Too Close for Comfort
Too Close for Comfort
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Too Close for Comfort

6.3 / 10
1980
6 seasons
129 episodes
Comedy

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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Seasons

  • Pilot

    1.Pilot

    11-11-1980

    Henry and Muriel Rush are the owners of a duplex in San Francisco, where they live with their two adult daughters: 21-year-old banker Jackie and 18-year-old college freshman Sara,...

  • It Didn't Happen One Night

    2.It Didn't Happen One Night

    16-11-1980

    With Sara and Jackie living downstairs, Henry has become a snoop-aholic. Sara asks for permission to go to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, leaving behind birth control pills that Henr...

  • The Bag Lady

    3.The Bag Lady

    18-11-1980

    Jackie, who works at a bank, tries to make a money delivery to a supermarket, but finds it closed. After calling her boss, she finds herself in charge of a bag with $100,000 in it...

  • Sara's Monroe Doctrine

    4.Sara's Monroe Doctrine

    25-11-1980

    Sara befriends Monroe Ficus, a recently dumped young man, who quickly follows her all over the place even following her home. Meanwhile, Henry and Muriel plan on celebrating their...

  • Que Sara, Sara

    5.Que Sara, Sara

    02-12-1980

    Jackie and Sara have split the cost of rent but when Sara is unable to pay her half, Henry tells her to go out and get a job. Sara easily gets a job as a waitress, but Henry is in...

  • Tenants Anyone?

    6.Tenants Anyone?

    09-12-1980

    The furniture of the previous tenant, Rafkin, has become Jackie and Sara's but when his sister shows up to claim his belongings, they find themselves in an unfurnished apartment. W...

  • Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?

    7.Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?

    16-12-1980

    When Sara gets a part-time job at Jackie's bank, things go smoothly. Jackie quickly warns her of the branch manager, Mr. Wolfe, and his "friendliness" toward the women tellers. How...

  • Mister Big

    8.Mister Big

    06-01-1981

    Henry is worried about his job when the new mystery loving boss, Arthur Wainwright, takes over and begins a steady practice of age discrimination. However, things may swing his way...

  • The Location

    9.The Location

    13-01-1981

    Sara and Monroe are ecstatic when a movie director decides Jackie and Sara's apartment would be perfect to film a movie. However, Henry and Muriel are totally unsure of the situati...

  • A Friend in Need

    10.A Friend in Need

    27-01-1981

    Monroe has been struggling with the fact he is still a virgin and seeks out a psychologist for help. The psychologist suggests that Monroe hire a sex surrogate to solve his problem...

  • A Fine Romance

    11.A Fine Romance

    03-02-1981

    Sylvia Walker, an old college friend and recently divorced friend of Muriel's arrives in town for a visit and decides to make the most of the rest of her life. Meanwhile, Henry bec...

  • The Boy in the Band

    12.The Boy in the Band

    10-02-1981

    Rich Holland, a man who took Muriel on the road with a band when she was young arrives in town looking just as young as ever. Henry soon feels old and becomes insecure, however, Mu...

  • Deadline for Henry

    13.Deadline for Henry

    17-02-1981

    Henry is not happy with the fact that he has been called in for jury duty. However, things get pressed when Henry's boss, Mr. Wainwright, wanting to avoid any problems associated w...

  • Huey

    14.Huey

    24-02-1981

    Henry's father, Huey breaks out of the nursing home, or rather is thrown out when he has a romantic interlude with another resident. He arrives in San Francisco to stay with Henry...

  • Centerfold

    15.Centerfold

    03-03-1981

    A football player, Buck Krulik, is in town and a fan of Henry's Cosmic Cow comic strip, so he comes by for a visit and has Jackie, Sara and Muriel fawn all over him. After admirin...

  • What's Wrong with Mr. Right?

    16.What's Wrong with Mr. Right?

    17-03-1981

    A woman arrives at Sara and Jackie's door accusing Sara of dating her husband. However, the woman has the wrong Rush daughter, Jackie is the one and doesn't see anything wrong with...

  • Up Your Easter Bonnet

    17.Up Your Easter Bonnet

    24-03-1981

    Out of pity, Henry reluctantly allows Monroe to crash on his couch for Easter week when Monroe's parents decide they don't want him to visit them in Miami. Henry soon regrets his g...

  • Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office

    18.Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office

    05-05-1981

    Henry is fired by Mr. Wainwright when he refuses to publish an apology for his recent Cosmic Cow comic strips that poke fun at President Reagan. Rather than face the indignity of t...

  • The Return of Rafkin

    19.The Return of Rafkin

    12-05-1981

    Sara arranges for a medium to conduct a séance to connect Mildred Rafkin with her deceased brother in an attempt to find a missing antique broach. However, an accusation leveled by...

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