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If you have any respect for television then you’ve spent an episode or two, or three seasons with the Salinger family from Party of Five. You might have cried just a little bit with them, every week and then a lot when the show vanished the same season the series won a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama.

Well it is back (on MuchMore Weekdays at 3pm ET) and you can get all teary-eyed again. A return of such a memorable show might make you reflect on this loveable cast and ask yourself, ‘Whatever happened to…’

For starters Charlie Salinger, played by Matthew Fox, is currently the star of the much talked about (maybe too much in some offices I know) series Lost. You may have also caught Fox in movies like Speed Racer, Vantage Point and We Are Marshall.
Life After The Party Rating: Five out of Five

Scott Wolf’s career didn’t exactly reach new heights beyond his role as Bailey in Party of Five. Wolf played in several series all which had a short lifespan with the exception of Everwood where he played Dr. Jake Hartman for three seasons.
Life After The Party Rating: One out of Five

Guelph, Ontario’s own Neve Campbell, strutted her stuff on the Canadian series Catwalk before taking on the role of Julia in Party of Five. She would go on to star in several movie slashers and thrillers like The Craft and Scream 1 – 3. Matt Dillon and Denise Richards joined her for a threesome in the movie Wild Things. Although her body of work wasn’t that well received up until that point she would go onto star in three movies that were: Panic, The Company and When Will I Be Loved.
Life After The Party Rating: Four out of Five

Lacey Chabert was just 11-years-old when she tackled the role as Claudia and grew up on screen through her run on the series. Now at just 26-years-old, Lacey currently sits on a body of work that is almost entirely catering to young people. She starred in Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan but her credits mostly include voice acting work including: The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, Family Guy (as the original Meg Griffin) and the video game Sonic the Hedgehog.
Life After The Party Rating: Two out of Five

Finally, you may have noticed the youngest of the Salinger’s, Owen, was played by several actors over the series. If you recall the character on the show grew at an unrealistic pace therefore seven children in total played the role including three sets of twins to start the series and then Jacob Smith for the end of the series. Smith would be the only one to continue in Hollywood following the series playing in several family-friendly movies including Cheaper by the Dozen and Troy.
Life After The Party Rating: One out of Five Divided By 7

Tags: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lacey Chabert, Lost, Matthew Fox, Neve Camobell, Party of Five

Posted: March 24th, 2009 | Category: Party of Five, Shows
Tags: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lacey Chabert, Lost, Matthew Fox, Neve Camobell, Party of Five