All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 By Way of Introduction

    • September 19, 1971
    • NBC

  • S01E02 Love in a Briefcase

    • September 26, 1971
    • NBC

    When Jim loses his briefcase, a comedy of errors ensues.

  • S01E03 The Price of Plumbing Is Numbing

    • October 3, 1971
    • NBC

    The lack of a second bathroom causes problems for the 3 generations trying to live under one roof.

  • S01E04 Father and Son Game

    • October 10, 1971
    • NBC

    Jim tries to get his fumble-fingered son Teddy into a father-son baseball game.

  • S01E05 Another Day, Another Scholar

    • October 17, 1971
    • NBC

    The campus is rife with rumors about Professor Howard and a sexy coed.

  • S01E06 A Hunch in Time

    • October 24, 1971
    • NBC

    Ecology-minded Jim is concerned about P.J.'s involvement in a developer's grandiose scheme.

  • S01E07 The Identity Crisis

    • October 31, 1971
    • NBC

    Jim and Luther defy their age by going on a spree in San Francisco.

  • S01E08 Guest of Honor

    • November 7, 1971
    • NBC

    A visiting professor from Eastern Europe bedevils the Howards with his lack of knowledge of American customs.

  • S01E09 Pro Bono Publico

    • November 14, 1971
    • NBC

    Jim confronts the local Booster Club over a prime piece of real estate.

  • S01E10 A Bunk for Unc

    • November 21, 1971
    • NBC

    Jim's easy-going lifestyle is disrupted by a visit from his hard-driving uncle.

  • S01E11 A Vote for Howard

    • November 28, 1971
    • NBC

    Jim finds himself caught in the middle when both his wife and his son decide to run for the same seat on the city council.

  • S01E12 Period of Readjustment

    • December 5, 1971
    • NBC

    As Wendy tries to protect her father-in-law from an aggressive saleswoman, we learn how the the different generations of Howards ended up living in the same house.

  • S01E13 Luther's Last Love

    • December 12, 1971
    • NBC

    Luther's strange gum-chewing fiancee is actually part of a scheme to discourage matchmaking.

  • S01E14 Cockadoodle Don't

    • December 26, 1971
    • NBC

    The Howard family struggles to define the rules of peaceful coexistence.

  • S01E15 As the Escrow Flies

    • January 2, 1972
    • NBC

    Will Jim and Martha actually be lonely now that P.J. and Wendy have found their dream house and are planning to move out?

  • S01E16 Eighty-Nine Pounds of Love

    • January 9, 1972
    • NBC

    The Howards need to get rid of Jake's troublesome dog without breaking the boy's heart.

  • S01E17 The Quarterback Ache

    • January 16, 1972
    • NBC

    Everyone on campus joins in the campaign to help the overweight star quarterback of the football team lose 10 pounds.

  • S01E18 Aunt's in My Plans

    • January 23, 1972
    • NBC

    Luther becomes attracted to Martha's visitng Aunt Lydia.

  • S01E19 Paper Work

    • January 30, 1972
    • NBC

    The Howards accidentally add Luther's exam books to papers collected for recycling.

  • S01E20 Song of the Jailbird

    • February 6, 1972
    • NBC

    Jim ends up in jail after a student prank results in his playing the accordion for a stripper at a stag party.

  • S01E21 Price Is Right

    • February 13, 1972
    • NBC

    There is much excitement and anxiety in Easy Valley, as art connoisseur Vincent Price arrives to judge a local art contest, including Martha's portrait of Luther.

  • S01E22 Jim's Decision

    • February 20, 1972
    • NBC

    Jim has to decide whether it is appropriate to keep appearing on TV plugging his anthropology book.

  • S01E23 Old School Ties

    • March 5, 1972
    • NBC

  • S01E24 A Bone of Much Contention

    • March 12, 1972
    • NBC

    A flamboyant developer wants to erect his latest hamburger joint on the site where a rare fossil has been discovered.