The Bad Life of Daniel

The Bad Life of Daniel is a American adult animated sitcom created by Sidney Sheldon and Ted Key for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on an 14 year old teenage boy named Daniel Wyatt. All of the show's episodes currently premiere first on Fox although the 5 specials prior to the series that aired in 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 as well as Season 1 of the series aired on CBS before being moved to Fox after the station was founded in 1987. The show first originated with a TV Special aired in 1975 titled "The Wyatt Family" which was later retooled into the various ”Daniel Wyatt and his Family” specials from 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985.

The series was conceived by Sidney Sheldon after doing I Dream of Jeannie. Sheldon centered the show on a 14 year old teen boy named Daniel Wyatt. It had Jeff Wyatt, his wife Susan Wyatt, the main character Daniel Wyatt, his twin sisters Jenny and Menny Wyatt, his younger baby brother, Stuart Wyatt, and his other brother, Joey Wyatt. The show is mostly rated TV-PG or TV-14 although some episodes on Adult Swim and TBS (both when it aired uncut only), it's rated TV-MA. A spin-off series, The Paul Show, featuring Paul, aired from September 27, 1999 to May 19, 2013. The Bad Life of Daniel is a joint production by Diet Cola Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Bad Life of Daniel the second Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time. Since 2013, the show is animated in flash animation instead of traditional animation.