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Actor Jackie Cooper is 87. Comedian Norm Crosby is 82. Actor-sportscaster Merlin Olsen is 69.

The three-disc set features all 24 episodes of the top-rated iconic comedy in its final season.

Don't confuse Katey Sagal for Peg Bundy - it's a common mistake. While her infamous alter ego was uneducated, Katey is thoughtful and well-spoken; Peg's fashion is time-warped , Katey's is earthy; for every ounce of laziness in Peg's body, Katey has a multitasking one to match.

Are there really eight simple rules to dating someone's daughter? ABC sure thinks so with its new show "8 Simple Rules to Dating My Teenage Daughter." With John Ritter as the dad and Katey Sagal as the mom, "Rules" can look forward to making some waves this season.

As a group, TV fathers tend to be bumbling but always well meaning. Above, Robert Young, Homer Simpson, and Bill Cosby When it comes to television Dads, the outside shell often turns out to be more different than the filling in the center.

Father's Day is Sunday and it got me thinking about television dads. There are dads and there are dads.

There's never a shortage of testosterone on the set of FX motorcycle club drama "Sons of Anarchy," and that's just fine with Katey Sagal.

Was continuing this series after Ritter's death a good idea? If the star of a network television show suddenly passed away, what do you think should happen? The show should end, right? That's what I always thought until John Ritter suffered from an aortic dissection while filming the second season of 8 Simple Rules ... for Dating My Teenage ...

Bridget: Kerry, are those my earrings? Kerry: No. Bridget: Oh my god, first you steal my popularity, then my earrings! Kerry: You forgot your boyfriend.

Now that Season 2 is on DVD, you can determine whether the show was still successful after his replacement.

It's a slow week, not that you can tell from the number of spotlight reviews. Over the past week, I received close to a dozen DVDs that were late.