TV Guide's 50 Greatest Dads and Moms of All Time
This list is a list of the 50 greatest fathers and mothers in television history. Highlights diversity and epitome of being parental figures within their families. Excluding TV shows with mixed, negative and panned critical reception. Excluding characters with less than 60 episodes and derived from movies. No specific ranking. F=50 M=50
--Extra Mentions
Little House on the Prairie
Happy Days
7th Heaven
George Lopez
The Munsters
Who's the Boss?
The OC
Family
8 is Enough
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Once & Again
Growing Pains
Lost in Space
Beverly Hills 90210
Everwood
-The Bernie Mac Show
-8 Simple Rules
Roseanne
--Extra Mentions
Little House on the Prairie
Happy Days
7th Heaven
George Lopez
The Munsters
Who's the Boss?
The OC
Family
8 is Enough
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Once & Again
Growing Pains
Lost in Space
Beverly Hills 90210
Everwood
-The Bernie Mac Show
-8 Simple Rules
Roseanne
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- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJon WalmsleyMary Beth McDonoughEric ScottThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.John Walton Sr.*
Olivia Walton* - StarsDanny ThomasRusty HamerMarjorie LordDanny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.Danny Williams *
Margaret Williams* - CreatorEd JamesStarsRobert YoungLauren ChapinJane WyattThe popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.Jim Anderson *
Margaret Anderson* - StarsFred MacMurrayStanley LivingstonDon GradyWidower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.Steve Douglas *
Barbara Harper Douglas- - StarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.Lucy Ricardo*
Ricky Ricardo- - CreatorGary David GoldbergStarsMichael J. FoxMichael GrossMeredith BaxterChronicles liberal ex-hippies Steven and Elyse Keaton, their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.Steven Keaton *
Elyse Keaton* - CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisThe misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.Mike Brady *
Carol Brady* - CreatorSol SaksStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDick YorkDick SargentA witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.Samantha Stephens*
Darrin Stephens- - CreatorWilliam RobertsStarsDonna ReedPaul PetersenCarl BetzA loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.Alex Stone *
Donna Stone* - CreatorCarl ReinerStarsDick Van DykeMary Tyler MooreRose MarieThe misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.Robert Petrie *
Laura Petrie* - CreatorJoe ConnellyBob MosherDick ConwayStarsJerry MathersHugh BeaumontBarbara BillingsleyThe misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends.Ward Cleaver *
June Cleaver* - CreatorNorman LearStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerA working class man constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.Archie Bunker *
Edith Bunker* - CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.Homer Simpson *
Marge Simpson* - CreatorWilliam AsherSidney SheldonStarsPatty DukeJean ByronWilliam SchallertTeenager Patty Lane and her worldly identical cousin Cathy navigate family and high school life.Martin Lane *
Natalie Lane* - CreatorNorman LearDon NichollMichael RossStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.George Jefferson *
Louise Jefferson* - CreatorMarshall HerskovitzEdward ZwickStarsTimothy BusfieldPolly DraperMel HarrisSeven tricenarians living in Philadelphia struggle with everyday adult angst.Michael Steadman *
Hope Steadman* - CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsGeorge O'HanlonJanet WaldoMel BlancThe misadventures of a futuristic family.Jane Jetson*
George Jetson- - CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.Morticia Addams*
Gomez Addams- - CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.Carmela Soprano-
Tony Soprano - CreatorSteven LevitanChristopher LloydStarsEd O'NeillSofía VergaraJulie BowenThree different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.Mitchell Pritchett
Cameron Tucker - CreatorDavid JacobsStarsLarry HagmanKen KerchevalPatrick DuffyJ.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.Clayton Farlow
Ellie Ewing- - CreatorLinwood BoomerMichael GloubermanGary MurphyStarsFrankie MunizBryan CranstonJustin BerfieldA gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.^Lois Wilkinson*
^Hal Wilkinson- - CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsAlan ReedMel BlancJean Vander PylThe misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.Wilma Flintstone*
Fred Flintstone-
Betty Rubble*
Barney Rubble- - StarsLassieJon ProvostJune LockhartThe ongoing saga of the Martin family and their beloved collie, Lassie.Ruth Martin-
Paul Martin-
`Ellen Miller* - CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.Estelle Constanza*
Frank Constanza-