Growing Pains producer accused of child pornography

The cast of "Growing Pains."

I was a fan of the sitcom “Growing Pains” during the 1980s.  The writers and producers of the show came up with good story lines and a good plot for most of the episodes.

But one of the executive producers of the show allegedly has a sick fetish for children.

The executive producer Steven Marshall pleaded guilty and was sentenced March 16 in Arkansas for distribution of child pornography. 

Marshall will serve seven-and-a-half years in prison. 

According to the Associated Press, Marshall was accused of sending and receiving child pornography and participating in “online chats detailing child abduction, bondage, rapes and murders.”

Marshall was the executive producer on 61 episodes of “Growing Pains” from 1986 to 1991, according to Internet Movie Database. 

 He was also executive producer on “Just The Ten Of Us” from 1988 to 1990 and a writer for “WKRP in Cincinnati” from 1979 to 1982.