His father is Tom Whedon , a writer for The Electric Company in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980s . His grandfather is John Whedon , a writer for The Donna Reed Show in the 1950s . He has been described as the world 's first third-generation TV writer , as he is the son of Tom Whedon , a successful screenwriter for The Electric Company in the 1970s and The Golden Girls in the 1980s , and the grandson of John Whedon , a writer for The Donna Reed Show in the 1950s .