Too Close for Comfort

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1980 • Comedy

Rating: 6.4 / 10

Status: Ended

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 129

Original Language: English

Networks: ABC, Syndication

Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which premiered nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S. Its name was changed to The Ted Knight Show when the show was retooled for its final season.

Seasons & Episodes

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Season 1

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Season 2

Season 3 Poster

Season 3

Season 4 Poster

Season 4

Season 5 Poster

Season 5

Season 6 Poster

Season 6

Season 1 Episodes

1 - Pilot (Tue, Nov 11, 1980)
2 - It Didn't Happen One Night (Sun, Nov 16, 1980)
3 - The Bag Lady (Tue, Nov 18, 1980)
4 - Sara's Monroe Doctrine (Tue, Nov 25, 1980)
5 - Que Sara, Sara (Tue, Dec 2, 1980)
6 - Tenants Anyone? (Tue, Dec 9, 1980)
7 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe? (Tue, Dec 16, 1980)
8 - Mister Big (Tue, Jan 6, 1981)
9 - The Location (Tue, Jan 13, 1981)
10 - A Friend in Need (Tue, Jan 27, 1981)
11 - A Fine Romance (Tue, Feb 3, 1981)
12 - The Boy in the Band (Tue, Feb 10, 1981)
13 - Deadline for Henry (Tue, Feb 17, 1981)
14 - Huey (Tue, Feb 24, 1981)
15 - Centerfold (Tue, Mar 3, 1981)
16 - What's Wrong with Mr. Right? (Tue, Mar 17, 1981)
17 - Up Your Easter Bonnet (Tue, Mar 24, 1981)
18 - Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office (Tue, May 5, 1981)
19 - The Return of Rafkin (Tue, May 12, 1981)

Season 2 Episodes

1 - Guess Who's Coming to Burp? (Tue, Oct 13, 1981)
2 - Your Guest is As Good As Mine (Tue, Oct 27, 1981)
3 - Who's Sara Now? (Tue, Nov 3, 1981)
4 - The Prince and the Frog (Tue, Nov 10, 1981)
5 - What's Our Rush? (Tue, Nov 17, 1981)
6 - Rafkin's Bum (Tue, Nov 24, 1981)
7 - Where There's a Will (Tue, Dec 1, 1981)
8 - The Remaking of Monroe (Tue, Dec 8, 1981)
9 - When the Bough Breaks (Tue, Dec 15, 1981)
10 - Cop-Out (Tue, Jan 5, 1982)
11 - April and September (Tue, Jan 12, 1982)
12 - A Fan for Henry (Tue, Jan 19, 1982)
13 - Brotherly Hate (Tue, Feb 2, 1982)
14 - Charlie's Last Hurrah (Tue, Feb 9, 1982)
15 - The Last Weekend (Tue, Feb 16, 1982)
16 - My Unfavorite Martin (Tue, Feb 23, 1982)
17 - Seventh Month Blues (Tue, Mar 2, 1982)
18 - As the Cookie Crumbles (Tue, Mar 9, 1982)
19 - Foreign Exchange (Tue, Mar 16, 1982)
20 - A Matter of Degree (Tue, Mar 23, 1982)
21 - A Policeman's Wife is Not a Happy One (Tue, May 4, 1982)
22 - Don't Shoot the Piano Movers (Tue, May 11, 1982)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - Break Out the Pampers (1) (Thu, Sep 30, 1982)
2 - Break Out the Pampers (2) (Thu, Sep 30, 1982)
3 - Guess Who's Coming Forever? (Thu, Oct 14, 1982)
4 - A Snip in Time (Thu, Oct 21, 1982)
5 - The Luck of the Iris (Thu, Oct 28, 1982)
6 - Do You Take This Woman Again? (Thu, Nov 4, 1982)
7 - Who Was That Baby I Saw You With? (Thu, Nov 11, 1982)
8 - Monroe's Secret Love's Secret (Thu, Nov 18, 1982)
9 - A Thanksgiving Tale (Thu, Nov 25, 1982)
10 - Pressure's Rising (Thu, Dec 9, 1982)
11 - Mr. Christmas (Thu, Dec 16, 1982)
12 - The Yearning Point (Thu, Jan 6, 1983)
13 - Briefly at the Counter (Thu, Jan 13, 1983)
14 - To Buy or Not to Buy (Thu, Jan 20, 1983)
15 - The Seperation (Thu, Jan 27, 1983)
16 - Girls of the Media (Thu, Feb 3, 1983)
17 - The Courier (Thu, Feb 17, 1983)
18 - The Adoption Story (Thu, Feb 24, 1983)
19 - Out to Lunch (Thu, Mar 10, 1983)
20 - A Portrait of Henry (Thu, Mar 17, 1983)
21 - Don't Rock the Boat (Thu, Apr 28, 1983)
22 - Family Business (Thu, May 5, 1983)

Season 4 Episodes

1 - The Enemy Above (Sat, Apr 7, 1984)
2 - Making Mountains Out of Molehills (Sat, Apr 14, 1984)
3 - Just Another Pretty Face (Sat, Apr 21, 1984)
4 - Home Is Where the Bart Is (Sat, Apr 28, 1984)
5 - High Infidelity (Sat, May 5, 1984)
6 - Son of the Groom (Sat, May 12, 1984)
7 - Witness for the Persecution (Sat, May 19, 1984)
8 - Henry Draws a Blank (Sat, May 26, 1984)
9 - Shipmates (Sat, Jun 2, 1984)
10 - Is There a Doctor in the House? (Sat, Jun 9, 1984)
11 - High and Inside (Sat, Jun 16, 1984)
12 - The Runaway (Sat, Jun 23, 1984)
13 - The Graduates (Sat, Jul 14, 1984)
14 - Goodbye, Mr. Chip (Sat, Jul 21, 1984)
15 - No Patsy, This Kelly (Sat, Oct 6, 1984)
16 - Hawaii Five-8 (Sat, Oct 13, 1984)
17 - Quick on the Draw (Sat, Oct 27, 1984)
18 - The Missing Fink (Sat, Nov 3, 1984)
19 - The Sound of Mother (Sat, Nov 10, 1984)
20 - The Return of Mr. Wonderful (Sat, Nov 17, 1984)
21 - Divorce Chicago Style (Sat, Nov 24, 1984)
22 - Cinderella Update (Sat, Dec 1, 1984)
23 - Henry Bites the Big Apple (Sat, Dec 8, 1984)

Season 5 Episodes

1 - Drawing Room (Sat, Feb 2, 1985)
2 - Nearly Departed (Sat, Feb 9, 1985)
3 - My Son, the PhD (Sat, Feb 16, 1985)
4 - All in a Day's Unemployment (Sat, Feb 23, 1985)
5 - Devereaux & Son (Sat, Mar 2, 1985)
6 - And Baby Makes Two (Sat, May 4, 1985)
7 - Reconcilable Differences (Sat, May 11, 1985)
8 - The Two Faces of Muriel (Sat, May 18, 1985)
9 - No Mas, Monroe (Sat, May 25, 1985)
10 - For Every Man, There's Two Women (Sat, Jul 20, 1985)
11 - Finders Keepers (Sat, Jul 27, 1985)
12 - These Stupid Things Remind Me of You (Sat, Aug 3, 1985)
13 - Terms of Endangerment (Sat, Sep 28, 1985)
14 - The British are Coming, The British are Coming (Sat, Oct 5, 1985)
15 - No Deposit, No Return (Sat, Oct 12, 1985)
16 - Off and Running (Sat, Oct 19, 1985)
17 - Accused, Confused and Abused (Sat, Oct 26, 1985)
18 - Arrivederci, Jackie (Sat, Nov 2, 1985)
19 - Ars Gratia Iris (Sat, Nov 9, 1985)
20 - Henry Enters the '80's (Sat, Nov 16, 1985)
21 - Freddie Loves it, We Love It, You're Cancelled (Sat, Nov 23, 1985)

Season 6 Episodes

1 - Henry's Change of Life (Sat, Apr 5, 1986)
2 - Front Page Monroe (Sat, Apr 12, 1986)
3 - Four is a Crowd (Sat, Apr 19, 1986)
4 - Ho-Ho Ho Chi Henry (Sat, Apr 26, 1986)
5 - Miss Marin Bugler (Sat, May 3, 1986)
6 - Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler (Sat, May 10, 1986)
7 - Bedtime for Henry (Sat, May 17, 1986)
8 - Educating Lisa (Sat, May 24, 1986)
9 - Henry's Novel Solution (Sat, May 31, 1986)
10 - Henry Gets Taken for a Ride (Sat, Jun 7, 1986)
11 - Late, Great Herbert Maxwell (Sat, Jul 12, 1986)
12 - Muriel's Fish Story (Sat, Jul 19, 1986)
13 - Ya Gotta Have Heart (Sat, Sep 27, 1986)
14 - Monroe's Critical Condition (Sat, Oct 4, 1986)
15 - Cyrano Henry (Sat, Oct 11, 1986)
16 - Family Fued (Sat, Oct 18, 1986)
17 - Rock Around Henry (Sat, Nov 1, 1986)
18 - Herb Kiss, Henry Tells (Sat, Nov 8, 1986)
19 - Believing is Seeing (Sat, Nov 15, 1986)
20 - Acropolis Now (Sat, Nov 22, 1986)
21 - Presenting Buddy Ficus (Sat, Jan 31, 1987)
22 - Lisa Goes Lottery Loco (Sat, Feb 7, 1987)

Main Cast

Ted Knight

Ted Knight

Nancy Dussault

Nancy Dussault

Jim J. Bullock

Jim J. Bullock

Pat Carroll

Pat Carroll

Lisa Antille

Lisa Antille

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