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Party of Five(1994-2000)

TV-PG
| 42min per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 54 votes)

Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.

With Jeremy London, Brittany Murphy, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Fox, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, ...

The Bernie Mac Show(2001-2006)

TV-PG
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.

Directed by Lee Shallat Chemel - With Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Camille Winbush, Dee Dee Davis

My Two Dads(1987-1990)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 20 votes)

My Two Dads is an American sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with Tri-Star Television and distributed by TeleVentures.

With Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, Staci Keanan, Chad Allen, Giovanni Ribisi, Florence Stanley, ...

The Mick(2017-2018)

TV-14
| 23min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 106 votes)

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.

With Kaitlin Olson

Melissa & Joey(2010-2015)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

Mel is a local politician from a political family. When a family scandal leaves her niece, Lennox, and nephew, Ryder, without their parents, Mel takes them in. She hires Joe to become the family's male nanny, or "manny," after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.

Directed by Ted Wass, Jeff Melman - With Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Nick Robinson, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson, Sadie Calvano, ...

Family Affair(1966-1971)

TV-G
| 20min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

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.

Directed by Charles Barton - With Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Johnny Whitaker, Anissa Jones

Bringing Up Buddy(1960-1961)

30min per episode | Comedy

Bringing Up Buddy is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield - With Frank Aletter, Enid Markey, Doro Merande

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1982-1983)

1h per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March 23, 1983.

With Richard Dean Anderson, Drake Hogestyn, Peter Horton

Ties That Bind(2015)

TV-PG
| 43min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Allison McLean is a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner must arrest her brother for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he's convicted and sent to prison, leaving his two teenagers teetering on the brink of foster care. Ultimately, she takes them into her home, ending up with four teenagers to raise.

Kevin Hill(2004-2005)

1h per episode | Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season. It was filmed and produced in Toronto, Canada.

With Taye Diggs, Jon Seda, Patrick Breen, Christina Hendricks, Kate Levering, Michael Michele, ...

Guys Like Us(1998-1999)

30min per episode | Comedy
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Guys Like Us is a short-lived American sitcom that aired on UPN from October 5, 1998 to January 18, 1999. The series starred Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell, and Chris Hardwick.

Directed by Scott Baio, Rich Correll, Jonathan Prince, Joel Zwick - With Bumper Robinson, Maestro Harrell, Chris Hardwick, Karen Maruyama

Uncle(2014-2017)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 18 votes)

Andy is a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam - all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself. Not a natural with either kids or responsibility, he tries to keep his new charge out of trouble while being knee-deep in it himself.

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Diff'rent Strokes(1978-1986)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
3.5/5 (with 129 votes)

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

Directed by Herbert Kenwith, Gerren Keith, Mel Ferber, Tony Singletary - With Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato, Todd Bridges, Charlotte Rae, Nedra Volz, ...

It's a Man's World(1962-1963)

1h per episode | Drama, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

It's a Man's World is an American comedy-drama television series which aired on NBC from September 17, 1962, to January 28, 1963. Wes and Tom-Tom are friends going to college and with musician Vern share a houseboat. Wes also watches out for his younger brother Howie and the four of them deal with girls, jobs, and school. Occasionally the boys get serious but more often they use humor to handle situations.

With Glenn Corbett

Ruby & The Rockits(2009)

TV-14
| 23min per episode | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Patrick Callahan, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Callahan family's life becomes anything but normal. David, who refuses to give up his past glory days, comes to Patrick for help raising Ruby while he continues to tour. Patrick must now put the past with David behind them in order to help raise Ruby and keep order within the rest of the Callahan clan.

With Alexa PenaVega

Out of the Blue(1979)

30min per episode | Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Out Of The Blue is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the fall of 1979. It is chiefly notable as having featured a Mork & Mindy crossover, and for the controversy surrounding its status as a spin-off of Happy Days. The series stars Jimmy Brogan as Random, an angel-in-training who is assigned to live with a family and work as a high school teacher. The series aired from September 9 to December 16, 1979. Nine episodes had been aired at the time of cancellation. Some completed material was never broadcast.

Directed by Peter Baldwin, John Tracy

Webster(1983-1989)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 17 votes)

Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver. The show stars Emmanuel Lewis in the title role as a young boy who, after losing his parents, is adopted by his NFL-pro godfather, portrayed by Alex Karras, and his new socialite wife, played by Susan Clark. The focus was largely on how this impulsively married couple had to adjust to their new lives and sudden parenthood, but it was the congenial Webster himself who drove much of the plot. The series was produced by Georgian Bay Ltd., Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc. and Paramount Television. Like NBC's earlier hit Diff'rent Strokes, Webster featured a young African-American boy adopted by a white family.

Directed by Joel Zwick - With Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II, Eugene Roche, Cathryn Damon, ...

M.Y.O.B.(2000)

22min per episode | Comedy
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

M.Y.O.B. is an American comedy series starring Katharine Towne and Lauren Graham. The series premiered June 6, 2000, on NBC. There are a total of seven episodes, 4 aired and 3 unaired.

With Katharine Towne, Lauren Graham

Hank(1965-1966)

30min per episode | Comedy
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the underlying premise of the series reaches a natural conclusion with its final episode.

Directed by Leslie H. Martinson, Allen Baron - With Dick Kallman, Howard St. John, Dabbs Greer, Katie Sweet, Lloyd Corrigan

The Monroes(1966-1967)

1h per episode | Western, Kids & Family, Drama, Action & Adventure
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the 1966-1967 season. The series centers around the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area around, what is now, Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming.

Directed by Vern Gillum - With William Devane, Cecil Hoffman, Steven Eckholdt, Susan Sullivan

Everything's Gonna Be Okay(2020-2021)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Nicholas, a neurotic 25-year-old, hasn’t been particularly present in his siblings’ lives, but when their single dad reveals that he is terminally ill, the girls have to cope with not only a devastating loss but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to rise to the occasion, move in and hold it all together.

With Josh Thomas, Kayla Cromer

Mulligan's Stew(1977)

1h per episode | Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Mulligan's Stew is comedy/drama television series produced by Paramount Network Television that originally aired as a 90-minute NBC television movie on June 20, 1977, and later, as a 60-minute series from October 25, 1977 to December 13, 1977. The series focused on the lives of the Mulligan family. Lawrence Pressman starred as Michael Mulligan, a high school teacher and football coach, and Elinor Donahue played his wife, Jane, who works as a school nurse. The series was set in the fictitious Southern California community of Birchfield.

Directed by Noel Black - With Lawrence Pressman, Elinor Donahue

Wild Card(2003-2005)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Comedy, Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Wild Card is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005.

With Joely Fisher, Chris Potter, Aislinn Paul, Jamie Johnston

Uncle Buck(1990-1991)

30min per episode | Comedy

Uncle Buck is a TV series based on the 1989 film of the same name starring John Candy. The TV series debuted in 1990 on CBS.

Directed by James Widdoes - With Kevin Meaney, Sam Anderson, Thomas Mikal Ford

Sugar and Spice(1990)

30min per episode | Comedy

Sugar and Spice is a short-lived American sitcom that premiered on March 30, 1990 on CBS.

Tucker(2000-2001)

30min per episode | Comedy
1.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Tucker is a television family comedy series that aired on NBC from October 2, 2000 to March 27, 2001.

With Eli Marienthal, Noelle Beck, Katey Sagal, Nathan Lawrence, Alison Lohman, Casey Sander, ...

Paradise(1988-1991)

NR
| 1h per episode | Western, Drama
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

The adventures of fictitious gunfighter Ethan Allen Cord, whose sister left her four children in his custody when she died.

Directed by Cliff Bole, Peter Crane, Harry Harris, Kim Manners, Joseph L. Scanlan, Robert Scheerer, ... - With Lee Horsley

Baby Boom(1988-1989)

23min per episode | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Baby Boom is an American sitcom series starring Kate Jackson. The series is based on the 1987 film Baby Boom. The pilot premiered September 10, 1988 on NBC, and the series began on November 2, 1988.

With Kate Jackson

Sunshine(1975)

30min per episode | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Sunshine is an American comedy/drama television series that aired from March 6 until June 12, 1975.

Directed by George Eckstein - With Cliff DeYoung

The Betty Hutton Show(1959-1960)

30min per episode | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Betty Hutton Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS's Thursday night schedule during the 1959-1960 season. The show was sponsored by General Foods' Post Cereals, and was produced by Desilu and Hutton Productions. The series, which was originally entitled Goldie, would retain its original title during its syndication run.

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone - With Betty Hutton, Gigi Perreau, David White
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