the longest running sitcom with a single dad?

Hello and thank you for your interesting question.


The longest running sitcom with a single dad was My Three Sons.

“My Three Sons, one of the longest comedy shows of all time, began
production in 1960. It lasted 12 full seasons until 1972.”
http://members.aol.com/MILsnacks/MyThreeSons.html

A short description of the show:

“My Three Sons (1960–1972) widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray), a
bland aeronautical engineer, struggled a bit more than Andy Taylor but
still managed to make raising three boys look like a day at the park.”
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/fathersday1.html

My Three Sons ABC/CBS 1960-72
DAD: Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) / Widower 
DAD'S JOB: Aerospace Engineer 
KIDS: Mike (Tim Considine), Robbie (Don Grady), Chip (Stanley
Livingston), Ernie (Barry Livingston) (I know it's four, read on)
WHERE'S MOM?: Dead for quite some time / Ernie was adopted when his
missionary parents moved to China (!)
STAND-IN "MOM": "Bub" O'Casey (William Frawley) / "Uncle Charley"
O'Casey (William Demarest)
Source: TV Single Dads Website
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd5060.html#3sons

Here are more long-running sitcoms with single dads that I found
sifting through the TV Single Dads Website:

Full House 1987-96
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd80.html#House

The Beverly Hillbillies CBS 1962-71 
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd5060.html#Beverly

Love Boat ABC 1977-86
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd70.html

Who's the Boss?  1984-93
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd80.html#Boss

The Andy Griffith Show CBS 1960-68
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd5060.html#Andy

Different Strokes NBC 1978-86
http://www.tvdads.com/tvd70.html

Search Criteria:

“longest running sitcom” “single dad”
TV single dads 


I hope you find this helpful and if there is anything that I've
written that needs clarification, please ask before you rate this
answer.

Best Regards,

Bobbie7-ga

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 25 Oct 2002 21:58 PDT

Hello again Blipp,

I located a table showing TV shows, number of episodes and years
aired.

My Three Sons is number 5, but it ranks first place as the longest
running single-dad sitcom.

http://www.angelfire.com/trek/proutsy/

--Bobbie7-ga