Aired: 1964-67
ITV
DAD: Jeff Tracy / Widower
DAD’S JOB: Billionaire recluse
KIDS: Scott, Virgil, Alan, John, and Gordon Tracy (late teens/twenties)
WHERE’S MOM?: Storyline says Jeff’s wife died because no one “rescued” her
STAND-IN “MOM”: Kyrano (Kee-Ron-Noooo!)
Hey, they’re made of wood, but so was Pinocchio, and he had a Single Dad! Thunderbirds had the same interpersonal dynamic as Bonanza, typical of most shows where the boys are all grown and still single, living at home. No fistfights in the saloon in town, though, because there was no town on the remote island where they lived. P.S. Who would name their kids after the Mercury astronauts? And why wasn’t there a Deke Tracy or a Wally Tracy?
Kyrano may be a Single Dad to his daughter, Tin-Tin, but it wasn’t clear if Kyrano’s wife lived on Jeff Tracy’s island.