Scripted series · ABC
No Ordinary Family
New powers. Instructions not included.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Michael Chiklis
Jim Powell
20 eps
Julie Benz
Stephanie Powell
20 eps
Kay Panabaker
Daphne Nicole Powell
20 eps
Autumn Reeser
Katie Andrews
20 eps
Jimmy Bennett
J.J. Powell
20 eps
Stephen Collins
Dr. Dayton King
20 eps
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
Bret Martin
1 eps
Tricia Helfer
Sophie Adler
20 eps
Josh Stewart
The Watcher
17 eps
Romany Malco
George St. Cloud
20 eps
Steffani Brass
1 eps
William Brent
Troy Cotten
1 eps
Amy Acker
Amanda Grayson
2 eps
Tim Kelleher
Andrew Meyers
1 eps
Nadine Crocker
Lindsay
1 eps
James Harvey Ward
Omar
1 eps
Katrina Begin
Bailey Browning
4 eps
Jon Sklaroff
Silvan Luka
1 eps
Conor Leslie
Chloe Cotten
1 eps
Max Ehrich
Dylan
1 eps
Jackson Rathbone
Trent Stafford
1 eps
Eric Balfour
Lucas Winnick
2 eps
Annie Wersching
Michelle Cotten
1 eps
Vera Miao
Barista
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How No Ordinary Family actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
No Ordinary Family reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
After their plane crashes into the Amazon River, each member of the Powell family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Pilot
A flight to South America has a far greater impact on the Powells' family dynamic that they had planned.
- Directed by David Semel
- Written by Greg Berlanti, Jon Harmon Feldman
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E18
No Ordinary Animal
- Directed by Greg Beeman
- Written by Zack Estrin, Jon Harmon Feldman
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Greg BerlantiProducer
- David SemelProducer
Writing
- Todd SlavkinWriter
- Greg BerlantiWriter
- Darren SwimmerWriter
- Marc GuggenheimWriter
- Ali AdlerWriter
- Zack EstrinWriter
Direction
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- David PaymerDirector
- Timothy BusfieldDirector
- Peter WernerDirector
- Greg BeemanDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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