The Courtship of Eddie's Father

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The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1960s American television sitcom about a widowed father and his young son navigating family life and relationships, based on the 1963 film of the same name.

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instanceOf television series
basedOn The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963 film) NERFINISHED
broadcastFormat half-hour episodes
broadcastOn American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
cameraSetup single-camera
character Eddie Corbett NERFINISHED
Mrs. Livingston NERFINISHED
Tom Corbett NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer James Komack NERFINISHED
executiveProducer James Komack NERFINISHED
firstAired 1969
genre sitcom
hasAdaptation The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963 film) NERFINISHED
lastAired 1972
leadActorRole Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett NERFINISHED
Brandon Cruz as Eddie Corbett
notableElement father-son conversations about relationships
notableFor portrayal of a nurturing single father
numberOfEpisodes 70
numberOfSeasons 3
openingTheme Best Friend
openingThemePerformer Harry Nilsson NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRunEra early 1970s
late 1960s
pictureFormat color
portrays widowed father
young son
productionCompany MGM Television NERFINISHED
setting Los Angeles
spinOffFrom The Courtship of Eddie's Father (novel) NERFINISHED
starring Bill Bixby NERFINISHED
Brandon Cruz NERFINISHED
James Komack NERFINISHED
Miyoshi Umeki NERFINISHED
supportingActorRole Miyoshi Umeki as Mrs. Livingston NERFINISHED
targetAudience family
theme dating and relationships
family life
single parenthood
timePeriodDepicted contemporary to late 1960s
typicalEpisodeStructure self-contained stories

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Lowell Ganz notableWork The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Dina Merrill notableWork The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Miyoshi Umeki notableWork The Courtship of Eddie's Father
John Gay notableWork The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Walter Scharf notableWork The Courtship of Eddie's Father
this entity surface form: The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Walter Scharf workedOn The Courtship of Eddie's Father
this entity surface form: The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963 film)