Family Affair

1966 - 1971 TV-G 30m 7

Bill's comfortable lifestyle must change when he receives a group of unexpected long-term guests.

Bill Davis is a highly-paid and successful engineer living in a large apartment in New York with his valet, Mr. Giles French. His life is suddenly changed when his niece Buffy shows up. In the midst of deciding what to do, Buffy's twin brother Jody shows up, and Bill must leave for Peru. Once he leaves, Buffy and Jody's older sister Cissy shows up. Bill and French's life is suddenly changed as they become surrogate parents for the three children.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Buffy

1. Buffy

Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Bill Davis, owner of a successful construction company, is entertaining a dat...

Episode 2 Jody and Cissy

2. Jody and Cissy

Aired: Sep 19, 1966

Jody, Buffy's twin brother, and Cissy arrive while Bill is away. When he retu...

Episode 3 The Gift Horse

3. The Gift Horse

Aired: Sep 26, 1966

When Bill returns from Africa bearing gifts, Cissy presents him with a hand-k...

Episode 4 The Matter of School

4. The Matter of School

Aired: Oct 3, 1966

Bill decides to send Cissy to a private girls' school in Connecticut, and eve...

Episode 5 Marmalade

5. Marmalade

Aired: Oct 10, 1966

An acquaintance of Bill's hires Mr. French to appear in an ad for marmalade t...

Episode 6 Room with a Viewpoint

6. Room with a Viewpoint

Aired: Oct 17, 1966

When Bill gets Cissy her own phone and arranges for an interior decorator to ...

Episode 9 A Matter for Experts

9. A Matter for Experts

Aired: Nov 14, 1966

The vice principal and a child psychologist are concerned that Buffy and Jody...

Episode 11 Take Two Aspirin

11. Take Two Aspirin

Aired: Nov 28, 1966

Restless, Bill takes a job in the Yutacan, but then starts to miss the family...

Episode 12 Love Me, Love Me Not

12. Love Me, Love Me Not

Aired: Dec 5, 1966

Jody doesn't think Bill loves him because he won't punish him, so Jody looks ...

Episode 13 The Thursday Man

13. The Thursday Man

Aired: Dec 12, 1966

For a school project, Cissy wants to write a story about Mr French. She start...

Episode 14 Think Deep

14. Think Deep

Aired: Dec 26, 1966

Cissy develops an infatuation with her school teacher who teaches philosophy ...

Episode 15 Hard Hat Jody

15. Hard Hat Jody

Aired: Jan 2, 1967

Jody talks about having a job with a man who builds buildings and even gets p...

Episode 17 All Around the Town

17. All Around the Town

Aired: Jan 16, 1967

Due to a miscommunication of who would watch Buffy and Jody, the twins find t...

Episode 19 Fancy Free

19. Fancy Free

Aired: Jan 30, 1967

Jody & Buffy are excited to be moved to Upper First Grade at school, but it m...

Episode 20 A Helping Hand

20. A Helping Hand

Aired: Feb 6, 1967

Buffy & Jody have problems with a building project for a school. Bill is host...

Episode 22 Ballerina Buffy

22. Ballerina Buffy

Aired: Feb 20, 1967

Buffy gets upset when she does not get the role of The Big Bad Wolf in her ba...

Episode 23 The Mother Tongue

23. The Mother Tongue

Aired: Feb 27, 1967

Buffy & Jody's new friend at school has them doing things differently. When M...

Episode 25 The Way It Was

25. The Way It Was

Aired: Mar 20, 1967

Uncle Bill and French look forward to a week of quiet when the three children...

Episode 27 The Prize

27. The Prize

Aired: Apr 10, 1967

Buffy & Jody enter a cereal contest, hoping to win a boat. But their prize is...

Episode 29 The Award

29. The Award

Aired: May 1, 1967

Bill thinks the twins take advantage of him and French because they give in t...

Episode 30 The Butler Method

30. The Butler Method

Aired: May 15, 1967

A friend of Bill's is an actor who wants to shadow Mr French in preparation f...

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Info about Family Affair

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres: Comedy, Family