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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 6, 2000
Pros: Great show before they changed it!
Cons: They moved, lost 2 kids, and it wasn't the same.
Summary: This original Disney show first aired in 1991 and began it's run in syndication in 1993. The Torkelsons was pure Disney with emphasis on family values and kids just being nice. It was light and had fun plots without much emphasis on heavy ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 20, 2000
Pros: the whole family can watch
Cons: sometimes sad
Summary: This show shows a lot! It shows family values and how to live a good life without having everything! It is a show that actually shows the way some families really are. They are a family that has to go through many ups and downs but learns that they ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 16, 2000
Pros: Shows the love thy have for each other!
Cons: none.
Summary: This is an excellant show for the whole family
to watch. When I first watched this show I loved
it. This is a warm heart movie that will tough
your heart every time you watch it. It is about an
everyday life with family.
It ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 28, 2000
Pros: Family show, Great advice
Cons: Sappy, Re-runs
Summary: I am a teenage female who doesn't normally like sappy television shows. Although if I weren't a female I might think this show would be sappy. I do enjoy the family feel and heartwarming expieriences that the Torkelson's go though. I think it is great ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 15, 2000
Pros: Great Family Show with real issues
Cons: None
Summary: This is a wonderful family program for everyone of all ages! Millicent Torkelson a single mom, trying to bring up her children the best way she knows how, with lots of love, encouragement and communication.
It is a difficult job raising ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 29, 2000
Pros: Fun for everyone
Cons: They aren't making any new ones
Summary: The Torkelsons is a great family show! It has ideas and plots for everyone. I watch the show everyday and record it if I know I am going to be out! I think that is show is so great because of the morals in the show and it's just such clean,wholesome ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 20, 2000
Pros: teaches good everyday lessons
Cons: a little off the edge
Summary: This is a pretty good show for kids. This show is about a single mother of 5 who is trying to instill some values and morals in her children. They live in a big house trying to make ends meat with what little money they have. The main character on the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 13, 2000
Pros: family oriented, deals with real issues
Cons: non
Summary: I remember this show being on regular Tv and was surprised to see it turn up on the Disney channel. I think this show is wonderful for the whole family.It teaches morals, family values, and how important it is to have family. It deals with real issues as ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 7, 2000
Pros: Good wholesome show
Cons: none
Summary: I really loved this show when it was on prime time. I happened on to it by channel surfing. And I am still hooked!
I like the fact that the mother doesn't often do the self pity routine because her husband left her with 5 children. She does ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2000
Pros: Wonderful, moral show!
Cons: None
Summary: "The Torkelsons" is a show that has something for everyone. It's about how horrible and wonderful it is to be fourteen years old. It's about a wonderful, loving single mom who tries to teach her children the right way to live. It's about a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2000
Pros: good lessons taught
Cons: underexciting
Summary: This show about a fatherless family moving in to help care for the kids of a wealthy, and sophisticated businessman and his kids is pretty stereotypical. Dorothy's tale, as it should be called in reality, is a young girl from humble beginnings who has ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 20, 2000
Pros: Daughters look to Mom for advise.
Cons: They have to live with another family to survive
Summary: My 14 year old daughter and I like to watch it together. Sometimes I don't know where to begin to talk about things that affect her like friends, relationships, crushes and so forth. This show helps us get going and she opens up easier. I like the fact ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2000
Pros: wonderful, warm family show
Cons: cancelled too soon! Not enough episodes
Summary: From the very first time I watched The Torklesons' on NBC, I was hooked! I just love The Judds' and the theme song got me to watch, but the cute kids and warm, loving, caring mother hooked me.
My favorite character is Mary Sue (the youngest ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 7, 2000
Pros: A very heartfelt, mindful show
Cons: They stopped making it.
Summary: I am a mother of 2 young children, 22month and 8 month olds. I don't get too much time to myself as you are all aware of! But I do make time everyday at 4 pm to tune in to the Disney channel to watch the Torkelsons.
My children aren't at the age of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 3, 2000
Pros: Wholesome, fun, touches on issues relevant to society today.
Cons: None
Summary: I am so glad to see Disney keeping up the good work by playing shows good for whole family viewing.
I watched The Torkelsons on NBC before syndication on Disney. It was great then and it is great now. It deals with a lot of family issues relevant ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 30, 2000
Pros: everyone gets involved in the show
Cons: really haven"t seen any eposide I didn"t like yet
Summary: When I came upon this show last year I was so happy to finally find a great family show with no language not intended for child and good family values taught to this kids on the show. The mother of the show lives alone with 5 kids and a man that pays ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2000
Pros: good acting by Connie Ray and Olivia Burnette
Cons: didn't last long
Summary: When "The Torklesons" was on NBC- I made a point of watching the show because I loved it! Alas, the Powers That Be kept on moving it to one cruddy time slot to another-then finally pulled the plug.
But I do get to see the reruns on Disney ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2000
Pros: Good Childrens program
Cons: Not for adults
Summary: As I turned on the television and stumbled across this show i could believe it. This show was for the most part clean and simple. I was not drawn into the plot, or captured by the beauty of the stars. But I realized that this was a show that was suitable ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 21, 2000
Pros: Issues and themes are portrayed with respect.
Cons: Too many repeats of the same episodes. The show is no longer being produced and they tend to run the same episodes over and over again.
Summary: If you want to enjoy some quality family television, break out the popcorn, snuggle up with your kids, and watch The Torkelsons.
Not everyone feels the same way about this show (my husband absolutely HATES it!), but everyone's entitled to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 17, 2000
Pros: Good setting, real life problems.
Cons: Most problems can't be solved in half an hour.
Summary: I have watched this show since I lived in my parents house. When my friends come over sometimes we all just sit down and admire the way Dorothy Jane can be so naive and romantic at heart. I always felt like Dorothy Jane, not a whole lot of confidence ... read more
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