View Full Version : Long running shows that DIDN'T have a pregnancy


BLT
08-22-2011, 09:41 PM
A lot of long running shows had pregnancies ranging from happy days to night court, it was more unusual for a show not to have a pregancy later in their run. Specifically I mean pregnancies among regular or frequently recurring cast members. IE shows that didn't use a preganancy as a 'jump the shark' device like frasier and others.

Off the top of my head.....
Mr belvedere
Family matters
Wings

I'd say I Dream of Jeannie, but I remember that she and tony had kids according ro the two larry hagman-less reunion movies.

Marvo301
08-22-2011, 09:49 PM
M*A*S*H never had a pregnancy (unless you count farm animals!) although there was a pregnancy scare in one episode. Margaret Houlihan thought she was pregnant but thanks to a contribution from Radar's pet rabbit Hawkeye was able to determine Margaret was not pregnant.

Regulus
08-22-2011, 10:19 PM
Lassie! Although new kids were introduced from time to time, it wasn't because their Parents had em! :D

Vahan
08-22-2011, 10:23 PM
A lot of long running shows had pregnancies ranging from happy days to night court, it was more unusual for a show not to have a pregancy later in their run.

Off the top of my head.....
Mr belvedere
Family matters
Wings

I'd say I Dream of Jeannie, but I remember that she and tony had kids according ro the two larry hagman-less reunion movies.

Actually, Mr. Belvedere did have pregnancies. I remember one episode from the second season where Kevin's girlfriend delivered a baby in the house, and another in season 4, where Kevin becomes a nurse, and witnesses a pregnancy regarding a Latin-American couple.

ILUVO&H
08-22-2011, 11:17 PM
Ozzie and Harriet was on 14 years and never had any pregnancies. In real life Dave and Rick and their wives had children, but they weren't written into the show.

McGillicuddy
08-23-2011, 05:21 AM
Lassie! Although new kids were introduced from time to time, it wasn't because their Parents had em! :D
Lassie never had pups in all thise years??

Regulus
08-23-2011, 07:14 AM
Lassie never had pups in all thise years??

DOH! :doh: I was thinking about the people, not the dawg. My Bad! :bonk:

70s show watcher
08-23-2011, 07:35 AM
the brady bunch

old grouch
08-23-2011, 09:47 AM
'Family Affair'

'The Donna Reed Show'

'The Andy Griffith Show'

'Gilligan's Island'

'Father Knows Best'

benjamoon
08-23-2011, 03:40 PM
^^ None of the main characters had pregnancies but there was an episode of "Family Affair" dealing with a pregnant friend (played by Linda Kaye Henning)

I'll throw in:

Adventures of Superman
Batman
The Bob Newhart Show (though Carol was supposedly pregnant in one episode and then it was never heard of again)
The Lucy Show
Here's Lucy
Taxi

BLT
08-23-2011, 04:12 PM
I meant regular cast pregnancies, not a random plot where a guest star gives borth in a car.

sunshinefizzy
08-23-2011, 04:28 PM
the brady bunch

Does this show count? I remember the episode where we were introduced to Oliver and Cindy & Bobby misunderstood what Carol was talking about with the "7th child" so Cindy went and told her sisters that their mother was expecting.

Retro4Life
08-23-2011, 10:14 PM
Barney Miller
WKRP in Cincinnati

icecream
08-23-2011, 11:50 PM
Barney Miller
WKRP in CincinnatiThose also happen to be my 2 favorite sitcoms.

treky
08-24-2011, 12:33 AM
"STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION" "STAR TREK: VOYAGER" "ENTERPRISE"/"STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"

catlover79
08-24-2011, 12:39 AM
The Dukes of Hazzard
CHiPS
Charlie's Angels
Taxi
Highway to Heaven

Regulus
08-24-2011, 03:53 AM
The Dukes of Hazzard
CHiPS
Charlie's Angels
Taxi
Highway to Heaven

CHiPSs had an episode where they delivered a Baby at a Dance Club (Or 'Disco" as they were called back then).

catlover79
08-24-2011, 12:11 PM
CHiPSs had an episode where they delivered a Baby at a Dance Club (Or 'Disco" as they were called back then).

Yeah, but it was a guest character that happened to, not a regular character.

icecream
08-24-2011, 04:47 PM
"STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION" "STAR TREK: VOYAGER" "ENTERPRISE"/"STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE"Actually O'Brien's wife gave birth on TNG.

Retro4Life
08-24-2011, 04:52 PM
Those also happen to be my 2 favorite sitcoms.

What good taste in TV you have! :)

McGillicuddy
08-24-2011, 05:02 PM
DOH! :doh: I was thinking about the people, not the dawg. My Bad! :bonk:
:lol: I'm still curious, did Lassie ever give birth to puppies? :confused:

Regulus
08-24-2011, 06:01 PM
:lol: I'm still curious, did Lassie ever give birth to puppies? :confused:

She gave birth five times during the Series 19 year run. (Bear in mind that the dogs who played Lassie were all Males so in reality, they couldn't have pups (But they could make them)! :lol:

The Episodes were:

Season One "Lassie's Pups"

Season Five "Puppy Story"

Season Six "Puppy Sitter"

Season Nine "Lassie and the Eagle"

Season 17 "Lassie's Interlude", "The Birth, "The Survival", "The Miracle", "The Innocents", "The Offering", "Natures Child" - A Seven-Part "Series within a Series" also called "The Saga of Lassie's Pups".

Thanks to y2k3 Joker I've been able to see all of these Episodes (Along with the rest of this Series). :D

McGillicuddy
08-24-2011, 06:17 PM
I forgot Lassie was portrayed by male dogs! Must have been tricky to have her(him) nursing the pups! :lol:

icecream
08-24-2011, 07:38 PM
What good taste in TV you have! :)Thanks! :D

UMFaninMD
08-24-2011, 09:23 PM
None of the regular characters on Punky Brewster got pregnant, which is a good thing, since you only had Punky, Cherie, Allen, Margaux, who were all kids, Henry and Mike, who couldn't anyways, and Mrs. Johnson, who was too old. :lol:

The Incredible Hulk (two guest characters had babies but then again, there were only really three main characters in the whole series).

TJ Hooker

megamanj2004
08-25-2011, 12:12 PM
What's Happening!!

Remington Steele

Mission: Impossible

Mannix

mstewart
08-27-2011, 02:23 AM
The Andy Griffith Show
I Dream of Jeannie
The Donna Reed Show
Family
The Beverly Hillbillies
Rhoda

Gemini_89
03-27-2016, 05:56 PM
The Facts of Life
Saved By The Bell
Martin