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.

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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

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Arne Sultan notableWork Too Close for Comfort
Pat Carroll notableWork Too Close for Comfort
Ted Knight notableWork Too Close for Comfort