That’s the one! (Geez, I hate my peri-menopausal brain.)
Shelley and Holling on Northern Exposure, and Turk and Carla on Scrubs.
I thought it was a nice touch that Wu had spent so much time hanging around/dealing with Al Swearengen and his mates that he thought “Cocksucker” was the English word for another person.
Precious Ramotswe and her husband Mr. JLB Matekone from The No. 1 Ladies Dectective Agency series
Zoe & Wash from Firefly. I will leave it to others to curse Whedon for ruining it.
Sick bastard that he is.
Elyse and Steven Keaton! I used to want a marriage like that, and I pretty much have it now.
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, if you leave aside the early unpleasantness about Diana Villiers that so nearly led to bloodshed.
I wanted to mention the Adamses, but also because they were good, understanding parents.
The parents on *Happy Days *seemed content and well-suited for each other.
Probably only because they were such tiny parts, but Fred’s parents on *Angel *seemed happy, and accepting of their daughter’s strange choices. I’m sure Joss would have killed them in some unpleasant manner if they’d been more regular characters.
Frank Furillo and Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues.
Charles and Caroline Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie.
Niles and Daphne on *Frasier *(once they finally got together).
Darrin and Samantha (mostly) on Bewitched.
Mike and Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch.
Tim and Jill on Home Improvement.
Hang dai, Wu, hang dai.
Bob Newhart had two excellent TV marriages:
Bob & Emily Hartley on “The Bob Newhart Show” and Dick & Joanna Loudon on “Newhart” (Unboxed spoiler: not counting for the fact that the Loudons were a figment of Bob Hartley’s imagination. )
I only wathed the first couple of seasons, but Marge and Homer of *The Simpsons *seemed to be fairly happy in their marriage.
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Rob and Laura Petrie
Paul & Jaime Buchman on “Mad About You.”
Friends had a few, including Jack & Judy Geller, Carol & Susan, and Phoebe & Mike.
I like the relationship between Det. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roarke, in JD Robb’s “Death by” series.
Stop laughing at me. I LIKE their relationship.
Jed & Abby Bartlet in The West Wing. I mean, for the most part. Tempestuous sometimes, sure, but you got the impression that they loved sparring with each other, and loved the making up even more.
Victorian couple James Asher, Oxford linguistics professor and retired spy, and Lydia, his much younger, well-to-do, doctor and medical researcher wife, from Those That Hunt The Night.
Statler & Waldorf, from The Muppet Show.
Okay, that’s not confirmed.
Claire and Jamie Fraser from the Outlander series. Also Briana and Roger MacKenzie, same series. Okay, they’ve got tumultuous problems, but their marriages are extremely happy. The author has commented that what she’s interested in isn’t the beginning romance, but what keeps love going for the years after.
Sam and Sybil Vimes from the Discworld.
Shevek and Takver from The Dispossessed.
Not exactly fictional, but Charles and Caroline Ingalls from Little House.
Anne and Gilbert Blythe from the Anne series.
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes from the Mary Russell series.
John and Lila Ames from Gilead and Home.
Mary Beth & Harvey Lacey of “Cagney & Lacey”