[1] The series starred Robert Loggia as Ben Benedict, a widowed 56-year-old businessman in Long Island who falls in love with a 30-year-old lawyer, Thelma Todd "TT" Fagori (Teri Hatcher).
Ben's kids, who were all around TT's age, resented her involvement with their father, except for beloved son Kenneth (Patrick Breen), a real estate agent on the fast track, who seemed to root them on.
At every situation's climax, TT would retreat to a private corner and address "The Chief", engaging in a one-sided talk with God about her issues.
Lear insisted on making TT a devout Catholic as well as an environmentalist, to further reflect the study of spirituality up against politics and American family values in the series.
In fact, the format for Sunday Dinner was based upon Lear's marriage to his third wife Lyn, who was considerably younger than he was.