The Pruitts of Southampton(1966)

The Pruitts of Southampton is a sitcom about a family's fall from grace. When an IRS audit exposes the supposedly wealthy Pruitts as completely broke, the family faces financial ruin. Rather than lose their mansion, an unusually lenient IRS strikes a deal: the Pruitts can stay in their home and keep up appearances of wealth while they work to pay back their massive tax debt. The series follows the family's comedic attempts to maintain their social standing and lavish lifestyle despite having no money. Their neighbors remain oblivious to the truth, creating constant tension between the family's public image and private reality. The show mines humor from the gap between pretense and poverty, as the Pruitts navigate their secret shame while clinging to their status symbol home.