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The 60 Greatest TV Families of All Time

• Jun 11, 2013 08:32 PM ET
• by Bruce Fretts

Family ties bind us. We invite TV dynasties into the middle of our full houses (upstairs, downstairs) for happy days and good times. Watching married-with-children characters one day at a time becomes an all-in-the-family affair for the wonder years and brings about home improvement. That's why modern families matter and can take us to seventh heaven.

Jeffersons and Silver Spoons Director Jack Shea dies at 84

• Apr 30, 2013 06:33 PM ET
• by Nicholas White

Inveterate TV sitcom director and Directors Guild of America chief Jack Shea died on Sunday in Los Angeles at age 84.

Keck's Exclusives: Waltons Cast to Reunite in Los Angeles

• May 29, 2012 09:32 AM ET
• by William Keck

I have a little confession to make. Growing up an only child in upstate New York, I often envied the busy, full house of TV's The Waltons, an Emmy-winning, Depression-era drama that ran on CBS from 1971-1981 and spawned several reunion movies, the last airing in 1997. read more

Diff'rent Strokes Star Todd Bridges Splits From Wife of 14 Years

• May 29, 2012 09:06 AM ET
• by Sadie Gennis

Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges and his wife Dori have split after 14 years together.
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TV Character Actress Peggy Rea Dies at 89

• Feb 9, 2011 09:17 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Peggy Rea, a famed TV character actress, died Feb. 5 of congestive heart failure at her Toluca Lake, Calif. home, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 89.

Rea was best known for playing... read more