For generations of viewers, Family Affair has lived on as something comforting; it was a classic TV series defined by warmth, simplicity and the idea of family holding together no matter what. The CBS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was something disarmingly cozy about Family Affair, the classic TV sitcom that ran from 1966 to 1971 on CBS. Each week, ...

For five seasons from 1966 to 1971, Family Affair invited viewers into the elegant New York apartment of bachelor engineer Bill Davis, his proper English valet Mr. French and the three children whose ...

Child star Anissa Jones appeared destined for a bright future when she launched her acting career at just six years old in a commercial. This led to a starring role in a long-running sitcom and even a ...

Whitaker was cast as Jody, twin brother of Buffy (played by Anissa Jones), when he was just 6. By the second season, Whitaker and Jones were working seven days a week between filming he show and doing ...

There’s always been a fine line in classic television between heartfelt and overly sweet—and some shows leaned so heavily into sentiment that they risked pushing audiences away as much as pulling them ...

Childhood in spotlight: Whitaker described working seven-day weeks as a young 'Family Affair' star, unaware of how unusual his schedule was. Loss and turning point: The deaths of co-stars Anissa Jones ...

Kathy Garver looks back on growing up on Family Affair, where the show’s warmth hid a tough reality. She says the CBS sitcom ...