The Partridge Family is an American musical
television sitcom series starring
Shirley Jones and featuring
David Cassidy. Jones is a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children who embark on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the
ABC network as part of a Friday-night lineup, and had subsequent runs in
syndication. The family was loosely based on the real-life musical family
The Cowsills, a popular band in the late 1960s and early 1970s.