes (seasons 2, 3, 5, and most of 7) and Dusty Springfield (season 4); Joe Chemay, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, and George Merrill (seasons 6, part of 7, and the series finale)
Ending theme	"As Long as We Got Each Other" (instrumental)
Composer	Steve Dorff
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7[1]
No. of episodes	166 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Neal Marlens (1985–1986) Dan Guntzelman (1985–1991) Mike Sullivan (1985–1991) Steve Marshall (1986–1991) Dan Wilcox (1991–1992)
Producers	David Lerner (season 1) Arnold Margolin Bruce Ferber
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–30 minutes
Production companies	Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall Productions (seasons 5–6) Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 24, 1985 (1985-09-24)[1] – April 25, 1992 (1992-04-25)[1]
Related
The Growing Pains Movie Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers Just the Ten of Us
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Growing Pains is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992.^[1] The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the Seaver family, which included psychiatrist and father Jason, journalist and mother Maggie, and their children Mike, Carol, Ben, and Chrissy.^[2][3]