Joanna Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan star as sisters in different stages of their romantic relationships. One is in a long term, unmarried relationship, while the other gets pregnant and marries her new boyfriend.

Eric Forman is a typical high school student growing up in Wisconsin in 1976 with his family and his friends. Together, they have the same kind of joys and sorrows that just about every teenager has while growing up. This show parodied many of the attitudes, events and fads of the 70's, along with those who grew up at the time and are now in their 30's-40's.