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After LifeAfter Life
Netflix, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.4/5

After Life centers on Tony, who had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on. He thinks it's like a Super Power - not caring about himself or anyone else - but it turns out to be tricky when everyone is trying to save the nice guy they used to know.


WalkerWalker
The CW, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Crime, Western | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.4/5

Walker centers on Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, who returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home. He attempts to reconnect with his children, navigate clashes with his conservative family, and find unexpected common ground with his new partner (one of the first women in Texas Rangers' history), while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances surrounding his wife's death.


Wolf Like MeWolf Like Me
Peacock, 2022 Running | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.2/5

Everyone brings their own set of baggage to a new relationship. Gary and Mary are no different. Gary is an emotional wreck and struggles to provide for his daughter since the death of his wife. Mary has a secret she can't bring herself to share with anyone. The universe brought these two together for a reason, they just need to keep following the signs.


Fuller HouseFuller House
Netflix, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.7/5

This is a revival of the 1987-1995 comedy series Full House, follows D.J. Tanner-Fuller who is pregnant and a recent widower who is now a veterinarian and her two young children, her younger sister Stephanie Tanner, now an aspiring singer and her best friend Kimmy Gibbler and her teenage daughter when they all move in together to help DJ with her soon to be born baby.


The UnicornThe Unicorn
CBS, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.3/5

A tight-knit group of best friends and family helps Wade embrace his "new normal" in the wake of the loss of his wife one year ago. As a sometimes ill-equipped but always devoted single parent to his two adolescent daughters, he is taking the major step of dating again. To Wade's amazement, he's a hot commodity with women, and his friends explain that he's the perfect single guy - a "unicorn": employed, attractive, and with a proven track record of commitment. With his daughters and best friends rooting him on and hoping he'll find happiness again, Wade and his healing heart are ready to try life... and love... again.


Northern RescueNorthern Rescue
CBC, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.1/5

Northern Rescue follows widowed Search & Rescue officer John, as he moves his family to a small northern town and navigates new challenges. As the family struggles to adapt to their new surroundings and cope with the loss of their mother, they must also learn to accept help from their new friends.


Full HouseFull House
ABC, 1987 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.7/5

Danny, a widower talk-show host, has three daughters (D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle). Lucky for him, his brother-in-law Jesse, a true Elvis super-freak, and Joey, a struggling comic, help him raise the girls. A sitcom about a really full house (by the last season, nine people and a dog live under the same roof).


KenanKenan
NBC, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family | ► Trailer
Rating: 2.4/5

Kenan centers on a newly widowed dad determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.


The NannyThe Nanny
CBS, 1993 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family, Romance | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.9/5

After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich British widower. As time passes, the two fall for each other.


8 Simple Rules8 Simple Rules
ABC, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.8/5

8 Simple Rules is about a married couple with three children and is set in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The father, is a sportswriter who is prompted by his wife's return to nursing to take a more active role in raising their two teenage daughters, and their son.


800 Words800 Words
Seven, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.8/5

Erik Thomson plays George, a man who used to skate through life but who is now stumbling. When his wife dies suddenly, George makes a rash decision to move his two teenaged kids away from the big smoke of Sydney to the picturesque town of Weld in New Zealand. All he wants to do is make a fresh start but it seems that everyone - his kids, the townspeople, the universe - have other ideas.


The Brady BunchThe Brady Bunch
ABC, 1969 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family
Rating: 4.3/5

In this series, Michael Paul Brady marries Carol Ann Tyler Martin and they combine their families. Mike had three sons from a previous marriage and Carol had three daughters also from a previous marriage. Mike's previous wife had died and the fate of Carol's previous husband was never explained. However, creator Sherwood Schwartz, originally intended Carol to have been divorced, but ABC balked at that idea. So thus we have two parents (Mike and Carol),six kids (Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby & Cindy), one housekeeper (Alice), and the family dog (Tiger), all living under one roof.


EntitledEntitled
Channel 4, 2023 Running | Comedy, Thriller
Rating: 1.7/5

It follows Gabe, an American widower who must get to know his British wife's estranged family in their crumbling gothic mansion in the English countryside as they compete for his affections - and his newly inherited fortune.


The WidowerThe Widower
ITV, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Rating: 3.3/5

Over a thirteen year period Malcolm Webster poisons and murders his first wife and then tries to do the same thing to his second wife before moving on to a new scheme to deceive his new fiancée.


Date My DadDate My Dad
UP, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Drama | ► Trailer
Rating: 2.5/5

Since the loss of his beloved Isabella three years ago, Ricky Parker's only agenda has been to be the best dad he can be. But little does Ricky realize that his girls have an agenda of their own: get dad a girlfriend.


BensonBenson
ABC, 1979 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family, Politics
Rating: 4/5

In this spin-off of Soap, Benson DuBois was sent to be the butler to Governor Gatling, who was the widowed cousin of Jessica Tate. Living in the home besides Gatling was his daughter Katie, his German housekeeper Gretchen, and his secretary Marcy


A Gentleman and a Young LadyA Gentleman and a Young Lady
KBS2, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Rating: 4.3/5

Lee Young Guk is a widower with three children. He still hasn't gotten over the death of his wife. He decides to hire Park Dan Dan as a live-in tutor for his kids and he becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Park Dan Dan has bright and positive personality despite her harsh situation.


Single FatherSingle Father
BBC One, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Family, Lifestyle
Rating: 1/5

Dave's wife has just died, leaving him to bring up their four children alone. Follow as the drama unfolds, as the single father battles his feelings as he tries to keep his family afloat.


Devil's PlaygroundDevil's Playground
Showcase, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Drama
Rating: 1/5

The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi's classic film, The Devil's Playground. Tom Allen, now in his 40s and recently widowed, is a respected Sydney psychiatrist and father of two children. A practising Catholic, Tom accepts an offer by the Bishop of Sydney to become a counsellor of priests. During these sessions, he will uncover a scandal and become embroiled in the Church's attempts to cover it up. Tom's quest for justice will push him to his limits, and reveal a side of Church power and official corruption he could never have imagined.


Eight is EnoughEight is Enough
ABC, 1977 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Family
Rating: 3.5/5

The trials and tribulations of the Bradford brood, which consists of eight very independent children.


Nanny and the ProfessorNanny and the Professor
ABC, 1970 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A charming British nanny provides welcome relief to a widower professor, when it comes to handling his three out-of-control children.


My Three SonsMy Three Sons
CBS, 1960 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family
Rating: 2/5

Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.


Gimme a Break!Gimme a Break!
NBC, 1981 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy
Rating: 2.5/5

Nell Harper, a black housekeeper, agrees to move into the Glenlawn, Cal. home of her late friend Margret Kanisky after she passes away to keep house for her husband, chief of police Carl Kanisky, and their 3 daughters, Katie, Julie and Samantha.


Mayberry R.F.D.Mayberry R.F.D.
CBS, 1968 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Family

A hit spin-off from "The Andy Griffith Show" about a gentleman farmer and widower who's elected to the Mayberry Town Council. Some of "Griffith's" most endearing characters-Goober and Aunt Bee among them-moved over to this series, and that helped ensure its popularity, at least for a short time, as a gentle depiction of small-town life. In three years, however, despite still-strong ratings, CBS pulled the plug in a cutback of rural-oriented programming.


After ForeverAfter Forever
Prime Video, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance

Brian and Jason had it all. Their love and their marriage were both supposed to last forever. But when Jason unexpectedly dies, "forever" is cut short, and Brian must learn to negotiate not only his grief, but the world as a, now, single gay man in his early 50's.


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