Good Life, The (television) Television series; debuting on NBC on January 3 and ending April 12, 1994. A hardworking, middle-class family man, trying to strike a bargain between work and domestic life, discovers that it is harder than it seems to snare a slice of “the good life.” Stars John Caponera (John Bowman), Eve Gordon (Maureen Bowman), Drew Carey (Drew Clark), Jake Patellis (Paul Bowman), Shay Astar (Melissa Bowman), Justin Berfield (Bob Bowman), Monty Hoffman (Tommy Bartlett).