Too Close for Comfort
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Too Close for Comfort is an American sitcom from the 1980s starring Ted Knight as a protective father and cartoonist living with his adult daughters in San Francisco.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Too Close for Comfort canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392059 — 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: Too Close for Comfort Context triple: [Ted Knight, notableWork, Too Close for Comfort]
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A.
Too Close
"Too Close" is a 2011 electro-soul song by British singer Alex Clare that gained widespread popularity after being featured in a major Internet Explorer commercial.
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B.
Don’t Get Too Close
Don’t Get Too Close is a 2023 studio album by American electronic music producer Skrillex that blends dubstep, pop, and experimental electronic styles with numerous vocal collaborations.
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C.
So Close
So Close is a popular song by South Korean singer JR, recognized as one of his standout solo releases.
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D.
Come Close
"Come Close" is a soulful hip-hop single by Common, produced by The Neptunes and known for its intimate, romantic lyrics.
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E.
Don’t Come Close
"Don’t Come Close" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones, featured on their 1978 album "Road to Ruin."
- 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: Too Close for Comfort Target entity description: Too Close for Comfort is an American sitcom from the 1980s starring Ted Knight as a protective father and cartoonist living with his adult daughters in San Francisco.
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A.
Too Close
"Too Close" is a 2011 electro-soul song by British singer Alex Clare that gained widespread popularity after being featured in a major Internet Explorer commercial.
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B.
Don’t Get Too Close
Don’t Get Too Close is a 2023 studio album by American electronic music producer Skrillex that blends dubstep, pop, and experimental electronic styles with numerous vocal collaborations.
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C.
So Close
So Close is a popular song by South Korean singer JR, recognized as one of his standout solo releases.
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D.
Come Close
"Come Close" is a soulful hip-hop single by Common, produced by The Neptunes and known for its intimate, romantic lyrics.
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E.
Don’t Come Close
"Don’t Come Close" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones, featured on their 1978 album "Road to Ruin."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | American television sitcom ⓘ |
| airedInSyndication | Yes ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Ted Knight Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Mono ⓘ |
| basedOn | The British series Keep It in the Family (loosely) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | Videotape ⓘ |
| character |
Henry Rush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iris Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackie Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ Monroe Ficus NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| distributor | Metromedia Producers Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresFamilyRelationship | Parents living with adult daughters ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | Multi-camera ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1980-11-11 ⓘ |
| genre | Sitcom ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Generational conflict
ⓘ
Overprotective parenting ⓘ Urban family life ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1987-02-07 ⓘ |
| laterSyndicationTitle | Too Close for Comfort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | Cartoonist ⓘ |
| mainCharacterTrait | Overprotective father ⓘ |
| notableFor | Ted Knight’s final television starring role ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 129 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastOn | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 4:3 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metromedia Producers Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | Approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Audrey Meadows
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deborah Van Valkenburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim J. Bullock NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia Cornell NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Dussault NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | Family audience ⓘ |
| titleChangedInLaterSeasons | The Ted Knight Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Too Close for Comfort Description of subject: Too Close for Comfort is an American sitcom from the 1980s starring Ted Knight as a protective father and cartoonist living with his adult daughters in San Francisco.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.