Believable Television Couples

Ward and June.

Richard and Hyacinth. They would have been even more believable in a crossover episode with Agatha Christie's Marple in which Mrs Bouquet is found with her head smashed in and Jane Marple is unable to pin the crime on anyone specific because so many people hated Hyacinth and would have gladly murdered the annoying 🐮.

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson

When I was growing up, you had Lucy and Desi; Harriet and Ozzie. I was crushed when my Mom told me that the other shows, such as Ward and June were not married. I literally could not get that in my head.

Oliver and Lisa

Dan and Roseanne. Before every network went with a slob fat husband and a no nonsense cute wife they would never get in real life without money.

Allison and Joe DuBois, Medium

Maggie and Jason Seaver from Growing Pains. They deny it, but please, they were fucking while filming.

Chandler and Joey

Tony Soprano and Carmela Soprano.

Coach Taylor and Tami from Friday Night Lights

Sam and Diane.

J.R. and Sue Ellen.

Larry and Balki.

Anna Devane and Duke Lavery on General Hospital. They were hot!

Weirdly, Ian and Mickey on Shamless, though I think much of that had to do with the actor’s natural chemistry then anything supplied in the writing.

Don and Betty Draper

Frasier and Lilith

Ex-hippies Steven & Elyse Keaton, of "Family Ties". Michael Gross & DL fave Meredith Baxter were excellent in those well-written roles.

[quote] that had to do with the actor’s natural chemistry then anything supplied in the writing.

Oh, dear!

Weezy and George Jefferson.

Drake & Josh

Charles and Caroline Ingalls

Melissa and Lance on Falcon Crest; their love-hate relationship probably resulted in intense, lengthy sexual encounters.

Gilligan & the Skipper.

Karen and Mack on Knots Landing

Ken Barlow and Wendy Crozier.

Ken should have made Wendy the 4th Mrs Barlow. He needed a woman who was his intellectual equal.

Michael and Hope Steadman on Thirtysomething …… Jim and Pam Halpert on The Office

Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings on The Americans

Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.

Bert & Ernie.

R25 Michael was way too hot for homely Hope.

Colonel Wilhelm Klink and Sergeant Hans Schulz

Another vote for Dan and Roseanne.

"As Time Goes By" was a fucking twee and awful show but Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer had great chemistry and made a very believable couple.

Of course Charles and Carolyn (R20), good choice. I'll add Mac and Rachel Cory.

Mike and Gloria.

Ned & Maude Flanders

Darrin and Samantha Stevens--with both Darrins!

When Dick York played Darrin, they seemed like newlyweds where Darrin was wildly in love with Samantha (which was true in real life--Dick York had a mad crush on Elizabeth Montgomery). When Dick Sargent took over the role, Darrin and Samantha seemed like happily settled partners who really deepy cared for one another (because in real life Dick Sargent and Elizabeth Montgomery were best friends).

(To this day, I think Dick Sargent was the luckiest gay man ever because he got to be best friends with Montgomery, who was beautiful, talented, funny, liberal, and kind.)

*"deeply," not "deepy"

Bonnie and Adam on 'Mom'

Dan and Morothy, of course.

Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson

Sheila and Joel Hammond on Santa Clarita Diet

Dorothy Zbornak and Stan Zbornak.

Ray and Debra Barrone

Kate & Allie

Cagney & Lacey

Grace & Frankie

Johnny and Moira Rose

Marge and Homer Simpson

Bree and Rex on 'Desperate Housewives'

Marie and Frank on 'Everybody Loves Raymond'

Jeff and Susie on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

George and Lucille on 'Arrested Development'

Frank and Artemis on 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'

Phyllis and Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration on 'The Office'

Old Christine and Richard on 'The New Adventures of Old Christine'

Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke

Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton & Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner

R39 ahem

R6 and Kevin whoever and Leah Remini were the epitome of that, right? That guy was a bit fat but handsome as can be.

Kevin James..

David Muir and Michael Strahan.

The fat fuck Jim Belushi and the pretty blonde who played his wife in the awful "According to Jim" show were definitely in the category of unbelievable spouses: ugly, fat slob of a (not rich or powerful) husband paired with a younger, very attractive wife.

Pembleton and Bayliss (Homicide: Life on the Street)

Lou Grant and Charlie Hume.

Eliott and Lucas on SKAM France.

Rob & Laura Petrie of New Rochelle, NY.

The Skipper and Gilligan. They were totally adorable together!

R24 how about Ken and Martha (who lived on a barge).

Then: Pam and Bobby Ewing

Now: Marty and Wendy Byrde

Prince Wilhelm and Simon, Young Royals

Al and Peggy Bundy.

Blair and Jo

Paul and Jamie Buchman

R57 The Skipper and Gilligan were from a bygone era. When a husband could rape his wife without any consequences.

Paula and Scott - Crazy ex-girlfriend

Ann Marie and Donald Hollinger..

Florida and James Evans on Good Times

Olivia and John Walton. They were a sort of a couple in real life, but didn't pursue it further...thought it might ruin their dynamics for the show. Supposedly, they really were in love.

ruin *the dynamics.... ^^

[quote]Weezy and George Jefferson.

Oh please!!! Isabel was old enough to be Sherman's mother.

[quote]Kevin whoever and Leah Remini were the epitome of that, right? That guy was a bit fat but handsome as can be.

Ah no. He wasn't a bit fat, he was morbidly obese and he wasn't even cute much less handsome.

Bud Bundy and his hand

EJ and Will

[quote]Darrin and Samantha Stevens

My mother liked Bewitched but always maintained that the marriage never would've lasted in real life. She said there's no way in hell Darrin (or any other man for that matter) would have stayed and gone through that kind of hell with his wife's family.

Kevin and Scotty on Brothers & Sisters

[quote]My mother liked Bewitched but always maintained that the marriage never would've lasted in real life. She said there's no way in hell Darrin (or any other man for that matter) would have stayed and gone through that kind of hell with his wife's family.

This is why Darrin # 2 was inferior. Darrin # 1 appeared to be so in love with Samantha, he'd endure Endora, et al. Darrin # 2 would have taken off and moved to San Francisco.

Maddie and David - Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis of Moonlighting. Don't any of you remember it?

Fred and Wilma

Mary and Joseph

EJ and William

[quote] Kevin whoever and Leah Remini were the epitome of that, right? That guy was a bit fat but handsome as can be.

Indeed. He was at least fit-fat and handsome.

That Jim Belushi thing on the other hand....ew, he's a total fuggo.

The Kevin James character. Possible that when the couple met, he was not fat. The got married, he gained weight after marriage. High school athlete type of deal. Looks great in high school but then puts on too much weight later.

Jim Belushi, not attractive.

All the couples on Seinfeld (except Elaine and Puddy & Mr./Mrs. Costanza): not believable.

Kevin James was hot in Hitch, I'll give him that.

[quote] The Kevin James character. Possible that when the couple met, he was not fat. The got married, he gained weight after marriage. High school athlete type of deal. Looks great in high school but then puts on too much weight later.

That’s exactly what happened to Kevin James in real life. He was quite the hottie in high school.

Red & Kitty Forman of Point Place, WI

Lucy and Ethel

Brian Keith and Sebastion Cabot

Will and Jack

Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain.

Alexis Bledel and Milo Ventimiglia.

....cause they were fucking off-camera.

John and Olivia Walton.

Carol and Mike Brady.

Marcia and Greg Williams...er, I mean Brady.

Wayland Flowers and Madame.

Ralph & Alice Kramden

George and Gracie on TV. In real life he cheated on her relentlessly.

Alice and Sam 'the butcher'

He really knew how to arrange Alice’s meat.

R94 Cindy to Carol: Are we having beef curtains for dinner?

Carol: What?

Cindy: Sam said Alice had the best beef curtains in town.

Carol: Mike, come here, please.

R95 You got it!

Mr. Brady handled more meat than Sam ever did!