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Family Affair: Season 1

30 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1966 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Buffy

Sep 12, 1966 · 30 min

The excellent family series begins when Bill Davis, a fantastic construction engineer, unexpectedly adopts Buffy, who along with Jody and Cissy, have lost their parents in an accid

S1·E2

Jody and Cissy

Sep 19, 1966 · 30 min

Cissy joins the family and Mr. French thinks that he is not wanted anymore. Mr. French changes his mind after Buffy puts her doll in his suitcase and decides to stay after all.

S1·E3

The Gift Horse

Sep 26, 1966

Buffy and Jody decide to give Bill a great gift- a horse!

S1·E4

The Matter of School

Oct 3, 1966 · 30 min

Bill decides to send Cissy to a private girls' school in Connecticut, and even though she would prefer to attend high school locally, she reluctantly agrees to go, thinking Bill wa

S1·E5

Marmalade

Oct 10, 1966 · 30 min

Mr. French is chosen for an ad for marmalade and is a huge promotion success, until he tastes the marmalade that he is hawking.

S1·E6

Room with a Viewpoint

Oct 17, 1966 · 30 min

Buffy doesn't like the new changes in her and Cissy's bedroom and refuses to ever step foot in it.

S1·E7

Mrs. Beasley, Where Are You?

Oct 24, 1966 · 30 min

Buffy's doll, Mrs. Beasley, gets knocked out of the apartment window by accident and Buffy goes up at arms about the whole thing. She fnds out that a little girl owns a doll that l

S1·E8

Who's Afraid of Nural Shpeni?

Nov 7, 1966 · 30 min

Mr. French gets Lebanese cooking lessons from a Middle Eastern restaurant owner named Nural Shpeni, and her family forces Mr. French to marry her, whether he wants to or not.

S1·E9

A Matter for Experts

Nov 14, 1966 · 30 min

Buffy and Jody have been spending a lot a time with each other at school, and it is a major concern for the vice principal and a child psychologist who states that Buffy and Jody n

S1·E10

Beware the Other Woman

Nov 21, 1966 · 30 min

When an old flame steps back into Bill's life, the children think that he will get married and send them back to Indiana.

S1·E11

Take Two Aspirin

Nov 28, 1966 · 30 min

Bill gets a chance to work with a friend in Mexico on a job, but his trip is cut short when Mr. French comes down with the flu and difficultt in keeping touch with the family.

S1·E12

Love Me, Love Me Not

Dec 5, 1966 · 30 min

When Jody sees a friend getting spanked by his father, his father tells him that he punishes him out of love. So Jody takes it upon himself to earn a spanking from Uncle Bill to se

S1·E13

The Thursday Man

Dec 12, 1966 · 30 min

Cissy learns a lesson in snooping when she is to do a paper on Mr. French and finds a shocking secret about him.

S1·E14

Think Deep

Dec 26, 1966 · 30 min

Cissy worships a teacher named Julian Hill and spouts his theories all through the household. Bill invites the teacher to dinner and Cissy sees that he is not the man that she wors

S1·E15

Hard Hat Jody

Jan 2, 1967 · 30 min

Jody's allusion about being a constuction worker leads him to ""gaining"" a job with a constuction worker who Bill is trying to get a job with.

S1·E16

That Was the Dinner That Wasn't

Jan 9, 1967 · 30 min

Cissy is disheartened because she will be left out of a mother-daughter event at school, and she doesn't tell Bill what is wrong with her.

S1·E17

All Around the Town

Jan 16, 1967 · 30 min

Bill and the whole family are seeing the Gaynors off on their cruise. Buffy and Jody think that Bill is having dinner with them, but when they find out the thuth, they are left on

S1·E18

One for the Little Boy

Jan 23, 1967 · 30 min

Bill plans to do some serious bonding with Jody by taking him on a business trip, but Murphy's Law plagues the trip. But Jody states that just being with Bill is exciting enough.

S1·E19

Fancy Free

Jan 30, 1967 · 30 min

Buffy and Jody are placed in a fast-learning portion of their grade, but Bill is spending his time with a woman who is quite uncertain about what she wants. The twins get a friendl

S1·E20

A Helping Hand

Feb 6, 1967 · 30 min

A lesson to be learned in this episode: Helping people is good, but it only goes but so far. The family learns this the hard way. Mr. French helps out a maid who is very bad with h

S1·E21

Once in Love with Buffy

Feb 13, 1967 · 30 min

Aunt Fran's back and she wants the kids to come back with her. She believes that Bill will not be a suitable person for the kids. Of course, Fran thinks that this fact is confirmed

S1·E22

Ballerina Buffy

Feb 20, 1967 · 30 min

Buffy gets chosen for a lead in a ballet, which is totally annoying for a mother whose little girl, Melissa, was passed over for a complete stranger. She has reason to suspect foul

S1·E23

The Mother Tongue

Feb 27, 1967 · 30 min

Buffy and Jody meets a new girl named Marilyn, who is the daughter of a Chinese diplomat and speaks no English. Mr. French tries to work out his Cantonese and unknowingly insults h

S1·E24

Everybody Needs Somebody

Mar 13, 1967 · 30 min

Buffy and Jody play matchmaker for Mr. French, but he thinks that they do not want him around because he punished them so severely.

S1·E25

The Way It Was

Mar 20, 1967 · 30 min

Bill sends the kids away for a week-long trip at camp because they are driving him up the wall. He then starts to miss them when he goes back to his bachelor life.

S1·E26

All Nephews Are Created Equal

Mar 27, 1967 · 30 min

Mr. French gets a visit from his nephew David. French is shocked when David announces that he wants to become a dentist, but the final straw comes when he goes out with Cissy.

S1·E27

The Prize

Apr 10, 1967 · 30 min

The twins win a baby lamb in a cereal contest, which is not a good thing if your neighbors are trying to sleep.

S1·E28

What Did You Do in the West, Uncle?

Apr 17, 1967 · 30 min

Bill takes the twins to the rodeo where he meets his old friend Gabe, whom he invites to stay with them. The twins are mesmerized at the thought of meeting a real live cowboy, and

S1·E29

The Award

May 1, 1967 · 30 min

Buffy and Jody want to make an award for Bill for being the best uncle, but they fall allergic to the clay they are making the award with. Bill thinks that the allergies are caused

S1·E30

The Butler Method

May 15, 1967 · 30 min

Cissy has trouble finding a date for the Sadie Hawkins dance, and asks a boy who throws her a curve because of a broken leg. Thinking that he is lying, she feels miserable. Bill su