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Our Lives is an American television drama series created by Samantha Raymond, Andrew Bennett and Clark Edmonds which aired on September 19, 2006 on TV Generation.

The series focuses on the lives of the Watkins-Samuels family, an interracial blended family from the city of Oakridge, Illinois (located in Mount Larkin County, Illinois).

Our Lives is one of the highest-rated and most-watched shows on TV Generation (along with the long-running medical drama series, "24\7") among the 18-49 age demographic.

As of 2024, it has aired for 18 seasons, making it one of the longest-running television series on TV Generation (next to "24\7" which has been airing since 2000).

The show is well-known for its diverse cast members and for tackling a number of issues throughout the years such as alcoholism, death, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, adoption, foster care, mental health (including anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression & PTSD), domestic violence, child abuse, sexual orientation (including bisexuality), gun violence, police brutality, racism, suicide, sexism and current events (such as the COVID-19 pandemic).

The show has also been well-received by critics and received many awards & nominations, including "Best Drama Series" at the TV Generation Awards.

Premise[]

The series follows the Watkins-Samuels family, an interracial blended family from Oakridge, Illinois which consists of Andrea Watkins-Samuels (a widowed Caucasian mother of one son and five daughters) and Mitch Samuels (a divorced African-American father of fraternal twin sons and three older adoptive children).

Andrea and Mitch were childhood friends who dated each other during their teenage years, but fell out of touch after they broke up during Mitch's freshman year of college and got remarried to different people in later years.

In 2004, they reunite when Mitch attends the funeral of Andrea's first husband, Jason (who was killed in a car accident caused by a drunk driver) with his parents; at the time, Mitch was divorced from his wife, Jasmine, who struggled with alcoholism and later abandoned her family (especially her children).

After the funeral, Mitch helps out Andrea and her children which rekindles their relationship, and they start dating each other again. They got engaged the day before Valentine's Day in 2006 and later moved into a new house together with their children.

The first season followed Andrea and Mitch as they prepare for their wedding and shows their families adjusting to living together, especially Andrea's 12-year-old daughter, Karina, who has a hard time accepting her mother getting remarried at first. In the season finale, Andrea and Mitch get married in May of 2007.

By the third season, the show began focusing on the four teenage children of the Watkins-Samuels family: Connor, Karina, Jake and Darien, who became the breakout characters on the show.

Starting in the fourth season, it also began focusing on the lives of their friends, including Bradley Harris, Sable Simmons, Owen and Dylan Travis, Trevor Kirkland (Karina's boyfriend and later husband), Chantelle and Ashlyn Duncan, and Skylar Timmons (Jake's girlfriend).

As the youngest children of the Watkins-Samuels family (Alyssa, Finley, Savannah and Haylie) and Brendan's stepdaughter, Adrianna began aging throughout the series, the storylines became focused on them as well.

Cast[]

Current

Recurring Co-Stars and Guest Stars[]

Past Main Cast[]

(*For a list of more recurring co- and guest stars, see Our Lives recurring characters.)

Episodes[]

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 24 September 19, 2006 May 8, 2007
2 23 September 18, 2007 May 6, 2008
3 24 September 18, 2008 May 14, 2009
4 24 September 17, 2009 May 20, 2010
5 24 September 16, 2010 May 12, 2011
6 25 September 22, 2011 May 10, 2012
7 24 September 20, 2012 May 9, 2013
8 25 September 19, 2013 May 8, 2014
9 24 September 18, 2014 May 14, 2015
10 24 September 24, 2015 May 12, 2016
11 24 September 22, 2016 May 9, 2017
12 25 September 21, 2017 May 17, 2018
13 25 September 20, 2018 May 9, 2019
14 21 September 26, 2019 April 9, 2020
15 17 November 12, 2020 May 13, 2021
16 22 September 23, 2021 May 19, 2022
17 22 September 22, 2022 May 11, 2023
18 TBA November 9, 2023 TBA 2024

Broadcast history[]

Our Lives aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00 P.M. (7:00 P.M. central) for its first two seasons.

In the third season, it was moved to Thursday nights at the same time slot where it has remained and held strong ratings ever since.

Spin-offs[]

Our Lives has spawned two spin-offs:

See also[]

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