* A being from space returns to Earth to find the woman he fell in love with before he left the first time he visited. Instead, he finds her son that he fathered. Together they search for her, hampered by a government agent who want to capture them.
* A poor mountain man finds oil on his property. With his new-found wealth, his relatives convince him to move to southern California. He and his immediate family move, but keep their backwoods charm (and their old wardrobe) dealing with the social elite.
* A small pleasure cruise turns tragic when an unexpected storm maroons the crew and their passengers on a deserted island.
* A divorced woman with two kids moves in with her best friend and her daughter.
* A war-torn world asks for outside help to manage a space station left behind by their former occupiers. The co-mingled staff soon discover a mysterious pathway to the opposite side of the galaxy.
* A young cartoonist arrives to work at a small animation studio just after the owner has died. His trophy bride, now widow, takes over the ownership of the studio much to the consternation of the staff.
* A single mother with 3 girls marries a single father with 3 boys.
* A couple and their 4 children move from LA back to the father's hometown in Iowa.
* Two FBI special agents tackle cases that defy standard investigation.
* Two government agents travel the world undercover as a tennis pro and his trainer.
* A woman is the wife of an entertainer. She desperately wants to be in his shows, but he dismisses her. She and her neighbor are always dreaming up schemes to get in them.
* Four panelists put their heads through a cutout in a board. They did not know what was painted on the board and their job was to guess what it was.
* An immortal man, who has lived hundreds of years, must fight others like himself to become the only immortal. The only way to kill each other is by decapitation, so all immortals train themselves in swordsmanship.
* A man's dead mother reincarnates into his 35-year-old automobile.
* A reporter and his uncle share his bachelor apartment. What he didn't tell his landlady is that his uncle is really from Mars, and his damaged flying saucer is in her garage.
* A sarcastic comedian takes his life experiences and integrates them into his stand-up routine. Among his friends are his former girlfriend, his mooching neighbor, and his friend from junior high school.
* The first half of the show, the police collect evidence and testimony around a crime, usually a murder. In the second half, the district attorneys try the case.
* Students who are talented in the performing arts attend a special high school to perfect their craft.
* A girl and her family face the rigors of settling the frontier of the United States in the 19th Century.
* This science fiction spoof chronicled the adventures of a United Galactic Sanitation Patrol ship.