Dick Van Patten stars as Tom Bradford: newspaper journalist, husband to Joan (Diana Hyland) and patriarch to the close-knit Bradford clan...all eight of them! It's not easy staying sane while guiding Mary, David, Joanie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susan, Tommy and Nicholas through the joys and challenges of growing up. Based on the best-selling autobiography by Thomas W. Braden, Eight Is Enough deals with family life, from potty training and pho