Robert Reed as Mike Brady:) My all-time favorite. Playful, nice heart, stern yet not unruley, sympathetic, yet not pandering. Who is yours?

HOMER SIMPSON!!!


OK, so maybe he's not the "best" father on TV, but I sure think he's the funniest.

Steven Keaton, Family Ties.

There are several good ones, but I'd pick Frank Lambert from Step-by-Step. Serious, yet fun. If I were a kid, knowing my personality, we'd hit it off well.

Jason Seaver, Growing Pains

George Jefferson he is a great father.u actually think Mike Brady is a great dad oook lol.

Dan Conner

or

Cliff Huxtible

or

Danny Tanner

or

Tim Taylor

WARD CLEAVER!

I can't pick just one, but I think among the best were: Ward Cleaver, Andy
Taylor, Ben Cartwright, Howard Cunningham, and Cliff Huxtable.

George Jefferson he is a great father.u actually think Mike Brady is a great dad oook lol.

You're right, who wouldn't rather have a biggot as a parent?

I can't pick just one either , Ward Cleaver, Mike Brady, Andy Taylor, Howard Cunningham, Tim Taylor, Danny Tanner, Jim Anderson, Alex Stone.

Cliff Huxtable

Al Bundy.....Best father in the universe....

The Governor from Benson

Archie Bunker

Cliff Huxtable


Cliff receives my vote too, followed by Dan Connor! :)

Herbert T. Gillis

Fred Sanford

Steven Keaton-Family Ties
Cliff Huxtable-The Cosby Show
Steve Douglas-My Three Sons
Howard Cunningham-Happy Days

I think that these dads were the best. I can't decide which one that I like better.

Archie Bunker

Some good ones have been mentioned (Brady, Cleaver, Cunningham, Huxtable, Winslow) but I'll say Philip Drummond of Diff'rent Strokes.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Rob Petrie yet. I know he wasn't shown as a father as much as, say, Ward Cleaver, but he was still a good one. If I had to pick a runner-up, I'd prob. say Mike Brady or Ward Cleaver.

Carl Winslow for putting up with Steve Urkel.

Pass:Charles Ingalls(The Little House on the Prairie)

Present:Johnathan Kent(Smallville)

Stan Pembroke (Charles In Charge)

I'm going to say Steven Keaton from Family Ties and also Michael Bluth from Arrested Development. I think that both Michael and his son George-Michael are the most decent characters on the show (George-Michael seems to be some kind of saint! He never does anything wrong.) And I think that Michael tries the hardest he can to be a good father, although he's not a perfect one all the time.