The Addams Family (1964)
When we’re together, every night is Halloween.
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 18 September 1964 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 8 April 1966 |
| Genre | Comedy, Family |
| Created by | Charles Addams |
| Starring | Carolyn Jones, John Astin and Jackie Coogan |
| Seasons | 2 seasons, 64 episodes |
| Episode length | about 30 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 32 hours |
| Rated | TV-G |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.0/10 |
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| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Canada | Tubi |
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What kind of watch this is
The Addams Family is a 1964 comedy that inverts the ideal American nuclear family. The Addamses are wealthy, eccentric, and delighted by the grotesque, yet completely unaware that others find them frightening. Their real terror is reserved for normal people. Over 2 seasons and 64 episodes, the family navigates this culture clash from their gloomy mansion. The humor relies on their warm, earnest treatment of visitors who are terrified by them. It is a tight 32 hours of watching a family that views the rest of the world as the strange one.
What the critics said
Ratings were modest, landing in the lower twenties of the season chart. The offbeat tone set it apart from typical sitcoms, though early reactions were mixed. Some praised the graphic flair; others indulged the ghastly domestic farce as a conceit. David Marc later read the subversion of suburban conventions as "a cleverly disguised commentary on postwar conformity masquerading as family comedy." Leading publications later celebrated its influence on genre-bending comedies.
How it did with audiences
The Addams Family never posted a box office figure in the facts provided, so the ledger stays blank. What we have is a TMDB user score of 8 out of 10. That is a solid number. Viewers clearly decided that Morticia’s garden was a better place to live than most suburbs.
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Sources
- The Addams Family on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q266532 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Addams Family (1964 TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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