WGN Radio’s Dave Plier and Watching TV co-author Walter Podrazik celebrate television’s most memorable dads, spanning more than seven decades of TV history. From the wise and dependable fathers of the 1950s like Jim Anderson (Antenna TV’s Father Knows Best) and Ward Cleaver (Leave It to Beaver), to the lovable dads of the 1960s including Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show) and Steve Douglas (My Three Sons), they explore how television fatherhood evolved with the times. The conversation continues through the 1970s and 1980s with iconic TV dads such as Mike Brady (The Brady Bunch), Howard Cunningham (Happy Days), Fred Sanford (Sanford & Son) and more. They also spotlight memorable fathers from the 1990s and beyond, including Carl Winslow (Family Matters), Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Phil Dunphy (Modern Family).

This Father’s Day, Antenna TV is celebrating the dads who worked hard, paid the bills, put a roof over everyone’s head — and never let their kids forget it. On Sunday, June 21, Antenna TV will air Sanford & Son…Father’s Day at the Junkyard, a special marathon of the classic sitcom featuring the unforgettable father-son duo Fred and Lamont Sanford.

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