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Homefront (1991)

Homefront poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 42 episodes
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The show follows several families in a small Ohio town as they deal with life during and after World War Two. It shows their daily struggles and changes at home while the men are away fighting.

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What happens

Homefront is an American television drama series created by former Knots Landing producers Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Lorimar Television. The show is set in the mid 1940s in the fictional city of River Run, Ohio, and aired on ABC from September 24, 1991, to April 26, 1993. The show's theme song, "Accentuate the Positive", was written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer and performed by Jack Sheldon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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