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Step-siblings
Step-siblings are children born of two different families who have been joined by marriage. A male step-sibling is a stepbrother and a female is a stepsister. The step-siblings relationship is connected through law and is not a blood relation. Step-siblings are sometimes abbreviated informally as stepsibs. Culture In many fairy tales, the central character has a stepmother and the step-siblings serve as an extension of their mother. Cinderella and Mother Hulda features wicked stepsisters who take after their parents. The story '' Kate Crackernuts'' serves as a counterexample where the daughter of the evil stepparent is a loving stepsister. Many romance novels feature heroes who are the stepbrother of the heroine. The step-relationship generally stems from a marriage when the hero and heroine are at least in their adolescence. Some family films and television sitcoms feature a blended nuclear family including siblings as the center premise. In many cases, the step-family is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affinity (law)
In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity is the kinship relationship created or that exists between two people as a result of someone's marriage. It is the relationship each party in the marriage has to the family of the other party in the marriage. It does not cover the marital relationship itself. Laws, traditions and customs relating to affinity vary considerably, sometimes ceasing with the death of one of the marriage partners through whom affinity is traced, and sometimes with the divorce of the marriage partners. In addition to kinship by marriage, "affinity" can sometimes also include kinship by adoption or a step relationship. Unlike blood relationships ( consanguinity), which may have genetic consequences, affinity is essentially a social or moral construct, at times backed by legal consequences. In law, affinity may be relevant in relation to prohibitions on incestuous sexual relations and in relation to whether particular couples are prohibited from marryin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TGIF (ABC)
''TGIF'' was an American prime time television block programming, programming block that has aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC at various points since the late 1980s. The name comes from the initials of the popular phrase "wikt:thank God it's Friday, Thank God It's Friday"; however, the stars of the lineup touted the initialism as meaning "Thank Goodness It's Funny." In its various incarnations, the block mainly featured sitcom, situation comedies aimed at a Family-friendly, family audience, and served as a lead-in to the long-running newsmagazine ''20/20 (American TV program), 20/20'' (which has been part of ABC's Friday-night schedule since September 1987, two years prior to the original launch of ''TGIF''). The block initially premiered on September 22, 1989, as a partnership with Lorimar Television and television producers Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett (who had a deal with Lorimar), marking one of the first attempts by a major network to brand a programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh
Jeffrey Kent "Swampy" Marsh (; born December 9, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, and producer. With Dan Povenmire, Marsh is the co-creator and co-star of the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'' and '' Milo Murphy's Law.'' Marsh was born in Santa Monica, California, where he grew up with a heavily blended family dynamic. Marsh is known for his contributions to the television animation industry, working for over six seasons on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Marsh continued to work on other animated television series, including ''King of the Hill'' and '' Rocko's Modern Life,'' before moving to England in 1996. While in England, Marsh worked on several animated programs, including '' Postman Pat'' and ''Bounty Hamster,'' and worked for BKN New Media Ltd. to produce several feature films. After six years living in England, Marsh was asked by his longtime partner Dan Povenmire to help produce ''Phineas and Ferb'', a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phineas And Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated series, animated Musical film, musical-television comedy, comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series originally aired on the networks for four seasons between 2007 and 2015, and returned for the first of two additional seasons in 2025. The series follows stepbrothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher, who construct a grand project or embark on an adventure each day to make the most of their time on summer vacation, to the annoyance of Phineas' older sister Candace Flynn. Candace's attempts to expose their schemes to her mother always fail due to the fights between local evil scientist Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and the boys' secret agent pet Perry the Platypus inadvertently removing all evidence of their work. The series follows a standard plot system, with several Running gag, running gags occurring each episode. Povenmire and Marsh conceived the characters while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a pay television, premium channel on top of basic cable television systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at the time. It dropped the "The" word from the name in 1997, thus getting rebranded as just Disney Channel, with its programming since till date shifting focus to target mainly children and adolescents ages 6–14. The channel showcases original first-run children's television series, art release#Film, theatrically released and original television films and other selected third-party programming. , Disney Channel is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something So Right (TV Series)
''Something So Right'' is an American sitcom television series which ran on two different networks during its time on the air. ''Something So Right'' starred Mel Harris as Carly Davis, a twice-divorced party planner who had married Jack Farrell ( Jere Burns), a divorced English teacher. They had three children, one from each of their former marriages. This program premiered on NBC on September 17, 1996, hammocked between the Top 30 hit '' Mad About You'' and the Top 20 hit ''Frasier''; the hammocking effort did not work, and was canceled the following spring after finishing the season in 39th place with a 9.5 rating. It was picked up as a midseason replacement on ABC the next year, running until July 7, 1998, finishing its second season in 56th place with an 8.2 rating. Characters *Carly Davis ( Mel Harris) – Carly is a party planner married to Jack Farrell. She has two biological children from two previous husbands: her son Will, from her first husband, Dante Pacino, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drake & Josh
''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) as they live together despite their opposite personalities. Nancy Sullivan and Jonathan Goldstein star as Drake's mother and Josh's father, respectively, and Miranda Cosgrove plays Drake's devious younger sister. Bell performs the series' theme song, " I Found a Way", written by Bell and Backhouse Mike. Bell and Peck previously appeared in '' The Amanda Show'', a Nickelodeon variety series created by Schneider that ran on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2002. A sketch featuring Bell and Peck arguing over a piece of shrimp prompted network executives to cast the two actors in their own spin-off, ''Drake & Josh''. The series premiered on January 11, 2004, on Nickelodeon to critical acclaim. During production of the fourth season, Bell was injured during a car accident, and filming stalled for four months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life With Derek
''Life with Derek'' is a Canadian television teen sitcom that aired on Family Channel (English) and VRAK.TV (French) in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005, and ran for four seasons, ending its run on March 25, 2009. Reruns currently air on Family Channel and previously aired on multiplex sister channel Family Chrgd. The series stars Michael Seater as the titular character and Ashley Leggat as his step-sister Casey. These are the two oldest children in a stepfamily. It ended having aired 70 episodes, and was followed by one spin-off television film, entitled '' Vacation with Derek'', which was filmed in northern Ontario in fall 2009, and it aired on Family Channel on June 25, 2010. On May 12, 2020, Shaftesbury Films announced that a spinoff television film, titled ''Life with Luca'' and set 15 years after the original series, was in development. The spin-off feature film premiered in February 2023. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
