• Air date: 11 Sep '67 30 episodes
      Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
  • List of Episodes (30)
    • 1. Birds, Bees and Buffy

      11 Sep '67
      Buffy and Jody wants to know where babies come from, and a whole bunch of stories confuses not only them, but parents as well. Cissy then tells them the right procedure of how babies are made.
    • 2. First Love

      18 Sep '67
      Bill and Buffy both fall in love with people they cannot have.
    • 3. Go Home, Mr. French

      25 Sep '67
      Mr. French's romance with an old flame puts his job in jeopardy when he thinks about working with his old love in another house.
    • 4. Arthur, the Invisible Bear

      02 Oct '67
      Jody's new imaginary friend is really getting him in trouble and it tales a trip to a psychologist to figure out what is going on.
    • 5. The Other Cheek

      09 Oct '67
      A girl picks on Jody, who doesn't dare hit her back.
    • 6. The Candy Striper

      16 Oct '67
      Cissy becomes a candy-stripper, but feels emotionally insecure when she unknowingly breaks one of the supervisor's rules when she gives a patient some water. She is doomed to quit but Bill tells her to face up to her mistake and keep her job. It might be all and well for Cissy, but it doesn't work for Buffy when she wants to be a Brownie, but finds out she is not the right age.
    • 7. Fat, Fat, the Water Rat

      23 Oct '67
      Buffy makes friends with a bunch of kids, unbeknownst to her that they hate fancy kids. Mr. French catcher her and forbids her to play with them again. Uncle Bill however supports Buffy's choice and lets her play with her new friends.
    • 8. The Toy Box

      06 Nov '67
      Uncle Bill enforces an iron-clad confiscation order of toys constantly being left on the floor by the kids and they can never get them back. It hits a little too close when Buffy's beloved Mrs. Beasley is in danger of being taken away from her.
    • 9. Take Me Out of the Ballgame

      13 Nov '67
      Jody tries his hardest to be on a local stickball team, only to be beaten out by Buffy, who happens to be a great player as well.
    • 10. You Like Buffy Better

      20 Nov '67
      Cissy thinks that Buffy is being shafted by Bill because he favors Jody. Bill then decides to spend all of his time with Buffy, but then, this starts to be a problem for Cissy and Jody.
    • 11. Freddie

      27 Nov '67
      Freddie, Bill's old friend from Terre Haute, wishes that she had children after spending time with Buffy and Jody.
    • 12. Our Friend Stanley

      04 Dec '67
      Buffy and Jody make friends with a disabled boy named Stanley, much to the dismay of his overprotective mother.
    • 13. Somebody Upstairs

      11 Dec '67
      Cissy and Buffy are starstruck when they meet a Broadway star living in the building.
    • 14. Star Dust

      18 Dec '67
      Bill is starstruck now, with a famous actress that wants to give up the business and settle down with him.
    • 15. Best of Breed

      25 Dec '67
      Buffy and Jody find a dog, but the landlord lays down the law against dogs. The landlord recants after the dog wins a dog contest.
    • 16. Family Reunion

      01 Jan '68
      Bill and Mr. French visit the kids' old home in Terre Haute where they are faced with a painful decision: Stay with their aunt who makes up stuff about how they are a burden to Bill or go back to New York.
    • 17. A Man's Place

      08 Jan '68
      A new romance that Mr. French has puts him in the position to make him think that his current life as a butler is not good enough for his date.
    • 18. The Great Kow-Tow

      15 Jan '68
      Buffy and Jody go Chinese when they are ""adopted"" by a elderly Chinese man.
    • 19. The Fish Watchers

      22 Jan '68
      Uncle Bill gets the kids involved with tropical fish after the advice of a fellow construction worker.
    • 20. The Day Nothing Happened

      29 Jan '68
      A Blizzard can be anyone's worst enemy. This lesson is true when everything goes awry for the David family in Long Island: French is stranded in the blizzard, kids Building snowmen inside, ruined potential dates, Oy Vey!
    • 21. A House in the Country

      05 Feb '68
      Bill wants to move to a house in the suburbs, but the kids persuade him to stay where he is.
    • 22. A Matter of Tonsils

      12 Feb '68
      Poor Buffy and Jody have to have their tonsils out.
    • 23. A Member of the Family

      19 Feb '68
      Mr. French thinks he is left out of Cissy's drawings for school.
    • 24. His and Hers

      26 Feb '68
      Bill and the family meet their potential counterparts when he meets a woman named Margaret and her kids. The kids think that it's real cool to have kids that are like them at first, but they find out that they are too much alike and do not get along with them.
    • 25. The New Cissy

      04 Mar '68
      Cissy is sad because she is not getting any attention from boys, except one named Wendell who she thinks is dull by comparison. So she have a complete and total makeover and she is an instant sex symbol! The boys are so enamored by her, except for Wendell who liked her as she was before. Cissy realizes that Wendell liked her the whole time for just being herself.