Characters who grow from child to adult over the course of a series
- Darlene Conner - Roseanne
- Joanie Cunningham – Happy Days
- Jake Harper - Two and a Half Men
- Samantha Micelli - Who’s The Boss?
- Chip Douglas - My Three Sons
- Bud Bundy - Married… With Children
- Axl Heck - The Middle
- Blossom Russo - Blossom
- Luke Dunphy - Modern Family
- Will Smith - Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Next: Next Door Neighbors
- Gladys Kravitz - Bewitched
More Next Door Neighbors
- Barney Rubble
- The Mertzes
- Penny - The Big Bang Theory
- Bob Pinciotti - That 70s Show
- Lenny and Squiggy - Laverne & Shirley
- Steve Urkel - Family Matters
- Mrs. Donaldson - Leave it to Beaver
- Cleveland - Family Guy
- Lou Ferrigno, King of Queens
- Charlie Dietz – Empty Nest
And it was established that, while Empty Nest’s patriarch Harry Weston didn’t reside precisely next door, he was living in the same Miami neighborhood as the four Golden Girls
TV Themes That Had a Life of Their Own
- Hawaii Five-O – recorded and released as a single by the Ventures in 1969, it reached #4 on the Billboard charts
-“BB”-