My Three Sons - Season 6 - Eps 3: Brother Ernie
Ernie's adoption into the all-male Douglas household is threatened by a regulation that there must be a lady of the house. Steve again makes a request to adopt the child, but Misses Coulter and Miller of the adoption agency, say they are powerless to change the regulations. Miss Miller has a brilliant idea, however, and soon the family is appearing before a judge who decides that housekeeper Uncle Charley can legally be designated the 'lady of the house'. Charley approves if this fact is kept secret and Ernie is enthusiastically welcomed into the family.
About My Three Sons

Title: My Three Sons
First Air Date: 1960-09-29
Last Air Date: 1972-04-13
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 33 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 12
Total Episodes: 380
Network: CBS
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: MCA Television, Don Fedderson Productions, Gregg-Don Inc.
Synopsis
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.
Cast

Fred MacMurray
Steve Douglas

Don Grady
Robbie Douglas

Barry Livingston
Ernie Thompson

Stanley Livingston
Chip Douglas

William Demarest
Charley O'Casey

Beverly Garland
Barbara

Tina Cole
Katie

Dawn Lyn
Dodie Harper Douglas