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Too Close for Comfort

1980–1987 · 6 seasons

A gentle, joke-a-minute family sitcom that ambles along comfortably, easy to half-watch with a smile.

Created by
Brian Cooke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Overview
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.

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Created by
Brian Cooke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • work
  • friendship
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Brian Cooke
Written by
Earl Barret, Arne Sultan, George Arthur Bloom, Brian Cooke
Starring
Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, Jim J. Bullock, Audrey Meadows, Pat Carroll, Lisa Antille
Length
6 seasons, 129 episodes, 24 min each
Network
ABC, Syndication
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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