SeriesTV-GGothic Comedy Horror Classic Monsters

The Addams Family1964

Name: The Addams Family
Genre: Gothic, Comedy Horror, Classic Monsters, Supernatural
Released: 1964-09-18
Rating: 8

“When we’re together, every night is Halloween.”

Created by Charles Addams

8.0

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 8.0TMDB 8.0

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Year

1964

Seasons

Network

ABC

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 2 wins & 4 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Long before goth was a subculture, the Addams Family made it a lifestyle — and a punchline. This beloved 1960s sitcom follows a fabulously wealthy, delightfully morbid clan who treat death, danger, and darkness as everyday domestic pleasures. The joke is always on polite society: where outsiders see a house of horrors, the Addamses see home sweet home. Sharp, warm, and endlessly quotable, it remains one of television's most subversive comedies.

Content: Mild Macabre Humor, Comedic Depictions Of Dangerous Situations

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E8 · Green-Eyed Gomez

7.8

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E8 · Green-Eyed Gomez

7.8

★ 7.1 avg· 14h 10m total· Sep 1964 → May 1965

S1.E1 · The Addams Family Goes to SchoolPremiere
7.4
Sep 18, 1964 · 25 min · Dir: Arthur Hiller
Sam Hilliard, a truant officer, shows up at the Addams family home, due to the fact that Pugsley and Wednesday are not attending school. Soon he discovers he's dealing with no typical everyday family.
S1.E2 · Morticia and the Psychiatrist
7.6
Sep 25, 1964 · 25 min · Dir: Jean Yarbrough
Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the boy scouts, begins playing baseball and gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist.
S1.E3 · Fester's Punctured Romance
7.3
Oct 2, 1964 · 25 min · Dir: Sidney Lanfield
Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the family mistake a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.
S1.E4 · Gomez, the Politician
7.3
Oct 9, 1964 · 25 min · Dir: Jerry Hopper
Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support.
S1.E5 · The Addams Family Tree
7.5
Oct 16, 1964 · 25 min · Dir: Jerry Hopper
Pugsley and Wednesday get into a fight over families with their friend Harold, who says that his family is better than theirs.