When TV Teaches Personal Finance

Get rich quick. Barely get by on nothing at all. Live well. Many fictional TV characters have checking accounts, credit cards, rent payments and mortgages, just like the rest of us, and if you take notes, you can learn how to become rich – or poor – very quickly.

What Family Ties Has to Say About Margin Loans
How to Build Wealth like "The Addams Family"
How to be Rich: Tips from TV's Wealthiest Characters
7 Financial Lessons from "Friends"
Happy Days – and Solving a Financial Disagreement
The Facts of Life – and Small Claims Court
Taxi’s rules for better financial living
The Financial Wisdom of "The Rockford Files"
How Much Would It Cost to Have an Alice (or Lurch) in Your Life?
Family Ties and How to Nail the Job Interview
Leave It to Beaver was a Financial Show in Disguise
The Dick Van Dyke Show and Investing in a Business
Dragnet, Joe Friday and How to Not Get Scammed
Sending a Kid to College? Watch "Green Acres" First
"The Flintstones" Has a Lot to Teach Aspiring Entrepreneurs
The Partridge Family and Handling a Billing Mistake
Sanford and Son and Rent Parties
7 Stock Tips from Car 54, Where Are You?
How Not to Make More Money, the Ralph Kramden Way
Veronica Mars Explains the Allure of REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts)
Unexpected Money: What TV Characters Do with It
Getting a Loan from a Bank: How It's Done on TV
Television's Cheapest Characters Offer 5 Thrifty Tips
Car Buying Tips from Greg Brady, Barney Fife and More
Buying a Boat? Gomer Pyle Can Show You How
Gilligan’s Island and the History of Identity Theft
A Seinfeld Lesson: Think About Financial Outcomes
How to Ask for a Raise: TV Characters Can Show You
A Three’s Company Money Lesson: How to Tell a Creditor You’re Behind in Payments