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Family Affair(TV show/series, 1966-1971)

20min per episode | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 5 seasons with 138 episodes

Family AffairRating: 3.3/5 (with 18 votes)
Family Affair is an American sitcom starring Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966, to March 4, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do engineer and bachelor Bill Davis (Keith) as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French (Cabot), also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy (Kathy Garver) and the six-year-old twins, Jody (Johnny Whitaker) and Buffy (Anissa Jones). Family Affair ran for 138 episodes in five seasons. The show was created and produced by Edmund Hartmann and Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire. ()
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Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.

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Family Affair Seasons and Episodes

09/17/1970Season 5 - 24 episodes
#1 | 09/17/1970The Good Neighbors
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Tired of the unfriendliness from all of the tenants in the building, Buffy and Jody decide to throw a party for all of the neighbors. Then the neighbors get stuck in an elevator and they work together to fix the problem.
#2 | 09/24/1970Desert Isle: Manhattan Style
Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leaves. The replacement does not get there because of a blizzard.
#3 | 10/01/1970Eastward Ho!
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Bill's friend, Eng Ho, is planning an arranged marriage for his daughter, Ming Lee, and wants Bill to give her a place to stay until the wedding. Cissy then makes friends with her and takes her out with her friends. Ming Lee then falls for her escort, which is a bad idea when she is about to be married. Ming Lee decides not to marry, and her father threatend to take her back to Hong Kong. Bill convinces Eng to let Ming Lee stay in America.
#4 | 10/08/1970Meet Emily
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of her openness and free will. Mr. French hates Emily because of her attitude and decides that the apartment isn't big enough for two domestics. Mr. French then realizes that Emily is a great asset and they decide to work together.
#5 | 10/15/1970The Return of Maudie
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
#6 | 10/22/1970It Can't Be Five Years
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
#7 | 10/29/1970Travels with Cissy
Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets Steve Hunter, a handsome western star. She falls for him and, after hearing stories about Steve, Bill tries to stop this new romance by bringing Gregg out to win her back. Gregg tells Cissy that he wishes her lots of luck with Steve. Steve then proposes to Cissy, and she refuses.
#8 | 11/05/1970Stamp of Approval
Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine becomes friends with him and gives him the stamp that he was after. Jody then gives the stamp back to her because he's more interested in her. The woman doesn't give Bill a job, but they become friends.
#9 | 11/12/1970And Baby Makes Eight
Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
#10 | 11/19/1970Say Uncle
#11 | 11/26/1970Class Clown
#12 | 12/03/1970The Unsinkable Mr. French
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#13 | 12/10/1970Wish You Were Here
Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
#14 | 12/17/1970Feat of Clay
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Bill's new girlfriend gives him a genuine primitive Colombian artifact, in which Buffy and Jody take to school and to have it broken! They try to put the pieces back together again and uses clay to make an exact copy of the statue. Their handiwork is displayed at the gallery and people are trying to buy it. The kids confess their doings to Bill's girlfriend.
#15 | 12/31/1970Heroes Are Born
Jody makes friends with a boy in teh park whose uncle is Ken Granger, a football superstar. Jody starts worshipping the ground that Granger walks on until he finds out that Granger is suspended from the team for betting on his own games. Jody is disappointed, but Uncle Bill tells him that people do not act the way we want them to act.
#16 | 01/07/1971Nobody Here But Us Uncles
#17 | 01/14/1971Too Late, Too Soon
Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
#18 | 01/21/1971The Littlest Exile
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
#19 | 01/28/1971Put Your Dreams Away
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.
#20 | 02/04/1971The Joiners
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Buffy wants to join a clique, but is dropped because she is younger by one year. Bill makes a deal with Shirley, the leader, that if he builds them a clubhouse, Buffy can join the club. After the clubhouse is built, Buffy is now a member, but Cissy wants her to run for secretary. The current secretary, Carol, wants to know why Buffy is in the club and Shirley tells her the truth and Buffy is out of the club.
#21 | 02/11/1971Cinder-Emily
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.
#22 | 02/18/1971Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
#23 | 02/25/1971Buffy's Fair Lady
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. Buffy gets Jody to dance with Angela, but he bribes another boy to dance with her. Angela is disheartened when she finds out that this whole party was staged. Buffy and Jody then apologize for the way they treated her and gets her to make friends the right way.
#24 | 03/04/1971You Can't Fight City Hall
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.
09/25/1969Season 4 - 26 episodes
09/23/1968Season 3 - 28 episodes
09/11/1967Season 2 - 30 episodes
09/12/1966Season 1 - 30 episodes
?Specials - 7 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/12/1966
Last episode released on: 03/04/1971
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Cher Oncle Bill"

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