In honor of Father's Day, we listed TV dads in three categories: heroes, hapless and hopeless. Now it's your turn. Here are readers' responses on the TV dads they love and those they love to hate.

My favorite TV dad was Josephy "Rocky" Rockford. I loved the close relationship he and Jim had. Jim had a picture of his father dad on his desk. In the made-for-TV "Rockford Files" movies, Rocky had a life-size painting of Jim.

In one of the movies, Jim and Dyan Cannon were visity Rocky's grave. She said, "You were his whole world, Jim. You were No. 1 in his life."

What was really nice is James Garner and Noah Berry were like dad and son off-camera. Jay Leno asked James Garner about Noah Berry's death. His voice cracked and he put his hand over his face. He said, "I can't talk about it."

-- Diane, Wilkins

Hero Dads:

Ben Cartwright (played by Lorne Greene, a widower who lost three wives tragically. One of his three sons is Little Joe played by Michael Landon!)

Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurrray, a widower, "My Three Sons")

Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors, a widower with a son in the "The Rifleman")

Notice a popular TV theme pattern?

Scum Dad:

Axel Jordache (Ed Asner, "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series, 1976): Axel abandons his boys (Tom and Rudy) by leaving his house and rowing away into a storm, never to be seen again. Presumed dead.

-- Tom, Dormont

I enjoyed the article about TV Dads, but I think you left out a number of well loved dads:

Ozzie Nelson as Ozzie Nelson, "The Ozzie & Harriet Show"

Fred McMurray as Steve Douglas, "My Three Sons"

Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright, "Bonanza"

Carl Betz as Dr. Alex Stone, "The Donna Reed Show"

Dick York as Darren Stevens, "Bewitched"

Walter Brennan as Grandpa McCoy, "The Real McCoys"

Tim Allen as Tim Taylor, "Home Improvement"

Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver, "Leave It to Beaver"

Growing up in the '50s and early '60s, most of these gentlemen, along with Robert Young, set the standard for what a dad was supposed to be like. Then along came the very fallible Darren Stevens and the ever bumbling, but trying Tim (the Tool Man) Taylor. They may have been a little too perfect at times, the shows simplistic, but at least it gave us someone to look up to -- a goal to aim for, if you will.

-- Sally, Allison Park

I can't believe you missed Homer Simpson under the hapless catagory for TV dads.

Cheers,

-- Colin, CMU

You have left out one of my favorite TV Dad's -- Archie Bunker!!

Although not politically correct, he reminds me a lot of my own Dad, having strong opinions and not being quiet about it!

-- Donna, Cecil

My vote would be for Dan Connor (John Goodman in "Roseanne"). Very few blue-collar dads are ever portrayed on TV; Connor/Goodman was one of the those rare men. My father was a blue-collar worker and sometimes it comes down to, as my father and Dan Connor would say: "Because I am your father and I said so!"

-- Stephen, PG Information Specialist