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The Parent Family

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The Parent Family
Genrecomedy
Developed byJacques Davidts
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes169
Production
Running time21 minutes
Production companies
  • La Presse Télé (2008–2013)
  • LP8 Média (2013–2014)
  • Attraction Images (2014–2016)
  • Marleen Beaulieu
Original release
NetworkICI Radio-Canada Télé
ReleaseSeptember 8, 2008 (2008-09-08) –
March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)

The Parent Family (French: Les Parent) is a French-language comedy television series created by Jacques Davidts. It originally aired on ICI Radio-Canada Télé from 8 September 2008 to 28 March 2016. The series was produced in Canada. It has 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes, each lasting 21 minutes.[1]

Plot

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Louis-Paul Parent and Natalie Rivard are the caring parents of three boys Thomas, the oldest, lazy teenager who does well academically, Olivier "Oli", a rebellious, manipulative, mischievous, athletic middle child, who loves skateboarding, and Zacharie "Zak", the youngest very energetic child.[1]

Cast

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Production and broadcast

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The Parent Family was created by Jacques Davidts, and produced in Canada by La Presse Télé (2008–2013), LP8 Média (2013–2014), Attraction Images (2014–2016), and Marleen Beaulieu, and distributed by ICI Radio-Canada Télé. The main cast included: Anne Dorval, Daniel Brière, Joey Scarpellino, Raphaël Grenier-Benoît, and Louis-Philippe Beauchamp. The first episode aired on 8 September 2008, on ICI Radio-Canada Télé in Canada. Its final episode aired on 28 March 2016. In total, the show had 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes.[1][2] Since 4 October 2010, the show also aired in France on Canal+ Family and Gulli channels, in partially redubbed version, modified for the French audience.[1][3]

Adaptations

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In 2011 the show was adapted into a Polish-language series produced by Telewizja Polska, titled Family.pl, which aired until 2020.[4][5] In 2015, it was adapted into a Russian-language series titled Roditeli (Russian: Родители) produced by Russia-1 channel.[6] In 2016, it was adapted into a Slovak-language series titled Naši produced by TV JOJ.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Parent (Les)". a-suivre.org (in French).
  2. ^ Stéphanie Vallet (10 March 2015). "Fin de la série Les Parent". La Presse (in French).
  3. ^ "Les Parent et En direct de l'univers vendues en Italie". La Presse (in French). 20 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Powstanie drugi sezon serialu 'Rodzinka.pl'". wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 30 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Rodzinka.pl". filmpolski.pl (in Polish).
  6. ^ "Сериал Родители (2015)". vokrug.tv (in Russian). 5 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Nový sitkom Naši už má Joj natočený! Zisťovali sme podrobnosti, vieme, kedy sa má dostať na obraz". mediaboom.sk (in Slovak). 23 July 2015.