Accidental Family
| Accidental Family | |
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Jerry Van Dyke as Jerry Webster.
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| 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(s) | Earle Hagen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sheldon Leonard |
| Producer(s) | Sy Gomberg |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sheldon Leonard Productions, in association with NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 15, 1967 – January 5, 1968 |
Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.
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.
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