The plot around the sitcom "The Wonder Years" (1988-1993) was that of a young boy, Kevin Arnold, growing up amidst the turbulence of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was sort of like Beaver Cleaver on steroids. Kevin was the youngest of three children who lived in suburbia with their parents. They went to school, had traumas, fell in love and survived the changing times. In season four, Kevin's grandfather gave him a brown and white beagle named Buster (episode 15).
2. 2 Broke Girls
Answer: Chestnut
On the comedy "2 Broke Girls" (2011-2017), Chestnut was a horse given to Caroline Channing as a teenager, from her wealthy father before he went to prison for a Ponzi scheme. Chestnut was a brown male horse with a white star who was ten years old. The horse lived in the garden outside Max Black's apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and loved carrots. Chestnut was played by Rocky in seasons one and two, and by Gunner in season three.
3. Empty Nest
Answer: Dreyfuss
"The Golden Girls" was such a success in the 1980s that it led to a spinoff called "Empty Nest" (1988-1995) starring Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston, a widowed pediatrician with two daughters living in Miami, Florida, right next to Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia. Dr. Weston had a very large tan dog named Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss was a mix of St. Bernard and Golden Retriever, whose real owners call him Bear.
4. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Answer: Salem
On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (1996-2003) Melissa Joan Hart played Sabrina Spellman. She lived with her pet cat (familiar) Salem Saberhagen who was an American black shorthair cat, voiced by Nick Bakay. The cynical feline was never without a sarcastic comment for Sabrina and her aunts Hilda and Zelda Spellman, all living in Greendale.
The Spellmans were witches, making their cat's name, Salem, ironic. These characters first appeared in "Archie Comics" in 1962.
5. Hart to Hart
Answer: Freeway
Have you ever heard of a Lowchen or little lion dog? A Lowchen is a small breed of dog which originated in France and Germany. Lowchens are friendly, playful and intelligent, and the perfect breed for wealthy amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.
In "Hart to Hart", the Harts were played by Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers, and their pet canine was called Freeway because that's where he was found. The show aired on TV from 1979 to 1984.
6. Green Acres
Answer: Arnold
Considering that Lisa Douglas gets "allergic smelling hay", you would think that, perhaps, "Green Acres" would be an unsuitable habitat. The sitcom "Green Acres" aired from 1965 to 1971. Hooterville had some strange inhabitants aside from Oliver and Lisa, including Mary Grace Canfield as Ralph Monroe.
But the strangest resident of all had to be Arnold Ziffel. Arnold was a Chester White pig and the 'son' of Fred and Doris Ziffel.
7. Married...with Children
Answer: Lucky
If you followed the comedy "Married...with Children" which ran from 1987 to 1997, you would be familiar with the dysfunctional Bundy family, i.e., shoe salesman Al, his lazy wife Peg, his nerdy son and ditzy daughter. For nine years Buck, a Briard, was the family dog. In 1995, in season ten, they ran "Requiem for a Dead Briard", and Buck was replaced by a Cocker Spaniel named Lucky. Soon after, they all realized that Lucky was actually the reincarnation of Buck.
8. The Roy Rogers Show
Answer: Buttermilk
"Happy Trails to you, until we meet again." That was the theme song at the end of every episode of "The Roy Rogers Show", a western which graced the air from 1951 to 1957. This was early, wholesome, black and white TV where the good guys wore white and the bad guys always lost. Roy and his wife Dale lived at the Double R Ranch with Trigger (a horse), Bullet (a dog) and Nellybelle (a jeep). Buttermilk was a buckskin gelding quarter horse belonging to Dale Evans.
9. Mike and Molly
Answer: Jim
"Mike and Molly" was a sitcom which ran from 2010 to 2016, and focused on the meeting and courtship of two people who met at Overeaters Anonymous. On the show, Mike's mother, Peggy Biggs, had a small, tan terrier-like Brussels Griffon/Chihuahua mix she called Jim. Jim was actually a female dog named Suzie Q who was discovered at a shelter, prior to becoming a star. Jim seemed to be the only character on the show with whom Peggy got along.
10. Baretta
Answer: Fred
"Keep your eye on the sparrow" and on Fred, the cockatoo who belonged to private detective Tony Baretta. "Baretta" was one of those private detective shows that flooded the airways in the 1970s. Robert Blake starred as the maverick undercover New York City cop of the Stephen Cannell show which ran from 1975 to 1978.
It was the typical good cop uses unconventional means to capture bad guys story, with the one unusual element, i.e., Fred, the pet cockatoo.
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