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Grace Under Fire

★ 6.4 5K votes 1993–1998 5 seasons · 112 episodes Ended ABC
SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 9/10Working classOrdinary people, ordinary money, real stakes.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Brett ButlerCasey SanderKaitlin CullumDylan SprouseCole SprouseDave Thomas
Written by
Chuck Lorre
Starring
Brett ButlerCasey SanderKaitlin CullumDylan SprouseCole SprouseDave Thomas
Written by
Chuck Lorre
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0306090120

Grace Under Fire Episode Ratings Heatmap

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About

"A tough single mom's sitcom with real bite"

Grace Under Fire follows Grace Kelly, a recovering alcoholic single mother rebuilding her life while working blue-collar shifts at an oil refinery and raising three kids on her own. It's a classic 90s network sitcom: broad family jokes, a live studio audience, and warm working-class resilience holding it together. Brett Butler's sharp, sardonic delivery gives it an edge sharper than most family comedies of its era. The tone stays mostly light, but there's real sympathy underneath the punchlines for what it means to start over as an imperfect, exhausted parent trying to do right by her family.

Watch it for

Brett Butler's biting, confident comic timing as a working-class single mom starting over.

Maybe skip if

you want sharp writing consistency, since later seasons visibly struggled behind the scenes.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11993
7.71K228h 40m
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Season 21994
7.71K269h 52m
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Season 31995
7.41K259h 34m
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Season 41996
8.82K259h 36m
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Season 51997
8.7890145h 4m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Brett Butler Grace Kelly
Casey Sander Wade Swoboda
Kaitlin Cullum Libby Kelly
Dylan Sprouse Patrick Kelly
Cole Sprouse Patrick Kelly
Dave Thomas Russell Norton
Julie White Nadine Swoboda
Jon Paul Steuer Quentin Kelly
Peggy Rea Jean Kelly
Walter Olkewicz Dougie Boudreau

Crew

Chuck Lorre

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