Too Close to Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran until September 27, 1986 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 on the ABC network from November 11, 1980. It was modeled after the British series Keep It in the Family, that triggered nine months earlier Too Close for Comfort debuted at the U.S. Its name was changed into The Ted Knight Show as soon as the series was retooled for its final season.