The real deal breaker: Barbara Cowsill, their mother, would not be a part of the show. Oscar winner Shirley Jones had been hired to play the part. Producers just wanted the kids. That didn’t sit well ...

Late last year, the Cowsill family revisited their old New England stomping ground for an advance screening of their documentary Family Band: The Cowsills Story, which is showing through this month on ...

There’s a story about the lives of The Cowsills that belongs on television. But it’s not “The Partridge Family.” Filled with inner battles, addiction, a controlling father, a passive mother, and a ...