TV: Nuclear Families
Family sitcoms and dramas of the 1950s thru 70s.
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- CreatorWilliam RobertsStarsDonna ReedPaul PetersenCarl BetzA loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
- CreatorEd JamesStarsRobert YoungLauren ChapinJane WyattThe popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.
- StarsOzzie NelsonHarriet NelsonRicky NelsonOzzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.
- StarsFred MacMurrayStanley LivingstonDon GradyWidower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.
- CreatorWilliam AsherSidney SheldonStarsPatty DukeJean ByronWilliam SchallertTeenager Patty Lane and her worldly identical cousin Cathy navigate family and high school life.
- CreatorJoe ConnellyBob MosherDick ConwayStarsJerry MathersHugh BeaumontBarbara BillingsleyThe misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends.
- CreatorDon FeddersonEdmund L. HartmannStarsBrian KeithKathy GarverAnissa JonesBill's comfortable lifestyle must change when he receives a group of unexpected long-term guests.
- CreatorEdmund L. HartmannJoan O'BrienStarsJohn ForsytheJoyce MengesSusan NeherMichael Endicott accepts a teaching position at a school in Rome.
- StarsDanny ThomasRusty HamerMarjorie LordDanny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
- StarsDanny ThomasMarjorie LordAngela CartwrightAn aging entertainer and his wife take on care of their 6-year-old grandson.
- CreatorWilliam BlinnStarsDick Van PattenLani O'GradyConnie NeedhamThis comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.
- CreatorBernard SladeStarsShirley JonesDavid CassidySusan DeyThe humorous adventures of a family of pop musicians.
- CreatorJay Presson AllenStarsSada ThompsonJames BroderickGary FrankThe joys and heartaches of the Lawrence family of Pasadena, California.
- CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisThe misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.
- CreatorAJ CarothersThomas L. MillerStarsJuliet MillsRichard LongDavid DoremusA remarkable young English nanny takes over the household of a widowed professor and his three children.
- CreatorEdmund L. HartmannStarsHenry FondaJanet BlairRon HowardDetective Chad Smith shares his life as a policeman, and as a family man with his wife and three children.
- StarsPat CrowleyMark MillerKim TylerThe Nashes of Ridgemont, New York are an unusual suburban family. Jim Nash, a college English professor, and his wife Joan, a newspaper columnist, live with their four sons, a tolerant family maid, and a huge sheep dog.
- StarsJohn ForsytheNoreen CorcoranSammee TongThe misadventures of a single adoptive father raising a teenage niece with the help of his manservant.
- StarsBill BixbyBrandon CruzMiyoshi UmekiWidower Tom Corbett raises his young son Eddie.
- CreatorGertrude BergStarsGertrude BergArlene McQuadeEli MintzComedy-drama about a Jewish-American family living in New York City.
- CreatorWhitney BlakeNorman LearAllan ManingsStarsBonnie FranklinPat Harrington Jr.Valerie BertinelliThe misadventures of a divorced mother, her family and their building superintendent in Indianapolis.
- CreatorMike EvansNorman LearEric MonteStarsJa'net DuBoisRalph CarterBernNadette StanisA poor family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.