# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 274
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5461 "2024-07-23T12:32:39Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ The family’s last name is never explicitly given, but in one episode there’s a brief glimpse of a name tag Francis is wearing, and it says Wilkerson. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5462 "2024-07-23T12:57:13Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ These days the Miller family episodes are called _Jeff’s Collie_ in syndication. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5463 "2024-07-23T13:17:21Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5464 "2024-07-23T13:55:29Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5465 "2024-07-23T15:16:05Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5466 "2024-07-23T15:33:02Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Arnold Jackson - _Different Strokes_ ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5467 "2024-07-23T15:42:05Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Arnold Jackson - _Different Strokes_ 8. Marcia Brady - _The Brady Bunch_ The girls should be represented. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5468 "2024-07-23T15:43:38Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Arnold Jackson - _Different Strokes_ 8. Marcia Brady - _The Brady Bunch_ 9. Buffy Davis - _Family Affair_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5469 "2024-07-23T15:51:27Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Malcolm Wilkerson - _Malcolm in the Middle_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Arnold Jackson - _Different Strokes_ 8. Marcia Brady - _The Brady Bunch_ 9. Buffy Davis - _Family Affair_ 10. Danny Partridge - _The Partridge Family_ **More children** 1. Wednesday Addams - _The Addams Family_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5470 "2024-07-23T15:57:10Z")
**Only Children** 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ OP here. The category is **Only Children** - kids that have no brothers and sisters. Continue by replacing the #2 spot, because all the other answers had siblings. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5471 "2024-07-23T15:57:48Z")
**More children** 1. Wednesday Addams - _The Addams Family_ 2. Ritchie Petrie- _The Dick Van Dyke Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5472 "2024-07-23T15:58:24Z")
Please see post #5469. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5473 "2024-07-23T16:00:03Z")
Ah, I misunderstood. I thought it was just children, no adults. I’ll try again. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5474 "2024-07-23T16:01:45Z")
**Only Children** (No siblings or adults) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5475 "2024-07-23T16:02:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Ah, I misunderstood. I thought it was just children, no adults. I’ll try again. Same. That just whooshed past me. And I’m an only child in real life. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5476 "2024-07-23T16:06:51Z")
Thanks, y’all! **Only Children** (kids that have no brothers and sisters) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ Housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5477 "2024-07-23T16:10:41Z")
**Only Children** (kids that have no brothers and sisters) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Bess Lindstrom - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5478 "2024-07-23T16:29:37Z")
[quote=“dirtball, post:5477, topic:972711, full:true”] **Only Children** (kids that have no brothers and sisters) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Bess Lindstrom - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 8. Dennis Mitchel - _Dennis the Menace_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5479 "2024-07-23T17:14:08Z")
**Only Children** (kids that have no brothers and sisters) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Bess Lindstrom - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 8. Dennis Mitchel - _Dennis the Menace_ 9. Jake Harper - _Two and a Half Men_ ---
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**Only Children** (kids that have no brothers and sisters) 1. Eddie Corbett - _The Courtship of Eddie’s Father_ 2. Walt Dawson - _LOST_ 3. Jeff Miller - _Lassie_ 4. Ralph Wiggum - _The Simpsons_ 5. Opie Taylor - _The Andy Griffith Show_ 6. Mark McCain – _The Rifleman_ 7. Bess Lindstrom - _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 8. Dennis Mitchell - _Dennis the Menace_ 9. Jake Harper - _Two and a Half Men_ 10. Frederick Crane - _Frasier_ Next up: **Big families** 1. _Eight is Enough_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=275)