7th Heaven (TV series) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 7th Heaven
Genre	Family drama Serial drama
Created by	Brenda Hampton
Starring	Stephen Collins Catherine Hicks Barry Watson David Gallagher Jessica Biel Beverley Mitchell Mackenzie Rosman Chaz Lamar Shepherd Maureen Flannigan Adam LaVorgna Nikolas Brino Lorenzo Brino Geoff Stults George Stults Ashlee Simpson Rachel Blanchard Jeremy London Scotty Leavenworth Tyler Hoechlin Sarah Thompson Haylie Duff Megan Henning
Theme music composer	Johnny Rivers, Jack Tempchin and Steve Plunkett
Composer(s)	Dan Foliart
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	243 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brenda Hampton Aaron Spelling E. Duke Vincent (both; seasons 1–10) Chris Olsen Jeff Olsen (both; season 11)
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	44 minutes
Production company(s)	Spelling Television CBS Paramount Network Television (2006–2007) (season 11)
Distributor	Paramount Domestic Television CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	The WB (1996–2006) The CW (2006–2007)
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	August 26, 1996 (1996-08-26) – May 13, 2007 (2007-05-13)

7th Heaven is an American family drama television series created and produced by Brenda Hampton that centers on the Camden family and their lives in the fictional town of Glenoak, California. The series debuted on August 26, 1996, on The WB, where it aired for ten seasons, making it the longest running series in the history of the network. Following the shutdown of The WB and its merger with UPN to form The CW, the series aired on the new network on September 25, 2006, for its eleventh and final season, airing its final episode on May 13, 2007. 7th Heaven was the last series to be produced by Spelling Television (later produced by CBS Paramount Network Television for the eleventh and final season) before it was shut down and became an in-name-only unit of CBS Television Studios.

Premise

7th Heaven cast (season 6)

The series follows the Reverend Eric Camden—a Protestant minister living in the fictional town of Glenoak, California—as well as Eric's wife Annie and their seven children. Except for Lucy, the children are all named after key biblical figures. Originally, there are five children (making it a family of seven). The twins are born in season three, in the episode "In Praise of Women". Four of the children, Matt, Mary, Lucy, and Simon, at different times, move away from home during the show's run. Simon goes to college, Mary goes to live with her grandparents and Matt marries and pursues his career as a doctor, far away from the family. Despite these three being absent from the Camden home, the house is always full. When Lucy marries, they move into the garage apartment. Their daughter is born while they are there. Later, they move into a home next door. Ruthie leaves for a short while in the final season to go to Scotland. The Camdens offer shelter to various house guests at different points in the show.

Main cast and characters

Episodes

Availability

Syndication

CBS Media Ventures handles the domestic and international distribution of the series. Season one episodes were retitled 7th Heaven Beginnings. Although the series did not receive a rating other than TV-G throughout its 11-season run, reruns on some cable/satellite channels have been given either a TV-PG or TV-14 rating (depending on the subject matter).

In the United States, the show began airing reruns in off-network syndication on September 25, 2000, but ceased to air in syndication in September 2002, while the series was still in first-run broadcast on The WB and later on The CW. The show then aired on the ABC Family channel from the fall of 2002 until 2008. Then, it was announced on April 1, 2010, that ABC Family had re-obtained the rights to the series, and would begin airing it at 11 a.m. (ET/PT) on weekdays beginning April 12, 2010. However, after one week, ABC Family abruptly pulled the show and replaced it with a third daily airing of Gilmore Girls.

It started airing on "superstation" WGN America on September 8, 2008, though it had previously aired on from 2000 to 2008 during its initial off-network syndication run. Incidentally, the series aired in first-run form on WGN from the show's 1996 debut on The WB until 1999, when WGN ceased to carry WB network programming on its national feed (7th Heaven, along with Sister, Sister, The Parent 'Hood and The Wayans Bros. are the only WB series to air in both first-run broadcast and off-network syndication on WGN America). Since September 2010, 7th Heaven no longer airs on WGN America.

The series also began airing on Hallmark Channel around the same time as when WGN America began to carry reruns of the series again. Hallmark Channel airings of the series, however, truncated the opening credit sequence removing the majority of the theme song except for the first stanza and the last few seconds of the theme. Both channels removed it in 2010.

In the United States, all eleven seasons of 7th Heaven are available to stream on Hulu and Paramount+.

In the United Kingdom, it aired on Sky One on a weekly basis as a part of its primetime slots at 8pm.

In Australia, 7th Heaven was originally broadcast on Network Ten. Reruns of the series have been aired weekdays on satellite channel FOX8 and Network Ten's digital channel Eleven.

It is on RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) in Ireland.

Home media

CBS DVD (distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment) has released 7th Heaven on DVD. They have released all 11 seasons in Region 1. In region 2, seasons 1-7 have been released while in region 4 the first 6 seasons have been released on DVD.

On August 22, 2017, it was announced that the complete series would be released on DVD for November 14.

See also

In Spanish: 7th Heaven (serie de televisión) para niños