A Year in the Life Common Ground (Season 1, Episode 18)
TV Episode | Drama

A Year in the Life

Common Ground (Season 1, Episode 18)

TV Episode | Drama

A strike breaks out at Joe's ailing plastics plant; David's school play causes stress for Anne and David; and Kay gets her hopes up over the perfect house, assuming Joe will co-sign.

Director

Gabrielle Beaumont

Writers

Joshua Brand (created by) (story by) | John Falsey (created by) (story by) | Stu Krieger (developed by) | Susan Black (teleplay by)

Producer

Stephen Cragg

Composer

David McHugh

Cinematographer

Frederick Moore

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 9, 1988

Release date

Mar 9, 1988 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Kiley Joe Gardner Joe Gardner See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Trey Ames David Sisk David Sisk See fewer	A Year in the Life (1987)
Adam Arkin Jim Eisenberg Jim Eisenberg See fewer	Get Shorty (2017)
Jayne Atkinson Lindley Gardner Eisenberg Lindley Gardner Eisenberg See fewer	Free Willy (1993)
David Oliver Sam Gardner Sam Gardner See fewer	Night of the Creeps (1986)
Sarah Jessica Parker Kay Ericson Gardner Kay Ericson Gardner See fewer	Sex and the City (1998)
Amanda Peterson Sunny Sisk Sunny Sisk See fewer	Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Wendy Phillips Anne Gardner Maxwell Anne Gardner Maxwell See fewer	Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Morgan Stevens Jack Gardner Jack Gardner See fewer	Fame (1982)
Pepe Serna Carlos Carlos See fewer	The Jerk (1979)
Andrew Amador Actor Actor See fewer	The Net (I) (1995)
Joanne Baron Margo Margo See fewer	Halloween Ends (2022)
Melissa Francis Eunice (as Missy Francis) Eunice (as Missy Francis) See fewer	The Dictator (2012)
Patch Mackenzie Diane Diane See fewer	Serial (1980)
Bob Swain Roy Roy See fewer	Death Becomes Her (1992)
Geoffrey Thorne Officer Stone Officer Stone See fewer	Magnum P.I. (2018)