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Brothers and Sisters (2006)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California. The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and aired its final episode on May 8, 2011. It aired, for its entire run, in a Sunday night timeslot after Desperate Housewives.
The cast included a collection of award-winning actors, including Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, and Patricia Wettig. Sally Field received both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance throughout the series. Rachel Griffiths was also nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her work on the show.
In May 2011, the show completed its fifth and final season on ABC. On May 13, 2011, it was announced that ABC had decided to end the show.
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, captivating, entertaining, stylized, telenovela, comfort ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family drama, brother brother relationship, parenthood, brother sister relationship, family relations, family business, parents and children, siblings relations, lgbtq, jealousy, family life, love and romance, family problems, couple relations, gay, gay lead character, lgbt, gay couple, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, wealthy family, housewife, relationships, life, gay interest ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california
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