The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days is an American comedy series that aired on ABC from April 14, 2010 to December 17, 2019. The series garnered strong ratings, but was overshadowed by Modern Family, which aired just before or after it for its first three seasons. Toward the end, the steady ratings allowed The Good Old Days to surpass Modern Family and became ABC's most watched comedy in its final year. The series was always a critical hit, and became one of the only comedies on air to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmys every year of its airing. The series was also always described as a comedy and sometimes as a "dramedy", rather than a sitcom, due to its "unsitcom-like" story arcs.

Premise
The Good Old Days follows the everyday lives of those living in the Maxwell home: which includes the patriarch Rick Maxwell, an engineer, his wife Trina, a nurse, their four children; Sara, Mark, Shauna, and Andy, along with Rick's brother Nick and his wife Maggie, and Trina's step-mother Carla, who lives in a trailer parked outside their home. The series was narrated by an adult Mark in the year 2060, following their lives throughout the 2010s. The series also dealt with several serious issues, and often continued storylines over several episodes, rather than having an episodic formula, like most comedies on at the time.

Cast

 * Paul Rudd as Rick Maxwell
 * Amy Poehler as Trina Maxwell
 * Sarah Hyland as Sara Maxwell (seasons 1–3 and 9–11; recurring seasons 4, 6, and 8; special guest seasons 5 and 7)
 * Nick Jonas as Mark Maxwell
 * Haley Lu Richardson as Shauna Maxwell
 * Gus Kamp as Andy Maxwell
 * Tracee Ellis Ross as Maggie Maxwell
 * Will Forte as Nick Maxwell
 * Jenifer Lewis as Carla Braun