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Series · 9 connectionsA single father's angry and cynical father moves in with him. Hilarity ensues.
Created byRichard Lewis, Billy Van Zandt, Richard Dimitri, Jane Milmore
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2000 · 43 min · Comedy · Drama
After his mother's death, Jed Perry and his father move to northern California, where Jed enrolls at Evergreen Academy. Along with Jed, only two other boys attend the formerly all-girls school.
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2001 · 30 min · Comedy
A sitcom about a widowed father struggling to separate his professional and personal lives and keeping his sanity while raising two daughters.
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1987 · 30 min · Comedy
Joey and Michael, who fought over the same woman 13 years ago now have, upon her death, been awarded joint custody of her daughter - who might be either of theirs. So how do the men settle their problems? With a paternity test? No way. Instead, they all move in together to raise Nicole as a two-dad nuclear family. Under the watchful eye of the family court judge, dads and daughter adjust to their new situation.
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1979 · Comedy
Radio host Larry Alder has to cope with being a single father to his two daughters, Diane and Ruthie.
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1990 · Comedy
After the death of his wife, former network correspondent Tom Nash leaves his career to raise his children and writes a column about ordinary people for a Chicago newspaper. His editor frequently tries to lure him back into hard news, while Tom adjusts to his new life in Wisconsin.
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1986 · 30 min · Comedy
Two best friends---single fathers with disparate parenting ideas---share a house in Philadelphia, where they raise their teenagers.
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1989 · 30 min · Comedy
Comedy about a Pinner solictor who falls for a woman half his age.
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2003 · 21 min · Comedy
Peter and Annie are constantly trying to find time without the kids and their problems, but while attempting to maintain a happy family image, they end up involved with their children's lives more than ever.
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1993 · 24 min · Comedy · Family
Having a hard time making ends meet after her divorce, Millicent Torkelson moves her three children to Seattle, where she becomes the nanny to the spoiled Morgan children.
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