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ComedyGuy · 06-28-2011, 01:55 PM

Full House - Danny Tanner

Sanford and Son - Fred Sanford

My 3 Sons - Steven Douglas

Heidi Dawn · 06-28-2011, 02:06 PM

Amen - Ernest Frye

227 - Rose Holloway (yes, she was a supporting character, but she was a single mom)

The Partridge Family - Shirley Partridge

Zoneboy · 06-28-2011, 02:25 PM

The Andy Griffith Show - Andy Taylor
Julia - Julia Baker
Mayberry RFD - Sam Jones

TV_on_the_Porch · 06-28-2011, 02:34 PM

Sunshine--Sam Hayden

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir--Carolyn Muir

Petticoat Junction--Kate Bradley

Marvo301 · 06-28-2011, 05:03 PM

Diff'rent Strokes - Phillip Drummond
The Courtship of Eddie's Father - Tom Corbett
What's Happening - Mrs. Thomas

AB · 06-28-2011, 05:13 PM

Switched At Birth - Regina Vasquez

William Hogan Jr · 06-28-2011, 06:40 PM

Big Valley, Victoria Barkley Bonanza, Ben Cartwright

andress_jade · 06-28-2011, 06:47 PM

Roz Doyle was a single parent to Alice when Frasier ended.

Regulus · 06-28-2011, 08:00 PM

[I]Lassie[I] The First Three and a Half Seasons had Ellen Miller. (Ok, there was "Gramps" but that's a Technicality.

tv star collector · 06-29-2011, 09:07 AM

Dramas:

Flipper - Porter Ricks
Baywatch - Mitch Buchanon
Bonanza - Ben Cartwright
The Hardy Boys Mysteries - Fenton Hardy
Matlock - Ben Matlock
Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Cdr. Sisko

Comedies:

The Andy Griffith Show - Andy Taylor
Beverly Hillbillies - Jed Clampett
Courtship of Eddie's Father - Tom Corbett
Frasier - Martin Crane
Gidget - Prof. Russ Lawrence
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Carolyn Muir
Mork and Mindy - Fred McConnell
My Little Margie - Vernon Albright
One Day at a Time - Ann Romano
Kate and Allie - Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell
The Partridge Family - Shirley Partridge
Petticoat Junction - Kate Bradley
Sanford & Son - Fred Sanford
That Girl - Lou Marie

old grouch · 06-29-2011, 09:39 AM

'The Lucy Show'- Lucy and Viv

'Here's Lucy'-Lucy

'Gimme a Break'- the Chief

'The Facts of Life'-Beverly Ann

'Mayberry RFD'-Sam

Silly Lily · 06-29-2011, 02:56 PM

Two of a Kind (a Mary-Kate/Ashley Olsen TGIF show from the 90s) had a single dad raising the twins.

Gilmore Girls -- Loralei was single, but Rory's dad did show up from time to time.

Blossom -- Nick Russo raised his three kids after his ex-wife moved to Paris.

biffbronson · 06-29-2011, 05:05 PM

Alice (Linda Lavin)

The Dennis O'Keefe Show - Hal Towne (widower)

Also, on Happy Days, Ashley Pfister (Linda Purl) was a single mom. And additionally regarding My Three Sons, widow Barbara Harper was a single mom prior to her marriage to Steve.

McGillicuddy · 06-29-2011, 08:35 PM

Murphy Brown - Murphy Brown

The Doris Day Show - Doris Martin

The Bob Newhart Show - Howard Bordon

Phyllis - Phyllis Lindstrom

The Beverly Hillbillies - Pearl Bodine

Good Times - Willona Woods

Maude - Carol

McGillicuddy · 06-29-2011, 08:43 PM

That Girl - Lou Marie[/QUOTE]

Lou Marie was not a single father, his wife and Ann's mother was Helen, played by Rosemary DeCamp.

06-28-2011, 01:55 PM	#1
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06-28-2011, 02:06 PM	#2
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06-28-2011, 02:34 PM	#4
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06-29-2011, 09:39 AM	#11
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06-29-2011, 02:56 PM	#12
Silly Lily Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 04, 2008 Posts: 125	Two of a Kind (a Mary-Kate/Ashley Olsen TGIF show from the 90s) had a single dad raising the twins. Gilmore Girls -- Loralei was single, but Rory's dad did show up from time to time. Blossom -- Nick Russo raised his three kids after his ex-wife moved to Paris.

06-29-2011, 05:05 PM	#13
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06-29-2011, 08:43 PM	#15
McGillicuddy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 28, 2002 Posts: 5,179	That Girl - Lou Marie[/QUOTE] Lou Marie was not a single father, his wife and Ann's mother was Helen, played by Rosemary DeCamp.