A Year in the Life Dixie Chicken (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Drama

A Year in the Life

Dixie Chicken (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Drama

Anne's college boy friend reenters her life; guilt takes its toll on working mother Lindley (Jayne Atkinson); and Sam asks for Joe's assistance in a scheme to help Kay "sell" herself in her real-estate job.

Director

Michael Toshiyuki Uno

Writers

Joshua Brand (created by) | John Falsey (created by) | Stu Krieger (developer) | Frederick Rappaport (teleplay)

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Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 28, 1987

Release date

Oct 28, 1987 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Kiley Joe Gardner Joe Gardner See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Trey Ames David Sisk David Sisk See fewer	A Year in the Life (1987)
Adam Arkin Jim Eisenberg Jim Eisenberg See fewer	Get Shorty (2017)
Jayne Atkinson Lindley Gardner Eisenberg Lindley Gardner Eisenberg See fewer	Free Willy (1993)
David Oliver Sam Gardner Sam Gardner See fewer	Night of the Creeps (1986)
Sarah Jessica Parker Kay Ericson Gardner Kay Ericson Gardner See fewer	Sex and the City (1998)
Amanda Peterson Sunny Sisk Sunny Sisk See fewer	Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
Wendy Phillips Anne Gardner Maxwell Anne Gardner Maxwell See fewer	Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Morgan Stevens Jack Gardner Jack Gardner See fewer	Fame (1982)
Janet Carroll Joanne Joanne See fewer	Risky Business (1983)
Yvette Cruise Blanca Blanca See fewer	Ghostbusters II (1989)
Ted Hayden Frank Burgess Frank Burgess See fewer	Favorite Son (1988)
Robert MacKenzie Ted Ted See fewer	Quantum Leap (1989)
Mariangela Pino Viola Viola See fewer	Richie Rich (1994)
Anne Ramsay Cindy (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay) Cindy (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay) See fewer	A League of Their Own (1992)
Robin Thomas Brian Brian See fewer	The Contender (2000)