# Brand New Life > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brand_New_Life > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brand_New_Life.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Life > Source revision: 1345926382 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the television series. For other uses, see [A Brand New Life](/source/A_Brand_New_Life_(disambiguation)). 1989 American TV series or program Brand New Life Created by Chris Carter Written by Chris Carter Duane Clark John J. Strauss Dori Pierson Directed by Eric Laneuville Steve Robman Don Weis Starring Barbara Eden Don Murray Shawnee Smith Byron Thames Jennie Garth Alison Sweeney David Tom Eric Foster Theme music composer Steve Tyrell Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 6 (including the pilot) Production Executive producer Chris Carter Producers Eric Laneuville George W. Perkins Running time 120 minutes (pilot) 60 minutes (per episode) Production companies Walt Disney Television NBC Productions Original release Network NBC Release October 1, 1989 (1989-10-01) – April 15, 1990 (1990-04-15) ***Brand New Life*** is an American [comedy-drama](/source/Comedy-drama) [television series](/source/Television_program) starring [Barbara Eden](/source/Barbara_Eden) and [Don Murray](/source/Don_Murray_(actor)) and produced by [Walt Disney Television](/source/Walt_Disney_Television) and [NBC Productions](/source/Universal_Television) that aired on [NBC](/source/NBC) as part of *[The Magical World of Disney](/source/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series)* during the [1989–90 television season](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_United_States_network_television_schedule).[1] The series originally premiered as a two-hour [television movie pilot](/source/Television_pilot) entitled *Brand New Life: The Honeymooners* on September 18, 1989, as part of *[NBC Monday Night at the Movies](/source/The_NBC_Monday_Movie)* and its ratings success led to the commissioning of a weekly series. Afterwards, the show's regular timeslot was on Sunday nights on NBC's *The Magical World of Disney* from October 1, 1989, to April 15, 1990. The series also marked Barbara Eden's first television series since *[Harper Valley PTA](/source/Harper_Valley_PTA_(TV_series))* (1981–1982) and is also her third collaboration with Don Murray, having previously starred together in the television films *[Return of the Rebels](/source/Return_of_the_Rebels)* (1981) and *[The Stepford Children](/source/The_Stepford_Children)* (1987). The theme song "Brand New Life" was written by [Steve Tyrell](/source/Steve_Tyrell) and performed by [Jill Colucci](/source/Jill_Colucci). ## Plot Barbara McCray (Barbara Eden) is a struggling divorced mother of three teenagers working part-time as a waitress while studying to become a court reporter, who meets and marries Roger Gibbons (Don Murray), a wealthy attorney and widower with three teenagers of his own. Together, they set up housekeeping in his [Bel Air](/source/Bel_Air%2C_Los_Angeles) home and stories follow the comedic and dramatic incidents of blending two families with contrasting social backgrounds. ## Cast - [Barbara Eden](/source/Barbara_Eden) as Mrs. Barbara McCray Gibbons - [Don Murray](/source/Don_Murray_(actor)) as Mr. Roger Gibbons, Barbara's 2nd husband - [Shawnee Smith](/source/Shawnee_Smith) as Amanda Gibbons, Roger's daughter - [Byron Thames](/source/Byron_Thames) as Laird Gibbons, Roger's son - [Jennie Garth](/source/Jennie_Garth) as Ericka McCray, Barbara's daughter - [Alison Sweeney](/source/Alison_Sweeney) as Christy McCray, Barbara's daughter - [David Tom](/source/David_Tom) as Bart McCray, Barbara's son - Eric Foster (movie) as Barlow Gibbons, Roger's son ## Episodes ### TV movie pilot (1989) Title Directed by Original release date Brand New Life: The Honeymooners Eric Laneuville September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18) ### Series 1 (1989–1990) No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date 1 "Above and Beyond Therapy" Eric Laneuville John J. Strauss October 1, 1989 (1989-10-01) 2 "I Fought the Law" Steven Robman Duane B. Clark & Steven Wilde October 15, 1989 (1989-10-15) 3 "Private School" Eric Laneuville Dori Pierson October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22) 4 "Children of a Legal Mom" Steve Robman Chris Carter January 7, 1990 (1990-01-07) 5 "Even Housekeepers Sing the Blues" Don Weis Chris Carter April 15, 1990 (1990-04-15) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Television"](https://www.nytimes.com/tv/show/154007/Brand-New-Life/overview). *The New York Times*. ## External links - [*Brand New Life*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0531245/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) (pilot) - [*Brand New Life*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096974/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) (series) - [*Brand New Life: The Honeymooners*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/456181/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) (pilot) - [*Brand New Life* at epguides.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20141231160746/http://epguides.com/BrandNewLife/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brand New Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Life) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Life?action=history)). 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