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"The Donna Reed Show" (1958): Season 1: Episode 37 -- Alex collects money Jeff owes.
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958): Season 1: Episode 36 -- Mary gets advice on how to handle love.
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958): Season 1: Episode 35 -- Donna wants a day alone without kids. But are she and Alex ready for that?
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958): Season 1: Episode 34 -- A housekeeper is hired by the Stones while Donna is busy managing the Have a Heart Hilldale campaign.
"The Donna Reed Show" (1958): Season 1: Episode 33 -- Donna plans a testimonial for the retiring Dr. Jason. Problem is that he really doesn't want to retire yet.

Overview

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Creator:
William Roberts
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 full episode list
Release Date:
24 September 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family more
Plot:
Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex... more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
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User Comments:
One of the wholesomeness family shows ever more (11 total)

Cast

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Donna Reed ... Donna Stone (275 episodes, 1958-1966)
Carl Betz ... Dr. Alex Stone (275 episodes, 1958-1966)
Paul Petersen ... Jeff Stone (275 episodes, 1958-1966)
Shelley Fabares ... Mary Stone (191 episodes, 1958-1965)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (275 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Columbia Pictures Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA
Company:
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first season opening credits of "The Munsters" (1964) were an outrageous parody of the opening credits of "The Donna Reed Show", which always began with Donna Reed lovingly passing out lunches to her departing family members as they left the house one by one. Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily Munster, did the same thing. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Cheers: A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff (#10.17)" (1992) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
One of the wholesomeness family shows ever, 27 October 2000
Author: raysond from Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Although it only lasted eight seasons on ABC, The Donna Reed Show was your typical sitcoms with all the trimmings. Unlike it counterparts back then(like "My Three Sons", "Ozzie and Harriet", "Leave It To Beaver") this show was about a housewife who was always into something and usually helps out and usually solve all situations within a half-hour(even within a family crisis along with her husband Dr. Stone to help out around the house). The show did have two of it stars to make it big: Paul Peterson(who is now a advocate for child actors)had a hit record back in the early 1960's with "My Dad"(for which he sang that song on one of the episodes),and Shelley Fabares who had a #1 hit record with "Johnny Angel",which stay on the top-ten charts for a record five weeks back in 1963,and had two more hit TV series after Donna with here own sitcom back in the 1970's("The Shelley Fabares Show"),and again in the 1990's with "Coach" opposite Craig T. Nelson. However,the show did manage to make the transition from black and white to color in the show's final season(those color episodes are rarely seen),and afterwards it's re-runs usually appear on TV's Nick-at-Nite if you get the chance to see them. A TV classic.

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