For Father’s Day, we’re honoring the TV patriarchs we always wished to call “Dad” ourselves. Remember Uncle Phil of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” Tony Micelli of “Who’s the Boss?” and Dan Conner of 'Roseanne?” They weren’t just hilarious and entertaining archetypes — their diverse socioeconomic statuses, gender beliefs and family structures taught us that no household looks the same.
The supportive dad Johnny Rose, the wealthy CEO of a video store chain in “Schitt’s Creek” didn’t pay much attention to his flamboyant wife Moira and their bratty children Alexis and David before they went broke. When the family loses their mansion in a business scam, they flee to a remote town called Schitt’s Creek, which Johnny once bought as a joke for David .