party of five is an american drama television series. it was broadcast on the fox network from september 12, 1994 until may 3, 2000. the series is set in san francisco, california. it was well liked by the critics but the series had very low ratings. the network wanted to stop broadcasting it after the 1994-1995 season but chose not to do this. the main stars of the series included jennifer love hewitt, scott wolf, matthew fox, lacey chabert, david collins, paula devicq, scott grimes, michael a. goorjian, jeremy london and neve campbell. the series was given a "best drama" golden globe award in 1996.