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Rich Man, Poor Man

★ 8.2 4K votes 1976–1976 1 season · 9 episodes Ended ABC
Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 10/10Event miniseriesPrestige limited television built as an event.This show: 9/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 8/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Peter StraussNick NolteSusan BlakelyDorothy McGuireTim McIntireRay Milland
Starring
Peter StraussNick NolteSusan BlakelyDorothy McGuireTim McIntireRay Milland
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03875113150

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About

"The miniseries that proved TV could do sagas"

Set in a small New York town just after World War II, this saga follows two brothers from a struggling immigrant family as their lives diverge over decades, one chasing respectability and wealth, the other drifting through trouble and restlessness. It's a sprawling, soapy family epic that moves at a deliberate, novelistic pace, carried by strong lead performances and old-fashioned melodrama. Watching it feels like sinking into a big paperback saga brought to the screen, unhurried, earnest, and unafraid of big emotional swings across generations.

Watch it for

the early breakout performances anchoring a sprawling multi-decade family drama.

Maybe skip if

you want tight pacing rather than a leisurely, old-fashioned soap opera sprawl.

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

All Seasons

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Miniseries1976
8.0764912h
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Part I: Chapters 1 and 28.0
123120 min
▶2Part II: Chapters 3 and 48.1
86120 min
▶3Part III: Chapter 57.7
8160 min
▶4Part IV: Chapter 67.8
7860 min
▶5Part V: Chapter 77.9
8160 min
▶6Part VI: Chapter 88.0
7760 min
▶7Part VII: Chapter 97.9
7460 min
▶8Part VII: Chapter 108.1
7960 min
▶9Part VIII: Chapters 11 and 128.4
85120 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Peter Strauss Rudy Jordache
Nick Nolte Tom Jordache
Susan Blakely Julie Prescott
Dorothy McGuire Mary Jordache
Tim McIntire Brad Knight
Ray Milland Duncan Calderwood
Robert Reed Teddy Boylan
Bill Bixby Willie Abbott
Norman Fell Smitty
Lawrence Pressman Bill Denton

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