There was a bunch of them in the 70's. One Day at A Time was about a single Mom and two daughters. The the ugly one who wasn't Valerie Bertinelli ended up as a crackhead whore in real life. Different Strokes predated rich white people in Hollywood adopting poor black kids, albeit they were American not foreign born as is en vogue now. Mr Drummond beat Madonna and The Slut Formerly Known As Mrs. Pitt by at least twenty years.
Then in '92 there was Murphy Brown in the showing a post 40 year old career woman having a baby with no Father present. It was so scandalous that VP Dan Quayle commented on it. He was made the butt of many a late-night talk show hosts' jokes, but he was right.
I quote:
“Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong,” the vice president said. “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
Then in '92 there was Murphy Brown in the showing a post 40 year old career woman having a baby with no Father present. It was so scandalous that VP Dan Quayle commented on it. He was made the butt of many a late-night talk show hosts' jokes, but he was right.
I quote:
“Bearing babies irresponsibly is simply wrong,” the vice president said. “Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesn’t help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes today’s intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”