My Three Sons
E569851
My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired from 1960 to 1972, following widower Steve Douglas and his three sons through family life and generational changes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| My Three Sons canonical | 5 |
| My Three Sons (television series) | 1 |
| My Three Sons theme music | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6100298 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Three Sons Context triple: [CBS Studio Center, notableProduction, My Three Sons]
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A.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
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B.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
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C.
Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters is an Australian television soap opera from the 1980s that follows the intertwined lives and family secrets of two households.
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D.
His Family
"His Family" is a 1917 novel by Ernest Poole that portrays the struggles and changes within a New York City family in the early 20th century.
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E.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: My Three Sons Target entity description: My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired from 1960 to 1972, following widower Steve Douglas and his three sons through family life and generational changes.
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A.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1937 American comedy-drama film that introduced the popular Hardy family characters and launched the long-running Andy Hardy film series.
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B.
A Family Affair
A Family Affair is a 1962 Broadway musical comedy with music by John Kander that marked the first Broadway directing credit of legendary producer-director Harold Prince.
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C.
Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters is an Australian television soap opera from the 1980s that follows the intertwined lives and family secrets of two households.
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D.
His Family
"His Family" is a 1917 novel by Ernest Poole that portrays the struggles and changes within a New York City family in the early 20th century.
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E.
Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film, directed by Michael Curtiz, that continues the story of the Lane sisters from Four Daughters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| character |
Barbara Harper Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bub O’Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ Chip Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernie Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Katie Miller Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Robbie Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Charley O’Casey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | A. J. McWhorter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | CBS Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalAired | 1972-04-13 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1960-09-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy | syndicated reruns on various local stations ⓘ |
| format |
black-and-white
ⓘ
color ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family life
ⓘ
generational change ⓘ single fatherhood ⓘ |
| hasThemeMusicComposer | Frank De Vol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | long run on American network television in the 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 380 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 12 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | My Three Sons theme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastOn | American broadcast television ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ABC
ⓘ
CBS ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The series follows widower Steve Douglas raising his three sons through changing family and generational circumstances. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Don Fedderson Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MCA Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Steve Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
Bryant Park
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Barry Livingston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beverly Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Grady NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Considine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ William Demarest NERFINISHED ⓘ William Frawley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: My Three Sons Description of subject: My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired from 1960 to 1972, following widower Steve Douglas and his three sons through family life and generational changes.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
My Three Sons theme music
this entity surface form:
My Three Sons (television series)