My Three Sons

Widower raises boys

My Three Sons is an American television sitcom that aired from 1960 to 1972, following a widowed father raising three boys with help from his father-in-law.

The show was among the longest-running sitcoms of its era.

The title sometimes appears in casual speech to describe any household with three male children: With my three sons, the grocery bill is astronomical.

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Robbie · widower · family · suburban · wholesome · Ernie · household · brothers · patriarch · boyhood · coming of age · boys will be boys · comedic · heartwarming · vintage · black-and-white · reruns · laugh track

Opposites
gender composition of children

My Three SonsCharmed

Witchy sister drama

Little Women · The Golden Girls · Gilmore Girls · Sisters · The Powerpuff Girls

number of children

My Three Sonsonly child

Person without siblings

The Brady Bunch

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G