Home / Shows / The Addams Family

The Addams Family

Weeknights at 6PM

eastern (on most MeTV stations)
Morticia and Gomez Addams head a "creepy and kooky" family whose members include not-quite-right son Pugsley, morose daughter Wednesday, Uncle Fester, the giant doorman Lurch, Cousin Itt, and a disembodied hand named Thing. The iconic sitcom, adapted from a series of New Yorker cartoons by Charles Addams, premiered in 1964, lasting for two seasons. The franchise has since spawned multiple reboots since, not to mention a beloved pinball game.

Next Airings

  • 5/19 6:00PMLURCH LEARNS TO DANCE
    "Gomez and Morticia are concerned when Lurch refuses to go to the annual Butler's Ball. After some probing, they soon learn the reason, Lurch can't dance. After a horrible experience with a dance instructress, Gomez, Morticia and Wednesday try to help him by teaching him how to dance."
  • 5/20 6:00PMART AND THE ADDAMS FAMILY
    "Grandmama takes up painting and when Gomez has an art critic, Bosley Swain, take a look at her work, he suggests that she have a teacher. Grandmama contacts Picasso, that is oddball, Sam Picasso, who flys in but Swain soon labels him a crook. The Addams family soon tries to prove Swain wrong and forces Picasso to paint a masterpiece."
  • 5/21 6:00PMTHE ADDAMS FAMILY MEETS A BEATNIK
    "A beatnik named "Rocky" Cartwright crashes his motorcycle in the front yard of the Addams' home and they take him in to recuperate. Soon they find themselves charmed by the young man who seems to be hiding from his rich tycoon of a father who doesn't accept him."
*available in most MeTV markets

Stories

Creator Charles Addams' real home embodied the creepy Addams Family aesthetic
What delightfully dismal things are these Addams family members doing?
The secret to what makes Wednesday Addams TV's most screamingly funny kid
View More 
Creator Charles Addams' real home embodied the creepy Addams Family aesthetic
What delightfully dismal things are these Addams family members doing?
The secret to what makes Wednesday Addams TV's most screamingly funny kid
Are these guest stars visiting the Addams Family or the Beverly Hillbillies?
John Astin was initially afraid he couldn't do justice to Gomez Addams
See the people who nearly played the original Addams Family
7 Addams Family cast members who look totally different in Western roles
Can you fill in the missing lyrics to The Addams Family theme song?
The Addams Family was the first TV role for former college basketball standout Ted Cassidy
Can you find the ONE Addams Family adaptation we made up?
R.I.P. Felix Silla, Cousin Itt of The Addams Family and Twiki on Buck Rogers
The Addams Family is coming to MeTV beginning in May
13 altogether ooky facts about 'The Addams Family'

Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Season 1
  • Season 1
  • Season 2

Ep 1: The Addams Family Goes to School

Ep 2: Morticia and the Psychiatrist

Gomez and Morticia are shocked when Pugsley joins the Boy Scouts, begins playing baseball and even gets a puppy. Fearing something is wrong, they turn to a psychiatrist, who begins to analyze the boy and makes the suggestion to Gomez and Morticia that the

Ep 3: Fester's Punctured Romance

Uncle Fester puts an ad in the personals column and when he doesn't get an immediate response he's heartbroken. Later, the Addams family mistakes a cosmetics saleswoman as a respondent to the ad.

Ep 4: Gomez, the Politician

Sam Hilliard, the ex-truant officer, is running for city council. This puts Gomez in the campaign mood, and he decides to offer financial support. However, Hilliard soon finds that winning the election with the Addams family on his side may be quite a cha

Ep 5: The Addams Family Tree

Ep 6: Morticia Joins the Ladies League

Gomez and Pugsley visit an old friend of the family, who owns a circus. There, Pugsley befriends Gorgo the Gorilla who later escapes and follows Pugsley home. Meanwhile, Morticia has hopes of joining the Ladies League.

Ep 7: Halloween with the Addams Family

The Addams family has prepared for an evening of fright, for it is their favorite holiday, Halloween. As Gomez carves the jack-o-lantern and Grandmama takes Pugsley and Wednesday out for a night of trick-or-treating, two bank robbers, on the run from the

Ep 8: Green-Eyed Gomez

Ep 9: The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family

Ep 10: Wednesday Leaves Home

When Wednesday is caught playing with Uncle Fester's dynamite caps, Gomez and Morticia punish her by forbidding her to play with her pet spider Homer. This leads the angry young lady to run away from home, or at least make it look like she has run away.

Ep 11: The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.'s

Ep 12: Morticia, the Matchmaker

Cousin Melancholia stops by the Addams residence seeking a place to stay to get herself back together after her fiancee leaves her to join the Foreign Legion. To help cheer her up, Morticia plays matchmaker and decides to try fixing her up with an eligabl

Ep 13: Lurch Learns to Dance

Gomez and Morticia are concerned when Lurch refuses to go to the annual Butler's Ball. After some probing, they soon learn the reason, Lurch can't dance. After a horrible experience with a dance instructress, Gomez, Morticia and Wednesday try to help him

Ep 14: Art and the Addams Family

Grandmama takes up painting and when Gomez has an art critic, Bosley Swain, take a look at her work, he suggests that she have a teacher. Grandmama contacts Picasso, that is oddball, Sam Picasso, who flys in but Swain soon labels him a crook. The Addams f

Ep 15: The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik

Ep 16: The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man

Ep 17: Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family

When Lurch's mother sends him a letter stating that she's coming for a visit, Lurch confesses to Gomez and Morticia that she doesn't know that he's just the servant. In an effort to save his pride, Mortica comes up with a plan, where she would pose as the

Ep 18: Uncle Fester's Illness

Gomez and Morticia and the rest of the family are all excited about an upcoming weekend outing. However, everyone is let down when Uncle Fester apparently has come down with a mysterious ailment. The family soon takes measures to try to cure Uncle Fester

Ep 19: The Addams Family Splurges

Ep 20: Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family

Ep 21: The Addams Family in Court

Ep 22: Amnesia in the Addams Family

Gomez begins a new exercise routine, juggling indian clubs. However, when he hits himself in the head with the clubs, he comes down with a bad case of amnesia. His amnesia turns him into a "normal" person and begins thinking that the family is trying to k

Ep 23: Thing is Missing

After a falling out with Uncle Fester, Thing suddenly disappears. Morticia becomes concerned and begins to belive that Thing may have met with foul play. Later, a ransom note shows up at the Addams front door and Gomez hires a private detective, Sam Diamo

Ep 24: Crisis in the Addams Family

While playing in the play room, Uncle Fester breaks the water mains, for the fourth time in a row. Later, he feels bad when he discovers that the Addams insurance policy has been canceled due to his antics. This leads to him going out and getting a job to

Ep 25: Lurch and His Harpsichord

Ep 26: Morticia, the Breadwinner

The bottom has fallen out of the stock market and the newspapers indicate thousands of people have gone broke. Morticia overhears Gomez on the phone with his broker and jumps to the conclusion that the family has lost all of their money. This leads her to

Ep 27: The Addams Family and the Spacemen

Ep 28: My Son, the Chimp

An organ grinder's chimp wanders into Addams home and quickly becomes Pugsley's friend. Meanwhile, Uncle Fester has been busy conjuring spirits in the playroom. During one of his spells, Uncle Fester causes an explosion which knocks Pugsley through a wall

Ep 29: Morticia's Favorite Charity

The local charity bazaar has the Addams family getting in the spirit of giving. Mr. Henson, the Addams' ex-insurance man is putting the bazaar together and is horrified when he discovers they are planning to donate. Meanwhile, Uncle Fester, Pugsley and Th

Ep 30: Progress and the Addams Family

Mr. Henson, the family's ex-insurance man has become the city Commissioner and he has condems the Addams home with hopes of evict them and build a freeway in its place. However, as usual Henson soon realizes getting rid of the Addams family is easier said

Ep 31: Uncle Fester's Toupee

Uncle Fester is not looking forward to the fact that his pen pal from Paris, Illinois is coming for a visit. It seems that he told her that he stretched the truth and described himself as a a "Cary Grant" type. This leads Gomez and Morticia to try to cure

Ep 32: Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor

Cousin Itt has been down in the dumps lately and Gomez and Morticia feel that he should begin looking for a career to occupy his time. After a failed attempt at marriage counseling, Gomez and Morticia bring in a vocational counselor to assist with finding

Ep 33: Lurch, the Teenage Idol

Lurch's singing while playing his harpsichord gets Gomez and Morticia's attention who believe he could be a pop sensation, so they call a record promoter. Lurch soon becomes a teen idol when his record hits the airwaves and the Addams home is soon invaded

Ep 34: The Winning of Morticia Addams

Ep 24: Ophelia Visits Morticia

Following yet another broken relationship with a man, Morticia's sister Ophelia comes for a visit. It seems her latest boyfriend left her for the Peace Corps and Uncle Fester agrees to join the Peace Corps in order to find him. However, when Fester is rej

Ep 1: My Fair Cousin Itt

Gomez has written a play that is to be presented for Wednesday's birthday. Morticia has been cast as the female lead while Cousin Itt has been cast in the male lead role. Soon, a director is hired, and Cousin Itt is coached on how to speak slower for his

Ep 2: Morticia's Romance (1)

Ep 3: Morticia's Romance (2)

Ep 4: Morticia Meets Royalty

The Addams family gets a visit from an aunt who is now a princess, Princess Millicent von Schlepp. The entire family soon gets fed up with her snobbish ways and her insistance on running the mansion as a castle, with the entire family required to wear cos

Ep 5: Gomez, the People's Choice

Feeling that their property is worth millions, Gomez and Morticia are insulted by the latest property tax bill that comes in the mail of $8.40. This leads them to contact their local politician, Mayor Henson who misunderstands and offers him a rebate, con

Ep 6: Cousin Itt's Problem

Cousin Itt comes home for a visit and the family surprises him with a pet, a shaggy dog. Later, at a homecoming party, the family discovers Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll also lose his great good looks. This leads Fester

Ep 7: Halloween - Addams Style

Ep 8: Morticia, the Writer

Morticia is disgusted when she learns of the books that Wednesday and Pugsley have been forced to read at school vilify goblins, giants and witches. Feeling that she could do an even better job, Morticia begins a career at writing children's stories. She

Ep 9: Morticia, the Sculptress

Morticia has been bored and decides she would like to acquire a hobby to cheer her up and decides to take up sculpting. Later, Gomez hides an art critic, Bosley Swain's bad critique of her work from Morticia and hires Sam Picasso to come in and buy her wo

Ep 10: Gomez, the Reluctant Lover

Ep 11: Fued in the Addams Family

Ep 12: Gomez, the Cat Burglar

After a large meal, Gomez gets a sleepy spell, which leads to a case of sleepwalking. Meanwhile, a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood has the family on the lookout for a cat burglar whom they soon realize is Gomez. It seems that while sleepwalking, Go

Ep 13: Portrait of Gomez

Gomez is convinced that he has been named man of the year for a magazine but dislikes the photos that he has seen on the cover. Morticia picks out a photo that would be perfect, but when Cleopatra eats it up, Gomez tries to track down an old photographer

Ep 14: Morticia's Dilemma

Old friends of the family are coming for a visit from Spain. Don Xavier Molinas is coming with his daughter, Consuela, whose hand in marriage had been promised to Gomez years ago. A communication gap leads Morticia to believe that Gomez has been building

Ep 15: Christmas with the Addams Family

Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. However, when Uncle Fester gets stuck in the chimney, the rest of the family put their own plans in motion and Gomez, Lurch, Cousin

Ep 16: Uncle Fester, Tycoon

Uncle Fester is overcome with emotion when he gets a letter from one his pen pals, Diana, a bearded lady whom he asks to marry him. Fester soon becomes concerned about how he will support his soon to be wife and decides to enroll in a correspondence cours

Ep 17: Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama

Ep 18: Fester Goes on a Diet

Gomez and Morticia disapprove of Pugsley's want to lose weight and discourage him. Meanwhile, Uncle Fester receives a letter from a pen pal who is coming for a visit, under the impression that Fester resembles Cary Grant. This leads Fester to begin a cras

Ep 19: The Great Treasure Hunt

Ep 20: Ophelia Finds Romance

Ophelia, Morticia's sister comes for a visit with her latest romance, Horatio Bartholomew, whom Gomez and Morticia are convinced is a fraud. Not wanting Ophelia to get hurt, Gomez and Morticia set out to expose that he is a penniless cad. Meanwhile, Cousi

Ep 21: Pugsley's Allowance

Pugsley shocks his parents when he announces that he would like to get a job and earn some money. After some failed attempts at getting jobs in a hospital, a bank and with a bookie, Mr. Henson hires Pugsley to do some chores around the house. However, Mr.

Ep 22: Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump

Gomez is annoyed when he is not asked to give for a charity and decides to build an old folks home. Meanwhile, Morticia's mother, Grandma Frump comes for a visit for her birthday. The family is giving her a trip to a beauty farm as a gift but she mistaken

Ep 23: Morticia, the Decorator

Morticia learns that Uncle Fester has taken the National Beautification Program to heart and decides to herself and redecorates the house. She soon decides she wants to become a decorator and starts with the new neighbors, the Digbys. However, the Digbys

Ep 25: Addams Cum Laude

The school principal threatens to expel Pugsley and Wednesday after they are caught playing with dynamite caps. Enraged, Gomez and Morticia decide to pull them out of public school and enroll them in a private school, Mockridge Hall, which just happens to

Ep 26: Cat Addams

When Kitty Cat comes down with a loss of appetite, Gomez and Morticia at first think he's just lonely. Cousin Itt suggests that he may have a cold, which leads the family to seek help from a veterinarian but after the vet takes one look at Kitty Cat he lo

Ep 27: Lurch's Little Helper

Morticia is afraid that Lurch is being overworked and Gomez comes up with an idea to ease Lurch's workload. Gomez builds Lurch an assistant, a robot named Smiley. Lurch quickly trains Smiley, however, having Smiley around goes to Lurch's head and he quick

Ep 28: The Addams Policy

Ep 29: Lurch's Grand Romance

Morticia's old school chum Tiny Trivia arrives for a visit. She's into show-biz and very theatrical. Lurch falls for her, but she has no time for him. Wednesday tries to teach Lurch modern dance to help him snare Trivia, but that's a failure. Fester offer

Ep 30: Ophelia's Career

Ophelia arrives in tears as usual, as she's been jilted again. Morticia thinks she should take up a career to distract her from her bad track record with men. Chemistry is a failure, so Cousin Itt offers to teach her singing. This doesn't work too well, a