Which shows featured an "only child?"

Dennis (Dennis the Menace)
Eddie (The Courtship of Eddie's Father)
Webster (Webster)
Opie (Andy Griffith)
Eddie (The Munsters)
Gloria (All in the Family)
Lionel (The Jeffersons)
Little Ricky (I Love Lucy)
Ritchie (Dick Van Dyke)
Tabitha (Bewitched, until they ruined it with Adam)
Katie (Benson)
Tommy (Alice)
Corey (Julia)
Ricky (Silver Spoons)
Zack (Saved by the Bell)
Swee'Pea (Popeye)
Pebbles (Flintstones)

Arbadella Jones (Amos N' Andy)
Lydia Monroe (My World and Welcome to it)
Bess Lindstrom (Phyllis)
Mark McCain (The Rifleman)
Tommy Westphall (St. Elsewhere)

Arbadella Jones (Amos N' Andy)
Lydia Monroe (My World and Welcome to it)
Bess Lindstrom (Phyllis)
Mark McCain (The Rifleman)
Tommy Westphall (St. Elsewhere)


Good ones! Lisa Gerritsen played Lydia Monroe & Bess Lindstrom. I forgot about "My World & Welcome to It." It was well-watched in our house. I was a fan of William Windom since the "Farmer's Daughter."

Norma Arnold - The Wonder Years
Amy Godsey - The Waltons
Hannah Rayburn - State of Grace
Steve Urkel - Family Matters

Arbadella Jones (Amos N' Andy)

Oops, I totally forgot that Arbadella had at least one sibling, A baby brother named Amos Jr. I can't recall if he was ever seen but he was referred to at least once during the show's run.

Donna - 90210
Urkel - Family Matters (wasn't he?)
Allies daughter on Kate and Alli (can't remember her name, she lived with a mothers friend and her kids but not her siblings)
Sam - Whos the Boss
Johnathan - Whos the Boss
Andy - Jackies son on Roseanne

Bamm-Bamm Rubble The Flintstones
Jake Harper-Two And A Half Men
Elly Mae Clampet-The Beverly Hillbillies
Eddie Corbet-Courtship Of Eddie's Father

Chrissy Snow on "Three's Company"
Jeff and Timmy on "Lassie." :wave:

Lamont (Sanford & Son)
Gidget (Gidget)
Andrew Garvey (Little House on the Prairie)
Bobby (King of the Hill)
Laverne De Fazio (Laverne & Shirley)

Gidget (Gidget)


Hate to burst your bubble but, Gidget was not an only child she had an older sister who was featured on the show.

Punky (Punky Brewster)

Hate to burst your bubble but, Gidget was not an only child she had an older sister who was featured on the show.

I didn't recall that. I looked it up and her name was Anne. Good catch! :wave:

Samantha Stephens -- Bewitched

Brenda Jenkins -- 227

Penny Gordon -- Good Times

Calvin Payne -- House of Payne

Corey Baker -- Julia

Vicki Stubbing -- Love Boat

Nancy Drew -- Nancy Drew Mysteries

Dee Johnson -- Harper Valley P.T.A

Lisa Turtle -- Saved By the Bell

Jabari Wilkes -- Girlfriends

Bobbi James -- All of Us

Cathy Lane -- The Patty Duke Show

Kim Parker -- The Parkers

Will Smith -- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Breanna Washington -- One on One (although later she had a baby sister, but mostly she was shown as an only child.)

David Collins -- Dark Shadows

Carolyn Stoddard -- Dark Shadows

Maggie Evans -- Dark Shadows

Dudley Ramsey -- Diff' rent Strokes

Thelma Frye -- Amen

Roger Evans -- Sister, Sister

Malik Wright -- The Game

Holly Hawkins -- Wanda at Large

Hmmm.......there sure are a lot of shows with one kid in the family.