
Scripted series · ABC
The Addams Family
When we’re together, every night is Halloween.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Addams Family actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Addams Family reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 64 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
197716 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
196434 episodes
7.1IMDbSeason 1 consists of 34 episodes and established the iconic characters and the show's subversive humor: that the "monstrous" Addams family was actually the most loving, stable, and well-adjusted family on television compared to their "normal" neighbors.
Best episode · S01E08 Green-Eyed Gomez

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
196530 episodes
7.3IMDbSeason 2 of The Addams Family (1965–1966) continued the sitcom's run of 30 episodes, leaning further into the absurd and cementing the show’s legacy as a cult classic. While 1960s television was rarely serialized, Season 2 expanded the lore of the Addams world and introduced more of their extended, "unusual" family members.
Best episode · S02E03 Morticia's Romance (2)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E08
Green-Eyed Gomez
Gomez throws a fit of jealousy when Morticia's former boyfriend visits.
- Directed by Jerry Hopper
- Written by Keith Fowler, Phil Leslie

S02E03
Morticia's Romance (2)
Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.
- Directed by Sidney Lanfield
- Written by Harry Winkler, Hannibal Coons

S02E13
Portrait of Gomez
Morticia's pet plant Cleopatra gobbles up her favourite photo of Gomez from the family album. When the original photographer is found and asked to make a duplicate picture, it is discovered that he is now with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Directed by Sidney Salkow
- Written by Bill Lutz, Leo Salkin

S01E07
Halloween with the Addams Family
Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.
- Directed by Sidney Lanfield
- Written by Keith Fowler, Phil Leslie

S02E12
Gomez, the Cat Burglar
Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.
- Directed by Sidney Lanfield
- Written by Phil Leslie

S02E24
Ophelia Visits Morticia
Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?
- Directed by Sidney Lanfield
- Written by Arthur Weingarten
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E09
Musical Discussion with Vic Mizzy
S00E03
Mad About the Addams
S00E04
The Addams Family Portrait
S00E05
You Rang, Mr. Addams?
S00E06
Theme Song Karaoke
S00E07
Cast Interviews
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Charles Addams
Showrunner
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David Levy
Executive producer
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Keith Fowler
Writer
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Bernie Kahn
Writer
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Jerry Gottler
Writer
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Gene Thompson
Writer
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Lorraine Edwards
Writer
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Anthony Wilson
Writer
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Joseph Vogel
Writer
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Bill Lutz
Writer
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Ben Gershman
Writer
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Preston Wood
Writer
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Elroy Schwartz
Writer
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Luther Davis
Writer
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Sloan Nibley
Writer
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Lou Huston
Writer
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Don Quinn
Writer
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Cecil Beard
Writer
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Phil Leslie
Writer
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Bill Freedman
Writer
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Rick Richardson
Writer
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Leo Rifkin
Writer
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Jay Dratler
Writer
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Ed James
Writer
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Harry Winkler
Writer
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John Bradford
Writer
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Charles R. Marion
Writer
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Hannibal Coons
Writer
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Clark Haas
Writer
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Ed Ring
Writer
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George Haight
Writer
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Leo Salkin
Writer
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Arthur Weingarten
Writer
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Jerry Seelen
Writer
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Carol Henning
Writer
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Jameson Brewer
Writer

Lila Garrett
Writer
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Seaman Jacobs
Writer
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Henry Sharp
Writer
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Mitch Persons
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- David LevyExecutive Producer
- Nat PerrinProducer
- Herbert W. BrowarProducer
Writing
- Keith FowlerWriter
- Bernie KahnWriter
- Jerry GottlerWriter
- Gene ThompsonWriter
- Charles AddamsWriter
- Lorraine EdwardsWriter
Direction
- Jean YarbroughDirector
- Jerry HopperDirector
- Nat PerrinDirector
- Arthur LubinDirector
- Sidney LanfieldDirector
- Sidney SalkowDirector
Music
- Vic MizzyOriginal Music Composer
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