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My Three Sons

  • TV-PG
  • 1960–1972
  • 12 seasons
  • Comedy, Family
  • 6.6

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

Episodes

30 episodes
  1. 1Moving Day

    25 minSep 9, 1967

    The Douglases move to California, where at first they are depressed to find the residents as chilly as the weather is warm. Robbie enrols in the University and is totally captivated by a blonde girl, and Uncle Charley is initiated into the rapid-fire procedure of shopping in supermarkets. The family begins to feel that their next door neighbors represent the characteristic stand-offishness of all Californians until they discover that they moved into the neighborhood the day before they did.

  2. 2Robbie Loves Katie

    30 minSep 16, 1967

    After advice from his father who tells him it isn't right to tie himself down to one girl, Robbie Douglas, intending to break off his romance with Katie Miller, ends up proposing to her. Soon his heart over rules his head and he buys an engagement ring and sets a wedding date.

  3. 3Inspection of the Groom

    25 minSep 23, 1967

    Robbie and Katie pick a wedding date two weeks off. Katie's sorority sisters decide to do some private investigating on their own. Prospective groom Robbie then undergoes the complete once-over by his fiancee's family and runs the gamut of numerous cousins, aunts and a crotchety grandmother.

  4. 4Countdown to Marriage

    30 minSep 30, 1967

    The day before her wedding Katie Miller feels she faces complete disaster. When Robbie tries to console her, she flares up at him and after a short argument, the pair declare the wedding is off. Of course, Grandma Collins thinks otherwise.

  5. 5Wedding Bells

    25 minOct 7, 1967

    Early on his wedding day, Robbie Douglas and his family are peacefully oversleeping. They awaken just in time and scramble madly to get ready as Robbie and Katie are soon married amid traditional confusion and tears. The lost family dog, Tramp, returns in time to join the family in the front pew.

  6. 6The Homecoming

    25 minOct 14, 1967

    Robbie and Katie come home from their honeymoon to face the problems of newlyweds in a previously all-male household. Katie finds her role difficult, for Charley insists on continuing as the family cook and attending to all the laundry. Robbie becomes worried about her frequent weeping spells.

  7. 7My Wife, the Waitress

    30 minOct 21, 1967

    For their fourth week wedding anniversary, Katie decides to earn some money for an expensive gift for Robbie by taking a one week job as a tea-room waitress. Robbie lunches at the tea-room and finds Katie, who has taken over as a last-minute replacement for the cigarette girl, in an abbreviated costume.

  8. 8The Chameleon

    30 minOct 28, 1967

    At school, Ernie meets Mike, who offers to play with him, but the family is exasperated to know Mike likes tomboyish pranks. Then there's a problem persuading Ernie to accept his new friend when he learns that she's really a girl.

  9. 9Designing Woman

    30 minNov 4, 1967

    Attractive lady engineer Eileen Talbot is assigned to help Steve Douglas on a rush project in his office, and she applies her many talents to assure romantic, as well as technical success. Only level headed Katie recognizes her as a manipulating female long before the gullible male Douglases do.

  10. 10Ernie, the Bluebeard

    30 minNov 11, 1967

    Chip learns the meaning of empathy when he helps Ernie out of a predicament when he somehow winds up with two dates with two different girls for the same dance, when he doesn't even like girls to start with.

  11. 11The Heartbeat

    30 minNov 18, 1967

    One stormy night while Steve is in San Francisco, Katie is alone in the Douglas house while the rest of the family is attending a ballgame. Her tenseness builds as late in the night she hears a scary rythmic noise, and hysterically calls Steve to report that the family has not yet returned and that she hears a loud thumping sound.

  12. 12The Computer Picnic

    30 minNov 25, 1967

    Chip manages to outwit the machine age when a computer is used to select partners for picnic dates for the boys in his class and girls from another school. He is soon startled to find that his date, although sweet and likeable, is six feet tall.

  13. 13The Aunt Who Came to Dinner

    30 minDec 2, 1967

    Katie is worried when Steve invites her visiting Aunt to spend a week at the house while he is out of town. Before long, she is molding the entire household into her image of a cultured family. When she slips some money under Katie's pillow, the girl angrily announces that this behaviour cannot continue.

  14. 14Leaving the Nest

    30 minDec 9, 1967

    When minor irritations arise in the Douglas household, Robbie and Katie move temporarily into a borrowed apartment while their friends are away. Their life is complicated by the absence of a coffee pot, a pull-down bed that won't go up and the lack of a television set.

  15. 15You're Driving Me Crazy

    30 minDec 16, 1967

    Chip Douglas is so nervous about taking his driving test that his new sister in law Katie decides to help by taking the test with him. Soon after they both get their driving licenses the family car collects a big scratch, but neither will plead guilty.

  16. 16Liverpool Saga

    30 minDec 23, 1967

    Chip invites his neighbour's long-haired, guitar playing boy from Liverpool as a key addition to his off-key rock and roll band. The English lad's soft, folksong guitar is a disappointment and obviously won't work with the raucous amplified trio, but he helps them to win a trophy in an amateur talent contest.

  17. 17The Chaperones

    25 minDec 30, 1967

    With his father Steve busy over the weekend, Chip suggests that newlyweds Robbie and Katie act as chaperones to him and his friends at a mountain cabin. At Katie's insistence, Robbie keeps strict checks on the three teenage couples.

  18. 18Green-Eyed Robbie

    30 minJan 6, 1968

    Robbie Douglas displays a bit of jealousy when his bride innocently agrees to tutor a handsome student. Later, Katie confides to Uncle Charley that he was once her steady boyfriend, and Charley off-handedly warns Katie to be careful because Robbie has a jealous nature.

  19. 19Charley's Tea

    25 minJan 13, 1968

    Katie tearfully complains when Uncle Charley makes her feel unnecessary in the Douglas household. Steve speaks to Charley who is flabbergasted at the accusation, but immediately makes amends. Meanwhile, Chip is on a five-man school committee; four of the 'men' are girls and they won't let him open his mouth.

  20. 20Ernie, the Jinx

    30 minJan 20, 1968

    A series of strange coincidences make young Ernie feel he's a jinx to anyone he contacts, but his father assures him that he has a loyal family who loves him in spite all of his trouble, and that they will stick by him no matter what.

  21. 21Ernie and Zsa Zsa

    30 minJan 27, 1968

    Bored because he has been left at home alone on a day off from school, Ernie goes on a search for movie stars. The boy loses his footing on a steep path and falls into Zsa Zsa Gabor's swimming pool in Beverly Hills. The glamorous lady invites him in until his clothes dry and later takes him to a real movie studio. Now the whole family as well as the police are searching for Ernie.

  22. 22A Horse for Uncle Charley

    30 minFeb 3, 1968

    Uncle Charley is talked into buying an 11 year old trotting horse in the hopes of capturing old racing glories. The family is delighted when they hear that the horse, driven by Uncle Charley, has qualified for a race after winning a trial competition.

  23. 23Dear Enemy

    30 minFeb 10, 1968

    Robbie goes to Camp Roberts for two weeks military reserve training. At home, Steve becomes alarmed when he sees Charley's card telling him that he and the boys who are camping at Yosemite, plan to look Robbie up at camp. But he arrives too late to divert them and one-by-one each member of the family is inadvertently caught as a military prisoner.

  24. 24Uncle Charley's Aunt

    25 minFeb 17, 1968

    Dressed as a chorine named Apple Annie at his Lodge 'Frolics' night, a weary Uncle Charley awakens from a nap after a matinee performance and is forced to walk home and is arrested by the police for hitting a flirtatious man.

  25. 25The Standing-Still Tour

    30 minFeb 24, 1968

    Ernie remains at home with Uncle Charley while the rest of the family travel to various locations. Charley invites an old friend to dinner, believing him to be down and out. However, Ernie immediately identifies their guest as a famous television sherriff and he invites the two to the studio.

  26. 26Honorable Guest

    30 minMar 2, 1968

    The Douglas family cancels a camping trip to play host to unexpected Chinese friends from Bryant Park who are en route to Hong Kong and this ultimately upsets their Chinese relatives when they are asked to stay overnight.

  27. 27The Perfect Separation

    30 minMar 9, 1968

    The first time Robbie and Katie entertain at home they imperil the marriage of two close friends, Denise and Larry. Denise insists on playing a game in which each player tells what he dislikes about the other. After various uncomfortable truths are revealed, Denise angrily storms out insisting on a marital separation.

  28. 28Gossip, Incorporated

    25 minMar 16, 1968

    Steve Douglas is promoted to head up the Airflight Helicopter Division and the unmarried female employees quickly check and discover that he's a widower. Robbie's wife Katie takes a tour and Uncle Charley passes his girlfriend off as Steve's wife. When two Mrs. Douglases visit Steve at his new job, his employees suspect that he's a bigamist.

  29. 29The Masculine Mystique

    25 minMar 23, 1968

    Uncle Charley persists in singing an old song about a guy who steals his best friend's girl. Chip listens with some sorrow but there is a misunderstanding that almost ruins the friendship between Ernie and his pal when Shorty sees Ernie walking to the movies with a new girl in the neighborhood.

  30. 30The Tire Thief

    25 minMar 30, 1968

    Ernie and his friends sell two used tires they found in the family storage room so they can buy a water rifle, but they cease to enjoy their 'cops and robbers' games when the real cops turn up after Uncle Charley calls them.

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Series cast

Fred MacMurraySteve Douglas380 episodes
Don GradyRobbie Douglas380 episodes
Stanley LivingstonChip Douglas380 episodes
William DemarestCharley O'Casey232 episodes
Barry LivingstonErnie Thompson197 episodes
Tim ConsidineMike Douglas185 episodes
William FrawleyBub O'Casey184 episodes
Tina ColeKatie133 episodes
Beverly GarlandBarbara74 episodes
Dawn LynDodie Harper Douglas74 episodes
Ann MarshallRuth8 episodes
Mike MinorClark Sullivan8 episodes
Betty LynnJanet Dawson7 episodes
Natalie MastersMrs. Showfield7 episodes
Naomi StevensMama Rossini7 episodes
Jodie FosterPriscilla6 episodes
Norman Alden6 episodes
Doris Singleton6 episodes

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