20/20: DILLEY SEXTUPLETS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of news magazine programs. Hosted by Diane Sawyer, this episode is about the famous Dilley sextuplets, the first surviving set of six offspring from one birth in the United States. Sawyer documents a day in the life of parents Becky and Keith Dilley in their Indiana home, just as the children's fifth birthday approaches. Sawyer observes how the house is run, in terms of cooking, cleaning, laundry, and extracurricular activities like dance class. A home video from May 25, 1993, shows the birth of the six children: Ian, Quinn, Julian, Adrian, Brenna, and Claire. Sawyer also discusses "Dilleytown," a clubhouse which Rosie O'Donnell helped the Dilleys build, and how the family celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Dilley sextuplets mark their fifth birthday at a roller rink. Sawyer discusses the role that fertility drugs play in creating multiple births, examining various quadruplets, septuplets, and a recently-born set of octuplets in America. Sawyer examines the "E.Q." (emotional quotient) of children born as part of multiple births. Finally, the Dilley children join Sawyer in the studio. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 26, 1999 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:57859
- GENRE: Magazine
- SUBJECT HEADING: She Made It Collection (Diane Sawyer)
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1978-
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Ace hardware stores
- TV - Commercials - American Express credit cards
- TV - Commercials - Benadryl cold medication
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Go.com website
- TV - Commercials - Lipton iced tea
- TV - Commercials - Tylenol medication
- TV - Commercials - Volkswagen automobiles
CREDITS
- Ann Reynolds … Supervising Producer
- Stuart Schwartz … Senior Broadcasting Producer
- Jennifer Grossman … Senior Operations Producer
- Joseph Angier … Producer
- Lori Bores … Producer, Writer
- Dean Tsouvalas … Associate Producer
- Gail Rosenberg … Production (Misc.), Senior Production Associate
- George Paul … Director
- Gary Boyarsky … Direction (Misc.), Technical Director
- Dennis Osik … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Bernie Hoffman … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Stanley Spiro … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Jean Maclean … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Kallie Pitkin … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Shirley Weiss-Torcia … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Tim Langtry … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Greg Heal … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Anthony DiGiacomo … Direction (Misc.), Associate Director
- Diane Sawyer … Host
- Adrian Dilley
- Becky Dilley
- Brenna Dilley
- Claire Dilley
- Ian Dilley
- Julian Dilley
- Keith Dilley
- Quinn Dilley