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The Addams Family

★ 8.0 24K votes 1964–1966 2 seasons · 64 episodes Ended ABC
CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 8/10SitcomClassic comedy rhythm, multi-camera or single.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 7/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 7/10Warm humorAffectionate comedy that genuinely loves its characters.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
John AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganTed CassidyMarie BlakeLisa Loring
Written by
David Levy
Starring
John AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganTed CassidyMarie BlakeLisa Loring
Written by
David Levy
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Ghoulish on the outside, sweetly devoted underneath"

The Addams Family follows a wealthy, gleefully macabre clan who adore everything most people find creepy, from torture devices to carnivorous plants, and can't understand why the outside world finds them odd. Each episode drops a baffled outsider into their gothic mansion, letting the family's genuine warmth and total lack of self-awareness generate the comedy. It's gentle, deadpan, and oddly cozy rather than scary, powered almost entirely by the cast's chemistry and commitment to playing absurdity completely straight. Episodes are simple and repetitive, but the affection between characters gives it real charm decades later.

Watch it for

the deadpan chemistry between John Astin and Carolyn Jones as a blissfully devoted, delightfully strange couple.

Maybe skip if

you need evolving plots rather than a cozy, repetitive sitcom formula.

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All Seasons

Season 11964
7.514K3414h 10m
Season 1 consists of 34 episodes and established the iconic characters and the show's subversive humor: that the "monstrous" Addams family was actually the most loving, stable, and well-adjusted family on television compared to their "normal" neighbors.
Season 21965
7.58K3012h 30m
Season 2 of The Addams Family (1965–1966) continued the sitcom's run of 30 episodes, leaning further into the absurd and cementing the show’s legacy as a cult classic. While 1960s television was rarely serialized, Season 2 expanded the lore of the Addams world and introduced more of their extended, "unusual" family members.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

John Astin Gomez Addams
Carolyn Jones Morticia Addams, Ophelia Frump, Lady Fingers
Jackie Coogan Uncle Fester
Ted Cassidy Lurch
Marie Blake Grandmama
Lisa Loring Wednesday Addams
Ken Weatherwax Pugsley Addams
Thing Itself
Felix Silla Cousin Itt
Parley Baer Mr. Henson, Arthur J. Henson, Mayor Arthur Henson

Crew

David Levy

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