The Addams Family vs. The Munsters: Who Ya Got?

Two creepy television families.

The Addams Family, a wealthy, morbid fictional family created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938 and introduced to television in 1964.

The Munsters, a sitcom about a working class family of monsters in the classic Universal vein, also airing in 1964.

Two sitcoms, inextricably linked by their premises and their parallel TV airings, and now the families of fright both have upcoming projects on Netflix.

It’s a battle that has been waged for almost 50 years, with no discernible winner.

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