Brothers & Sisters

Television series
German title	Brothers & Sisters
Original title	Brothers & Sisters
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2006-2011
Production ; company	ABC Studios
length	42 minutes
Episodes	109 in 5 seasons ( list )
genre	drama
idea	Jon Robin Baitz
production	Jon Robin Baitz ; Greg Berlanti ; Ken Olin
music	Blake Neely
First broadcast	September 24, 2006 (USA) on ABC
German-language ; first broadcast	March 28, 2007 on Series Premiere
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Brothers & Sisters is an American television series developed by Jon Robin Baitz and produced by ABC Television Studio for US broadcaster ABC from 2006 to 2011 . Since March 28, 2007, the series has been broadcast on Premiere Serie every Wednesday at 8:15 pm . The Austrian broadcaster ORF 1 broadcast the series on September 1st in a German-language public service premiere. From September 5, 2007, the series ran as part of the ProSieben series Wednesday. Due to poor audience ratings, ProSieben withdrew the series on December 12, 2007. The broadcaster asserts, however, that the remaining episodes will be broadcast at a later date. The second season was broadcast on sixx from March 25, 2011. The first broadcast of the first twelve episodes of the third season was also broadcast on sixx from July 29 to October 14, 2011; the fourth season from April 30, 2014 and from June 3 the 5 season. On May 13, 2011, the series was discontinued by ABC.

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After the unexpected death of father William Walker at a family birthday party, the Walker family is about to start over. The family is confronted with the real life of the head of the family. In addition to a perfect life as a husband and company boss, he also led a double life that is gradually being revealed.

Kitty Walker's successful career as a radio announcer leads her to a job offer with a television station in Los Angeles, but her boyfriend plans to stay in New York, so she returns to the family's lap alone. Down-to-earth Thomas 'Tommy' Walker teams up with older sister Sarah to whip up the family business, which is in dire financial straits. Sarah must also try to reconcile business and family. The second youngest of the siblings, attorney Kevin Walker, is gay and looking for true love. The youngest offspring of the Walkers, Justin joined the army after September 11th and went to the war in Afghanistan. On his return he has to struggle with depression and drug addiction.

The Walker siblings are mainly supported by their mother Nora Walker. After the death of her husband, the matriarch is completely on her own. She is now trying to bring all five children back together as one family. At her side is her brother Saul Holden, who works as an accountant in the family business and was thus able to discover William's secrets.

Right at the start of the series, it turns out that William Walker had an affair with former actress Holly Harper. From this relationship comes an illegitimate daughter, Rebecca Harper, who causes all sorts of problems by showing up in the middle of the first season.

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main characters

Role name	actor	Main role seasons	Guest role seasons	Voice actor
Justin Walker	Dave Annable	1-5		Ozan Unal
Nora Walker	Sally Field	1-5		Cornelia Meinhardt
Kitty McCallister	Calista Flockhart	1-5		Daniela Hoffmann
Sarah Walker	Rachel Griffiths	1-5		Katrin Zimmermann
Kevin Walker	Matthew Rhys	1-5		Markus Pfeiffer
Saul Holden	Ron Rifkin	1-5		Kaspar Eichel
Holly Harper	Patricia Wettig	1-5		Katharina Koschny
Rebecca Harper	Emily VanCamp	1-4	5	Magdalena Turba
Paige Whedon	Kerris Lilla Dorsey	1-4	5	Aliana Schmitz
Thomas Walker	Balthazar Getty	1-3	4, 5	Wolfgang Wagner
Julia Walker	Sarah Jane Morris	1-3	4th	Maud Ackermann
Joseph "Joe" Whedon	John Pyper-Ferguson	1	2	Thomas Nero Wolff
Cooper Whedon	Maxwell Perry Cotton	2-4	1, 5	Arne Berstorff
Robert McCallister	Rob Lowe	2-4	1	Benjamin Völz
Scotty Wandell	Luke Macfarlane	3-5	1-2	Dennis Schmidt-Foss
Ryan Lafferty	Luke Grimes	4th	3	Nico Sablik
Luc Laurent	Gilles Marini	5	4th	Patrice Luc Doumeyrou

Guest and supporting actors

Tom Skerritt as father William Walker (1)
Josh Hopkins as television presenter Warren Salter (1-10)
Matthew Settle as Kitty's fiancé Jonathan Sellers (1-5)
Tyler Posey as Sarah's stepson Gabriel Whedon (4-11)
Treat Williams as a contractor and Nora's love affair David Morton (5–9)
Keri Lynn Pratt as an intern Amber Trachtenberg (5–9)
Robert Foxworth as Harry Packard (6)
Meredith Baxter as Margaret Packard (6)
Joel Gray as therapist Dr. Jude Bar Shalom (15)
Marika Domińczyk as Justin's boss and friend Tyler Altamirano (4–16)
Jason Lewis as a television star and Kevin's friend Chad Barry (12–60)
Marion Ross as Nora and Saul's mother Ida Holden (13)

Roxy Olin as Chad Barry's friend Michelle (12-15)
Margot Kidder as Nora's school friend Emily Craft (14-18)
Peter Coyote as Nora's literature professor Mark August (17-21)
Eric Winter as Robert McCallister's brother Jason (19-35)
Jenna Elfman as Lizzie Jones-Baker (19)
Susan Sullivan as Miranda Jones (19)
Perry King as Curtis Jones (19)
Michael Nouri as Saul's friend Milo Peterman (23-27)
David Andrews as George Lafferty, father of Ryan (45–46)
Sarah Rafferty as Gloria (91)

In the unaired pilot episode , Iva (later Nora) Walker was played by Betty Buckley . Since she was badly received by the audience at test screenings, the role was changed. Sally Field took on the role of Nora Walker, as she better portrays the motherly character. Furthermore, the character of Kevin was changed in the pilot episode, who was then still played under the name Bryan by Jonathan LaPaglia .

Episode list

Locations

The link to the filming locations like the Ojai Foods Building and others.

Awards

Emmy

2007 - 3 nominations, including 1 award:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
- Best casting for a drama series ( Jeanie Bacharach ), ( Gillian O'Neill )
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ( Rachel Griffiths )
2008 - 3 nominations:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
- Best casting for a drama series ( Jeanie Bacharach ), ( Gillian O'Neill )
- Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series ( Rachel Griffiths )
2009 - 1 nomination:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
2011 - 1 nomination:
- Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series ( Beau Bridges )

Golden Globe Award

2008 - 2 nominations:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
- Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie ( Rachel Griffiths )
2009 - 2 nominations:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
- Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie ( Rachel Griffiths )

Screen Actors Guild Award

2008 - 1 nomination:
- Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama ( Sally Field )
2009 - 1 award:
- Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama ( Sally Field )

Satellite Awards

2007 - 3 nominations:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Rachel Griffiths )
- Best Television Series - Drama
2008 - 1 nomination:
- Best Actress in a Drama Series ( Sally Field )