Too Close for Comfort (1980)

Name: Too Close for Comfort
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Jim J. Bullock, Pat Carroll, Lisa Antille

Comedy

Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, which premiered nine months before Too Close for Comfort debuted in the U.S. Its name was changed to The Ted Knight Show when the show was retooled for its final season.

IMDb rating: 6.6 (3,101 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Peacock · Pluto TV · Tubi TV · Plex Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 6 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

7.25 avg 19 episodes 7.1 → 7.3 30 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.1	84
2	It Didn't Happen One Night	7.4	62
3	The Bag Lady	7.4	59
4	Sara's Monroe Doctrine	7.6	60
5	Que Sara, Sara	7.0	55
6	Tenants, Anyone?	7.2	56
7	Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfe?	7.3	50
8	Mister Big	7.0	45
9	The Location	7.3	44
10	A Friend in Need	8.0	54
11	A Fine Romance	7.1	48
12	The Boy in the Band	7.3	42
13	Deadline for Henry	7.1	42
14	Huey	7.2	47
15	Centerfold	7.0	40
16	What's Wrong with Mr. Right?	6.7	33
17	Up Your Easter Bonnet	7.3	38
18	Cosmic Cow vs. the Oval Office	7.4	39
19	The Return of Rafkin	7.3	39

Season 2 (1981)

6.95 avg 22 episodes 6.7 → 5.7

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Guess Who's Coming to Burp?	6.7	38
2	Your Guest Is as Good as Mine	6.5	36
3	Who's Sara Now?	7.6	28
4	The Prince and the Frog	6.8	28
5	What's Our Rush?	7.0	30
6	Rafkin's Bum	7.5	40
7	Where There's a Will	7.5	32
8	The Remaking of Monroe	7.6	34
9	When the Bough Breaks	6.7	32
10	Cop-Out	6.7	33
11	April and September	7.1	32
12	A Fan for Henry	6.8	34
13	Brotherly Hate	7.3	31
14	Charlie's Last Hurrah	7.1	29
15	The Last Weekend	6.3	32
16	My Unfavorite Martin	7.0	36
17	Seventh Month Blues	6.2	37
18	As the Cookie Crumbles	7.3	34
19	Foreign Exchange	6.2	35
20	A Matter of Degree	7.8	33
21	A Policeman's Wife Is Not a Happy One	7.5	27
22	Don't Shoot the Piano Movers	5.7	31

Season 3 (1982)

6.85 avg 22 episodes 7.0 → 5.9 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Break Out the Pampers: Part 1	7.0	35
2	Break Out the Pampers: Part 2	7.0	30
3	Guess Who's Coming Forever?	7.2	27
4	A Snip in Time	6.9	30
5	The Luck of the Iris	6.8	34
6	Do You Take This Woman Again?	6.6	31
7	Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?	6.3	25
8	Monroe's Secret Love's Secret	7.8	32
9	A Thanksgiving Tale	6.4	37
10	Pressure's Rising	7.1	31
11	Mr. Christmas	7.4	39
12	The Yearning Point	6.2	32
13	Briefly at the Counter	7.3	33
14	To Buy or Not to Buy	6.8	31
15	The Separation	6.3	27
16	Girls of the Media	7.1	32
17	The Courier	7.9	37
18	The Adoption Story	6.6	30
19	Out to Lunch	5.9	26
20	A Portrait of Henry	7.6	34
21	Don't Rock the Boat	6.7	26
22	Family Business	5.9	39

Season 4 (1984)

6.88 avg 23 episodes 7.6 → 6.8 30 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Enemy Above	7.6	28
2	Making Mountains Out of Molehills	7.5	29
3	Just Another Pretty Face	7.2	31
4	Home Is Where the Bart Is	6.6	28
5	High Infidelity	7.9	33
6	Son of the Groom	7.4	39
7	Witness for the Persecution	7.3	26
8	Henry Draws a Blank	7.4	29
9	Shipmates	7.9	37
10	Is There a Doctor in the House?	6.6	26
11	High and Inside	6.4	29
12	The Runaway	7.0	30
13	The Graduates	6.5	27
14	Goodbye, Mr. Chip	6.5	26
15	No Patsy, This Kelly	6.6	27
16	Hawaii Five-8	6.7	33
17	Quick on the Draw	6.1	24
18	The Missing Fink	6.0	26
19	The Sound of Mother	6.8	24
20	The Return of Mr. Wonderful	6.4	28
21	Divorce Chicago Style	6.5	25
22	Cinderella Update	6.6	28
23	Henry Bites the Big Apple	6.8	26

Season 5 (1985)

6.64 avg 21 episodes 6.7 → 6.6

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Drawing Room	6.7	29
2	Nearly Departed	6.4	26
3	My Son, the PhD	6.7	25
4	All in a Day's Unemployment	6.4	24
5	Devereaux & Son	6.1	26
6	And Baby Makes Two	6.9	29
7	Reconcilable Differences	5.9	26
8	The Two Faces of Muriel	6.5	24
9	No Mas, Monroe	7.6	31
10	For Every Man, There's Two Women	6.9	58
11	Finders Keepers	6.6	24
12	These Stupid Things Remind Me of You	6.4	21
13	Terms of Endangerment	6.9	28
14	The British Are Coming, the British Are Coming	6.4	22
15	No Deposit, No Return	6.9	25
16	Off and Running	6.2	26
17	Accused, Confused and Abused	7.2	27
18	Arrivederci, Jackie	6.7	29
19	Ars Gratia Iris	6.6	25
20	Henry Enters the '80s	6.8	23
21	Freddie Loves It, We Love It, You're Cancelled	6.6	28

Season 6 (1986)

6.26 avg 22 episodes 6.8 → 6.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Henry's Change of Life	6.8	29
2	Front Page Monroe	6.9	27
3	Four Is a Crowd	5.9	25
4	Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Henry	6.2	27
5	Miss Marin Bugler	6.2	27
6	Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler	6.9	27
7	Bedtime for Henry	7.3	25
8	Educating Lisa	5.7	22
9	Henry's Novel Solution	5.9	21
10	Henry Gets Taken for a Ride	6.0	21
11	Late, Great Herbert Maxwell	6.5	25
12	Muriel's Fish Story	6.1	29
13	Ya Gotta Have Heart	6.4	26
14	Monroe's Critical Condition	5.3	19
15	Cyrano Henry	6.1	20
16	Family Feud	5.8	24
17	Rock Around Henry	6.3	29
18	Herb Kisses, Henry Tells	5.7	20
19	Believing Is Seeing	6.6	24
20	Acropolis Now	6.6	25
21	Presenting Buddy Ficus	5.9	24
22	Lisa Goes Lottery Loco	6.7	25

Too Close for Comfort (1980)

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