Brothers is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on the cable network Showtime from July 13, 1984, to May 5, 1989. It was produced by Gary Nardino Productions, in association with two separate divisions of Paramount Pictures: first by Paramount Video (1984–86) and by Paramount Television (1987–89) The series was originally shopped around to broadcast networks NBC and ABC, in hopes of being picked up for the 1983 fall television season.