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Jim O'Kane

50 Years of TV Single Dads

Right now, I've identified more than one hundred thirty occasions of TV Single Dads on American television, spanning the years 1952-present. A single list would be unwieldy, so I've split the list into decade-groupings:

• The Fifties and Sixties - When all the basics of the genre got hammered out.
  
• The Seventies - Perhaps the thickest concentration of Single Dads on television was during the Age of Polyester.
  
• The Eighties - Who's taking care of whom? The revisionist Single Dad shows, where the Dads take the backseat.
  
• The Nineties - Single Dads in space and on cable. Quite a few made out of PAINT!
  
• The 00's - Analog terrestrial television ends, but TV Single Dads continue...
  
• Dad Planet - Single Dad shows from around the world.
  
• Fall Preview - What's coming up later this year in TV Single Dad-Land?

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