TV-14 -- Memorable TV dads
Unforgettable TV fathers
Boston Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert on his favorite TV dads.
If we listed only the “best” TV dads, most of them would probably be from the 1950s. Back then, television was more interested in portraying ideality than reality. Here’s a selection of the most memorable fathers, for good (“The Andy Griffith Show”) and for ill (“The Sopranos”), from the past (“Leave It to Beaver”) and from the present (“Friday Night Lights”).
Pictured clockwise from top left: "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Sopranos," "Friday Night Lights," and "Leave it to Beaver."
If we listed only the “best” TV dads, most of them would probably be from the 1950s. Back then, television was more interested in portraying ideality than reality. Here’s a selection of the most memorable fathers, for good (“The Andy Griffith Show”) and for ill (“The Sopranos”), from the past (“Leave It to Beaver”) and from the present (“Friday Night Lights”).
Pictured clockwise from top left: "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Sopranos," "Friday Night Lights," and "Leave it to Beaver."