Major Dad is an American television series created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon) as Major John D. McGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The cast also included Beverly Archer (Mama's Family), Matt Mulhern, Jon Cypher (Hill Street Blues), Marisa Ryan, Nicole Dubuc and Chelsea Hertford.

The first season is set at Camp Pendleton (called Camp Singleton in the series) where hard-headed Major John D. _Mac?Äù McGillis is commander of the infantry training school. MacGillis's life is changed when he falls in love with a widowed liberal journalist, Polly Cooper. The show follows Mac in his work life -- where he deals with Lt. Eugene Holowachuk, Sgt. Byron James (Marlon Archey) and Merilee Gunderson (Whitney Kershaw) -- as well as his home life as he learns to live with Polly's three daughters, Elizabeth, Robin, and Casey.

At the beginning of the second season, the MacGillis family moves to Camp Hollister (based on Marine Corps Base Quantico) where Mac must adapt to the role of Staff Secretary (or, _Staff Weenie?Äù) and the crazy antics of commanding general Marcus C. Craig, Aide-de-Camp Lt. Eugene Holowachuk, and Gunnery Sgt. Alva "Gunny" Bricker.