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*Accidental Family*
Accidental Family
	Jerry Van Dyke as Jerry Webster.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Melville Shavelson
Written by	Sam Bobrick; Bill Idelson; Harvey Miller; Peter Myerson; Bernie Orenstein; Mel Shavelson; Jack Sher; Treva Silverman; Saul Turtletaub ; James L. Brooks
Directed by	Don Appell; Earl Bellamy; Sheldon Leonard; Bob Sweeney
Starring	Jerry Van Dyke; Lois Nettleton
Composer	Earle Hagen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Sheldon Leonard
Producer	Sy Gomberg
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	Sheldon Leonard Productions, in association with NBC
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 15, 1967 –; January 5, 1968

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Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.

Synopsis

The series stars Jerry Van Dyke as a widowed comedian, Jerry Webster, who bought a farm in the San Fernando Valley to serve as a place for him to raise his son, Sandy, when he was not touring. When he was on the road, Sandy was under the care of the farm's manager, divorcée Sue Kramer (Lois Nettleton), who had a daughter the same age as Webster's son.

The program consistently lost in the Nielsen ratings to both the CBS Friday Night Movies and the ABC Western The Guns of Will Sonnett and was cancelled at midseason as a result. It was initially replaced by the first prime-time run of the game show Hollywood Squares.

Cast

Actor	Role
Jerry Van Dyke	Jerry Webster
Lois Nettleton	Sue Kramer
Teddy Quinn	Sandy Webster
Susan Benjamin	Tracy Kramer
Larry D. Mann	Marty Warren
Ben Blue	Ben McGrath

Episodes

Ep #	Title	Airdate
1	"Everywhere a Chick Chick"	September 15, 1967
2	"Hot Kid in a Cold Town"	September 22, 1967
3	"If You Knew Martha"	October 6, 1967
4	"Minnesota Tracey"	October 13, 1967
5	"It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You"	October 20, 1967
6	"Halloween's on Us"	October 27, 1967
7	"The Making of a Vegetarian"	November 3, 1967
8	"The Secret Life of Jerry Webster"	November 10, 1967
9	"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Playground"	November 17, 1967
10	"What is This-Thanksgiving or a Nightmare?"	November 24, 1967
11	"The Woodsman"	December 1, 1967
12	"The Return of Mr. Ex"	December 8, 1967
13	"The Lush Life"	December 15, 1967
14	"The Treasure of San Fernando Valley"	December 22, 1967
15	"Sandy Gets Tough"	December 29, 1967
16	"Who's Been Sleeping in Daddy's Bed?"	January 5, 1968

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

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 ==Synopsis==
-The series stars [[Jerry Van Dyke]] as a widowed [[comedian]], Jerry Webster, who bought a farm in the [[San Fernando Valley]] to serve as a place for him to raise his son, Sandy, when he was not touring.  When he was on the road, Sandy was under the care of the farm's manager, divorceé Sue Kramer ([[Lois Nettleton]]), who had a daughter the same age as Webster's son.
+The series stars [[Jerry Van Dyke]] as a widowed [[comedian]], Jerry Webster, who bought a farm in the [[San Fernando Valley]] to serve as a place for him to raise his son, Sandy, when he was not touring.  When he was on the road, Sandy was under the care of the farm's manager, divorcée Sue Kramer ([[Lois Nettleton]]), who had a daughter the same age as Webster's son.
 The program consistently lost in the [[Nielsen ratings]] to both the ''[[CBS]] Friday Night Movies'' and the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[The Guns of Will Sonnett]]'' and was cancelled at midseason as a result. It was initially replaced by the first prime-time run of the [[game show]] ''[[Hollywood Squares]]''.