What TV's most popular dads earn

Today's TV dads average salaries of $195,000 after adjusting for inflation, according to Salary.com. By contrast, the favorite TV fathers of the 1950s made an average of about $75,000 a year in today's dollars.

A few salaries are bound to raise eyebrows, too. According to Salary.com, Sandy Cohen of "The OC" would only pull down $113,780 as a lawyer in one of the priciest areas of the country. By contrast, Andy Taylor of "The Andy Griffith Show" would make $84,019 in the quaint southern town of Mayberry, North Carolina.

Then there's everyone's favorite tall, square-jawed, neck-bolt-sporting father, Herman Munster. He's a gravedigger, but Salary.com gave him a promotion, listing him as an undertaker making just over $47,000.



[CNN / Money]