Tom (Richard Gilliland) and Casey Stafford (Katie Layman) live on a 350-acre farm in Pritchard, Nebraska, with their sons, John (Jason Kristofer) and Gus (Devin Ratray), and adopted daughter, Kim (Daisy Keith).
Casey’s cantankerous father, BL McCutcheon (Brian Keith), also lives with them. A widower who is set in his ways and has an opinion on everything, he has three dogs named Chester, General Patton and Silky.
The kids attend Pritchard High School, where Kim is a talented violinist who hopes to play with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra one day. Johnny longs for a life away from the farm in a big city, while Gus is content with farm life and has a pet pig named Dolly.
The short-lived CBS comedy was a pleasant, brain-neutral summer replacement series.
Tragically, Brian Keith’s real-life daughter Daisy (who played the part of Kim) took her own life on 16 April 1997, aged just 27. Brian Keith also died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a few weeks later, on 24 June 1997 at his home in Malibu, California.
Katie Layman died of cancer on 26 October 2014, aged 65. Richard Gilliland died following a short illness in Los Angeles, California, on 18 March 2021, at the age of 71.
BL McCutcheon
Brian Keith Casey (Cassandra) Stafford
Katie Layman Tom Stafford
Richard Gilliland John Stafford
Jason Kristofer Gus Stafford
Devin Ratray Kim Stafford
Daisy Keith
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