A Boy and his Dad have a Barrel of Fun
The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by Mark Toby. It tells the story of a widower, Tom Corbett, who is a magazine publisher, and his son, Eddie, who believes his father should marry, and manipulates situations surrounding the women his father is interested in. ABC had acquired the rights to the story; the series debuted on September 17, 1969, and was last broadcast on March 1, 1972. Bixby received an Emmy nomination for the show.
Tom Corbett
Eddie Corbett
Mrs. Livingston
Norman Tinker
Tina Rickles
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26 episodes
While touring MGM studios with his father, Eddie invites a homeless starlet to spend the night.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's classmates accuse him of being the teacher's pet when Tom starts dating their teacher, Miss Allen.
Runtime: 30 minTom falls in love with a model who isn't ready for motherhood.
Runtime: 30 minEddie brings home a little Japanese boy for Mrs. Livingston to keep.
Runtime: 30 minTom reluctantly agrees to enroll in a computer dating service to do some research.
Runtime: 30 minTom and Eddie experience the pains of growing up when Eddie balks at the idea of going to school.
Runtime: 30 minAfter discovering his new friend's mother is not married, Eddie arranges a meeting between the two parents.
Runtime: 30 minWhen Eddie is bullied by a motherless girl (Jodie Foster) at school, Tom invites her and her father over to visit.
Runtime: 30 minA wealthy manufacturer announces his plans to marry Mrs. Livingston.
Runtime: 30 minA buddy from Tom's school days drops in for an extended visit.
Runtime: 30 minMrs. Livingston failed her English test, causing Eddie to think she will commit hara-kiri to save face.
Runtime: 30 minTina proposes to Norman.
Runtime: 30 minAn overnight camping trip leads to a Corbett-Lockwood quarrel.
Runtime: 30 minTom offers to make sandwiches when the mothers of Eddie's classmates plan a luncheon for Eddie's pregnant teacher.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's flamboyant Aunt Kate comes for a visit.
Runtime: 30 minEddie loses the very first library book he takes out.
Runtime: 30 minEddie is suffering from a case of puppy love
Runtime: 30 minA retired school teacher unknowingly alienates Eddie from his father.
Runtime: 30 minEddie has a crush on his babysitter, who has a crush on Tom.
Runtime: 30 minMrs. Livingston departs, leaving Eddie and Tom alone.
Runtime: 30 minTom tries to find a future guardian for Eddie.
Runtime: 30 minTom tries to prevent Mrs. Livingston from being deported.
Runtime: 30 minNorman has to lose five pounds in two days.
Runtime: 30 minTom has been ordered by his boss to fire his best friend
Runtime: 30 minTom's nutty secretary has become interested in astrology and quits her job.
Runtime: 30 minEddie finds ten thousand dollars.
Runtime: 30 minNo overview available.
24 episodes
When Eddie decides to give Tom a present for no particular reason, Norman helps him create the perfect gift.
Runtime: 30 minTom informs Mr. Kelly when he overhears Eddie and Joey (Jodie Foster) making plans to run away to Mexico.
Runtime: 30 minTom learns a lesson in what not to do when Eddie joins a boys' club.
Runtime: 30 minTom thinks Mrs. Livingston has a crush on Norman but Norman believes Tom is the object of her affections.
Runtime: 30 minTom has to tell Eddie that he has to work on the night of the school play.
Runtime: 30 minMrs. Livingston's plans are upset when Tom punishes Eddie for not doing his homework.
Runtime: 30 minA free-spirited girl enters Tom's life.
Runtime: 30 minAn Indian orphan teaches Eddie and Tom about sharing.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's maternal grandfather expresses his desire to take Eddie on an expedition down the Amazon River.
Runtime: 30 minA liberated woman has Tom delighted but not in love.
Runtime: 30 minEddie begins to think that he was adopted.
Runtime: 30 minTom tries to exorcise a ghost.
Runtime: 30 minA story about Norman's highly treasured gift.
Runtime: 30 minTom's sophisticated boss Cissy falls for him.
Runtime: 30 minTom tries to help a girl from the ghetto with a chip on her shoulder.
Runtime: 30 minEddie gets scared when Tom goes to the hospital for a routine physical.
Runtime: 30 minTom refuses to buy a horse for Eddie.
Runtime: 30 minTina expresses her feelings about Tom and Norman in a group encounter meeting.
Runtime: 30 minEddie meets Apollo 13 astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in a story about privacy.
Runtime: 30 minWhile Eddie's away, Tom plans to spend the weekend with his girlfriend.
Runtime: 30 minTina's mother's belief in magic leaves an impression on Eddie.
Runtime: 30 minThings go missing from the Corbett household.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's desire for a brother prompts Tom to adopt a child from another country.
Runtime: 30 minWhen Eddie's disobedience endangers his life, Tom spanks him for the first time.
Runtime: 30 minNo overview available.
23 episodes
Tom is taking an art class,sketching nude models. Eddie decides to try the same thing with his new friend,a neighbor girl.
Runtime: N/A minTom might be the next member of the school board
Runtime: 30 minEddie learns to cope with fear.
Runtime: 30 minA small accident causes big legal problems.
Runtime: 30 minTom and Eddie try to convince Norman it is okay to be a kook.
Runtime: 30 minA lesson in responsibility for Eddie gets out of hand.
Runtime: 30 minA divorced couple makes Tom's life miserable.
Runtime: 30 minNorman's birthday is coming up and he does not want anyone to take notice, but Tom and Eddie plan a surprise party anyway.
Runtime: N/A minTina asks Tom for a raise.
Runtime: 30 minTom's new neighbors are driving him crazy with kindness.
Runtime: 30 minA beautiful female editor from the Soviet Union arrives to observe Tom's publishing methods.
Runtime: N/A minEddie's first camping trip is a trauma to mother hen Norman.
Runtime: 30 minTom meets a charming klutz with an inferiority complex.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's part in the school play requires him to kiss a girl on the lips, which he finds he can't do.
Runtime: 30 minTom's romance with a lady doctor depends on her choice to either get married or continue her studies abroad.
Runtime: 30 minEddie takes karate lessons so he can defeat the school bully.
Runtime: 30 minEddie's saxophone playing is disturbing the bagpiper upstairs.
Runtime: 30 minTom and Norman invest in an oil well.
Runtime: 30 minTom feels his creative writing is causing him to neglect Eddie.
Runtime: 30 minAn insurance man proves to be a disastrous house guest.
Runtime: 30 minA sixteen dollar gift of friendship becomes a $5,000 headache.
Runtime: 30 minTom considers buying a new house that is in need of repair.
Runtime: 30 minMr. Landon is Annie's boss at an answering service company.
Runtime: 30 min