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Family Affair

  • 2002 – 2003
  • Canceled
  • Comedy · Family
  • ~23m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 9.3/10

A handsome and wealthy businessman, Bill Davis has a high-powered career, a stunning penthouse on Central Park East, a succession of beautiful women and a dignified old-school British butler, Mr. French, to make sure his life runs according to plan. Bill's life of blissful bachelorhood was years in the making, but it is destroyed in a single day with the arrival of two 6-year-old twins and their 14-year-old sister.

Latest: Season 1 · 2002

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  1. E1. Pilot

    Sep 12, 2002 · 23m

    Bill Davis and his proper English butler, Mr. French, enjoy a carefree life in a posh Manhattan bachelor pad until Bill becomes the reluctant guardian of his brother's orphaned children. 6-year-old twins Buffy and Jody arrive at the apartment – and waste no time getting into trouble. To the dismay of shell-shocked Uncle Bill and French, teenager Sissy soon follows.

  2. E2. French Lessons

    Sep 19, 2002 · 23m

    Uncle Bill decides that Buffy and Jody should be home-schooled by Mr. French when they don't quite fit in at the elite private school where he's enrolled them. Meanwhile, Sissy is surprised when the savvy and intimidating girl from her performing arts high school is also her neighbor in the apartment building.

  3. E3. Mrs. Beasley Disappears

    Sep 26, 2002 · 23m

    When French accidentally knocks Buffy's beloved doll Mrs. Beasley off the terrace balcony, he goes to great lengths to find her or a replacement before Buffy discovers her loss. Meanwhile, Uncle Bill shows his warmth by offering Buffy his own childhood teddy bear.

  4. E4. Skivvies

    Oct 3, 2002 · 23m

    Uncle Bill agrees to let Sissy attend her friend Sutton's party until Mr. French discovers to his horror that it's an underwear-only get-together. Meanwhile, Jody and Buffy welcome the arrival of a new bunk bed complete with bells and whistles.

  5. E5. Ballroom Blitz

    Oct 10, 2002 · 23m

    Uncle Bill enrolls Sissy in his social club's manners and etiquette program for young ladies, but when she rebels against the boring class, Mr. French takes over as her etiquette tutor so that Bill won't be disappointed in his niece.

  6. E6. No Small Parts

    Oct 17, 2002 · 23m

    When Sissy lands the lead role in her school's play, she's disappointed to learn that her uncle's persuasion may have had something to do with it. Mr. French intercedes when Sissy declares that she's dropping out of the performance.

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