The Parent Family

The Parent Family (French: Les Parent) is a French-language comedy television series created by Jacques Davidts. It originally aired on ICI Radio-Canada Télé from 8 September 2008 to 28 March 2016. The series was produced in Canada. It has 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes, each lasting 21 minutes.

Plot 
Louis-Paul Parent and Natalie Rivard are the caring parents of three boys Thomas, the oldest, lazy teenager who does well academically, Olivier "Oli", a rebellious, manipulative, mischievous, athletic middle child, who loves skateboarding, and Zacharie "Zak", the youngest very energetic child.

Cast 
 Anne Dorval as Natalie Rivard
 Daniel Brière as Louis-Paul Parent
 Joey Scarpellino as Thomas Parent
 Raphaël Grenier-Benoît as Olivier Parent
 Louis-Philippe Beauchamp as Zacharie Parent
 Alexis Martin as Benoît, Louis-Paul's friend
 Marie-Chantal Perron as Marie, Natalie's friend
 Louise Turcot as Madeleine Rivard, Natalie's mother
 Marcel Sabourin as Bernard Rivard, Natalie's father
 Maude Carmel-Ouellet as Anaïs Laliberté, Thomas's girlfriend
 Jean-Carl Boucher as Jesse, Olivier's friend
 Rosalie Bonenfant as Sarah, Olivier's girlfriend
 Sophie Nélisse as Zoé Larivière-Beaudoin, Zacharie's friend
 Aliocha Schneider as Frédéric-Olivier, Thomas's friend
 Pier-Luc Funk, as Maxime, Thomas's friend
 Alice Morel-Michaud as Alicia, Zacharie's friend
 Olivier Fontaine as Matthew Couture, Zacharie's friend
 Émilien Néron as Cédrick Plourde, Zacharie's friend
 Édith Cochrane as Sylvie, Cédrick's mother
 Mélanie Maynard as Sarah's mother
 Kevin Parent as himself
 Charlotte Legault as Mélissa, Olivier's girlfriend (season 5)
 Kalinka Petrie as Alex Parent,  Thomas, Olivier, and Zacharie's cousin (season 5)

Production and broadcast 
The Parent Family was created by Jacques Davidts, and produced in Canada by La Presse Télé (2008–2013), LP8 Média (2013–2014), Attraction Images (2014–2016), and Marleen Beaulieu, and distributed by ICI Radio-Canada Télé. The main cast included: Anne Dorval, Daniel Brière, Joey Scarpellino, Raphaël Grenier-Benoît, and Louis-Philippe Beauchamp. The first episode aired on 8 September 2008, on ICI Radio-Canada Télé in Canada. Its final episode aired on 28 March 2016. In total, the show had 8 seasons, containing a total of 169 episodes. Since 4 October 2010, the show also aired in France on Canal+ Family and Gulli channels, in partially redubbed version, modified for the French audience.

Adaptations 
In 2011 the show was adapted into a Polish-language series produced by Telewizja Polska, titled Family.pl, which aired until 2020.
. In 2015, it was adopted into a Russian-language series titled Roditeli (Russian: Родители) produced by Russia-1 channel. In 2016, it was adopted into a Slovak-language series titled Naši produced by TV JOJ.

References 

2008 Canadian television series debuts
2016 Canadian television series endings
2000s Canadian comedy television series
2010s Canadian comedy television series
Television shows filmed in Quebec
Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
Television series about families
Television shows set in Quebec
French-language television shows
Television shows remade overseas