Single-Parent Sitcoms

Rural widower moves to the city to raise his daughter and nephew with the help of his widowed mother-in-law.

Widowed freelance writer raises two kids (and their scruffy dog) on the rocky coast of Maine with the help of her housekeeper and a "spirited" housemate.

Bachelor New York engineer raises his late brother's three orphaned kids with the help of his British "Gentleman's gentleman."

"Sassy" red-headed divorcée lives in a Texas suburb with her three kids, son-in-law and granddaughter with very little help from her dentist ex-husband, who lives next door.

Bachelor sea captain discovers the young daughter he never knew he had. Makes her one of the crew of his swinging cruise ship.

A zany widow and her divorcée best friend (a television first!) share a house and raise three kids together

Widowed architect, with three kids and a housekeeper, plays a hunch and marries a beautiful widow, who also has three kids. Hijinks ensue.

Widowed North Carolina lawman raises his young son with the help of his spinster aunt.

Widowed African-American nurse (another television first!) raises her young son alone after her Army pilot husband is shot down over Vietnam.

Thrice-widowed father lives with his three boys on their sprawling Nevada ranch with help from their excitable Chinese cook.

Widowed innkeeper raises her three daughters (or was it six?) with the help of their lazy great-uncle.

In a popular spinoff of a sitcom set in the same town, another North Carolina widower raises his young son with the help of his housekeeper(s). His sweetheart is played by Arlene Galonka.

Wise-cracking Missouri divorcée goes to work at an oil refinery to support her three kids.

Widowed Los Angeles magazine publisher raises his young son with the help of their Japanese housekeeper.

Red-headed widow raises her two (real life) teens in L.A. Works at her brother-in-law's "unique" employment agency.

Beverly Hills bachelor raises his orphaned teenage niece with the help of his Chinese butler.

In a spinoff of a hugely popular sitcom, a Minneapolis widow and her daughter move to San Francisco to live with her eccentric in-laws.

Old West widowed rancher raises his son alone. Nice guy, but he shoots about 120 people over the show's five-year run.

California widow raises her five children alone. It all comes together when she joins the kid's rock band.

New York widow moves her two sons to her father's California ranch, finds work at a magazine in San Francisco. Que sera, sera.

Widowed college math teacher raises his three young children with the help of their mystical, magical English "nurse."

Widowed San Francisco TV host raises his three girls with the help of his brother-in-law and goofy best friend.

New York widow's car breaks down in Phoenix en route to Los Angeles. Finds work in a local diner and raises her son with the help of her co-workers and grouchy boss.

Widowed aeronautical engineer raises his three boys (and later adopts a fourth) with the help of their grumpy maternal grandfather, and later, their irascible great-uncle.

Wealthy Park Avenue businessman adopts two African-American brothers and raises them along with his teenage daughter.

Indiana divorcée raises her two teenage girls despite the unsolicited advice of her apartment's building superintendent.

Brooklyn widower moves his young daughter to Connecticut where he takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a widowed advertising executive, her young son and her man-crazy mother.

After her mother dies, a 12-year-old girl is raised by bachelor former rivals for her mother's affections, as one of them could be the girl's biological father.

Watts widower and his adult son struggle to make it big in the junk business.

Widowed Florida state park ranger raises his two sons with the help of their aquatic best friend.