thirtysomething - Season 4 - Eps 7: Photo Opportunity
CAPSULE: Melissa gets a big photo assignment at the same time that her mother breaks her leg. Melissa is ecstatic about a job she's up for, doing a photo shoot in New York for Vanity Fair magazine. After she tells Hope, she lunches with her mother Elaine, who glosses over the news rather quickly, seeming more concerned about her daughter Jill in New York and her own role in a community theatre production. Melissa travels to New York City and stays at her sister Jill's apartment. When she mets photo editor Megan Alexander the next day, Melissa is told that the job is photographing writer Brendan Norris, who is so tempermental about publicity that ""everyone"" else has turned down the job. When she returns from the interview, Jill informs her that their mother has broken her leg. Melissa returns from Philadelphia and takes over care of her mother from Aunt Muriel. Elaine insists that her husband Murray, who is out of town, not be called back. Elaine doesn't pay much attention to the news o
About thirtysomething

Title: thirtysomething
First Air Date: 1987-09-29
Last Air Date: 1991-05-28
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 85
Network: ABC
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.
Cast

Ken Olin
Michael Steadman

Mel Harris
Hope Steadman

Timothy Busfield
Elliot Weston

Patricia Wettig
Nancy Weston

Peter Horton
Gary Shepherd

Melanie Mayron
Melissa Steadman

Polly Draper
Ellyn Warren

Patricia Kalember