TV Single Dads
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The TV Single Dad show is a genre of television dramas and comedy which draws on established stereotypes to tell stories to a viewing audience familiar with the framework.
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[edit] Characteristics
Most TV single dad shows begin with the premise that the mother is deceased, that the father is financially sound or even wealthy, and that a (typically foreign-born) domestic servant is part of the household.
Both dramas and comedies in this genre typically rely on the children attempting to find their single father a new wife or, conversely, try to convince the single father not to remarry.
[edit] History
The earliest identifiable TV single dad show was My Little Margie, which premiered on the American CBS Network in 1952.
The first known TV single father who was identified as divorced and not widowed was Ted Wass's character on the 1990 American NBC Network series Blossom.
[edit] American TV series featuring single dads
[edit] 21st century
- 24 - Widowed single dad Jack Bauer (played by Kiefer Sutherland) is the father of Kim Bauer (played by Elisha Cuthbert).
- All About the Andersons
- As Told By Ginger
- Bram & Alice
- Citizen Baines
- Complete Savages
- Danny
- Desperate Housewives
- Everwood - Dr. Andrew Brown (played by Treat Williams) is the widowed father of Ephram (Gregory Smith) and Delia Brown (Vivien Cardone).
- Family Affair (2001)
- Full House
- Gideon's Crossing
- Gilmore Girls
- It's All Relative
- Kevin Hall
- Las Vegas
- Madigan Men
- One on One
- Raising Dad
- Regular Joe
- Resurrection Blvd.
- Romeo!
- Run of the House
- The Education of Max Bickford
- The Fighting Fitzgeralds
- The Geena Davis Show
- The Ponderosa
- The Venture Bros.
- Titus - Multi-divorced Ken Titus (played by Stacy Keach) is the father of Christopher Titus (who plays himself) and Dave Titus (played by Zach Ward).
- Two and a Half Men - Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) is the divorced dad of Jake Harper (Angus T. Jones).
- Veritas:The Quest
- Veronica Mars
[edit] Australian TV series featuring single dads
[edit] 20th century
[edit] British TV series featuring single dads
[edit] 20th century
- Holding the Baby
- Steptoe & Son
