Life Goes On

Life Goes On

Obladi, oblada, life goes on, brah, lala, how the life goes on.

Created by Michael Braverman

On ABC

1989–19934 seasons83 episodes60 min6.7 / 10

A warm, family-centered drama set in suburban Chicago that treats disability and everyday challenges with dignity and affection rather than sentimentality.

Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky. Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome.

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