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New York City; The Carlton Arms Hotel, Apartment 10-A, the residence of the Albrights: Vernon, widower, vice president of the investment firm of Honeywell and Todd; and his beautiful twenty-one-year-old daughter, Margie.

Margie was determined to save her father from the mechinations of various women. Vern was trimly athletic at age 50, and was most often romantically linked with Roberta Townsend. Margie, who shared her father's Fifth Avenue apartment, was always scheming with old Mrs. Odetts, the next door neighbor, to make Dad more sedate, as well as to circumvent the parental control he vainly tried to maintain over her. Also recruited to help with various subterfuges were Margie's boyfriend, Freddy, and Charlie, the combination handyman and elevator operator in the Albright's apartment building.

Bentley Gregg was a wealthy, successful Hollywood attorney, whose clients included many glamorous and available women. He lived with his orphaned 13-year-old niece Kelly, his Chinese houseboy Peter, and a large shaggy dog named Jasper at 1163 Rexford Drive in posh Beverly Hills. Between his large and active law practice, his social life with beautiful women, and the responsibilities of raising a teenage girl, Bentley's time was more than adequately filled. Peter, the helpful but often inscrutable Oriental houseboy, was a jack-of-all-trades who ran the Gregg home and was indispensable to his boss.

Kelly was a typical teenager -exuberant and enthusiastic- who at times tried to find a wife
for her uncle. During her high school years she had a regular boyfriend, lanky Howard Meechim.  Her best friend was Ginger, whose parents and last name changed often during the series' run

My Three Sons
1960 - 1972

The town of Bryant Park. The trials and tribulations of the Douglas family: Steve, widower, aeronautical engineer; his sons Mike, Robbie, and Chip; their grandfather, Michael Francis O'Casey, "Bub"; and Tramp, the family dog.

1965: Charlie O'Casey, a retired sailor, replaces Bub. Mike, the elder son, marries Sally Ann Morrison. Leaving the family nest, they move east where Mike acquires a job as a psychology instructor. Shortly after, Chip, the youngest, befriends an orphaned boy, Ernie Thompson, whom Steve later adopts.

1967: Transferred to North Hollywood, Steve and the family relocate. Attending college, Robbie, the middle child, meets, falls in love with, and marries Kathleen Miller; later, they are the parents of triplets:  Steve Douglas, Jr., Charley Douglas, and Robbie Douglas II.

1970: Attending high school, Ernie encounters difficulty with a new teacher, Barbara Harper, widow, and mother of a young daughter, Dodie.  Attempting to resolve the difficulty, Steve meets, falls in love with, and marries Barbara. Shortly after, Chip, who is attending college, meets, falls in love with and marries Polly Williams, a coed.

1972: Arriving from Scotland, seeking a first lady, Laird (Lord) Fergus McBain Douglas betroths Terri Dowling, a cocktail waitress working at the Blue Berry Bowling Alley as Lady Douglas.

The Andy Griffith Show
1960 - 1968

Down-home humor and an endearing cast of characters helped to make The Andy Griffith Show one of the most beloved comedies in the history of television. Introduced as a spin-off from The Danny Thomas Show in 1960, The Andy Griffith Show ran for eight seasons in prime time.

Widower Andy Taylor divides his time between raising his young son, Opie, and his job as sheriff (and Justice of the Peace) of the sleepy North Carolina town, Mayberry. Andy and Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee, who serves as a surrogate mother to both father and son. Andy's nervous cousin, Barney Fife, is his deputy sheriff whose utter incompetence is tolerated because Mayberry is virtually crime-free.

The Andy Griffith Show halted production while it was still number one in the ratings. When Andy Griffith exited the series in 1968, Councilman Sam Jones (played by Ken Berry) took over as the sheriff of Mayberry. Re-christened Mayberry, R.F.D., the series ran for three seasons. The town of Mayberry retreated into the world of reruns, where it has remained pleasantly unchanged ever since.

Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 - 1971

Sam Jones was a widower with a small son, Mike. Sam was a gentleman farmer who had recently taken up residence near Mayberry. Not long after his arrival he found himself elected to the Mayberry Town Council, a position for which he had no prior experience. That hardly mattered in Mayberry, however, as in his friendly, bumbling way he attempted to perform his new duties and attend to the simple needs of the townsfolk. Aunt Bee moved in with him as housekeeper for two years, then was replaced by Aunt Alice. Millie Swanson was Sam's romantic interest.

HAZEL
format one:
1961 - 1965
123 Marshall Road, Hydsberg, New York, the residence of the Baxter family: George, an attorney with the firm of Butterworth, Hatch, and Noell; his wife, Dorothy; their son, Harold; and their maid, Hazel Burke. George Baxter was always in control of everything at the office, but almost nothing at home. When he returned home from the office he entered the world of Hazel. She ran the Baxter household more efficiently than George ran his office. She was always right, knew exactly what needed doing, and preempted his authority with alarming, though justified, regularity. The Johnson's were the Baxter's
nutty neighbors, a very naive retired couple.  Smiley was the family dog.

format two:
965 - 1966
325 Sycamore Street, Hydsberg, New York, the residence of Steve Baxter, George's younger brother, a real-estate salesman; his wife, Barbara; and their daughter, Susie.
Transferred to the Middle East on business, George and Dorothy relocate and leave Harold in the care of Steve and Barbara to prevent interference to his education.
Hazel becomes their maid and stories follow the original format, with Steve plagued by Hazel's intervention in his business affairs.

Family Affair
1966 - 1971

Bill Davis' carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. A highly paid consulting engineer, he maintained an elegant apartment off Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan and had his domestic needs cared for by a very English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. French. Into this life of independence came three young orphans, the 6-year old twins Buffy and Jody and 15-year-old Cissy. Their parents, Bill's brother and sister-in-law, had died in an accident, and other relatives felt that Bill could best provide for them. Despite initial misgivings, Bill and French became very attached to the children and learned to adjust their life-style to make room for the new members of the household. Mr. French, a stickler for neatness and order, had the toughest adjustment to make, he was with the children all the time while Bill was often out of town on assignments.

JULIA
1968 - 1971

Singer Diahann Carroll became the first black female to star in her own comedy series. Julia was an independent woman, a young widowed nurse whose husband had been
killed in Vietnam. After his death she moved to Los Angeles and found a job in the medical office of Astrospace Industries. There she met fellow nurse Hannah Yarby, and feisty Dr. Chegley, whose bark was much worse than his bite. Julia lived in a modern, integrated apartment building with her little boy, Corey, whose best friend was white Earl J. Waggedorn, one of their neighbors.