"The Doris Day Show" (1968) TV series 1968-1973

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Creator:

James Fritzell
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

24 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After spending most of her life in big cities, widow Doris Martin decides to move back to the family ranch.

Plot Keywords:

Magazine | Widow | Son | Sitcom | Secretary

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.

Cast

Doris Day	...	Doris Martin (88 episodes, 1968-1973)
John Dehner	...	Cyril Bennett / ... (48 episodes, 1971-1973)
Jackie Joseph	...	Jackie Parker (48 episodes, 1971-1973)

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Series Directed by
Reza Badiyi		(23 episodes, 1970-1971)
William Wiard		(15 episodes, 1969-1973)
Bruce Bilson		(13 episodes, 1968-1972)
Coby Ruskin		(9 episodes, 1969-1970)
Gary Nelson		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Denver Pyle		(7 episodes, 1970)
Marc Daniels		(7 episodes, 1971-1973)
Bob Sweeney		(6 episodes, 1968)
Harry Falk		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Richard Kinon		(5 episodes, 1971-1973)
Lee Philips		(5 episodes, 1971-1973)
Roger Duchowny		(5 episodes, 1972-1973)
Frederick De Cordova		(4 episodes, 1970)
Norman Tokar		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Earl Bellamy		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Hal Cooper		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1969)
Irving J. Moore		(2 episodes, 1971)

Series Writing credits
James Fritzell		(93 episodes, 1968-1973)
Jack Elinson		(28 episodes, 1969-1971)
Norman Paul		(28 episodes, 1969-1971)
Budd Grossman		(16 episodes, 1969-1971)
Arthur Julian		(16 episodes, 1971-1973)
Laurence Marks		(15 episodes, 1971-1973)
William Raynor		(6 episodes, 1969-1973)
Myles Wilder		(6 episodes, 1969-1973)
Don Genson		(6 episodes, 1970-1973)
Sidney Morse		(4 episodes, 1968-1969)
Richard Powell		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Rick Mittleman		(3 episodes, 1970-1973)
Phil Sharp		(3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Dick Bensfield		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Joseph Bonaduce		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Jerry Devine		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Perry Grant		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bruce Howard		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bruce Johnson		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
E. Duke Vincent		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Harry Winkler		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Arthur Alsberg		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Don Nelson		(2 episodes, 1969-1970)
Doug Tibbles		(2 episodes, 1970)
Courtney Andrews		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Laurie Samara		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Charlotte Brown		(2 episodes, 1972)

Series Produced by
Edward H. Feldman	....	producer (35 episodes, 1971-1973)
Richard Dorso	....	series producer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Bob Sweeney	....	series producer (26 episodes, 1968-1969)
Doris Day	....	executive producer (25 episodes, 1968-1973)
Jerry London	....	associate producer / co-producer (11 episodes, 1971-1972)
Terry Melcher	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 1968-1971)
Jack Elinson	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Norman Paul	....	producer (unknown episodes)
George Turpin	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jimmie Haskell		(1 episode, 1971)
William Loose		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Vilis Lapenieks		(1 episode, 1971)
Richard L. Rawlings		(1 episode, 1971)

Series Film Editing by
Earle Dearth		(1 episode, 1971)
Howard French		(1 episode, 1971)
Sid Lubow		(1 episode, 1971)
John McSweeney Jr.		(1 episode, 1971)
Michael Kahn		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Perry Ferguson II		(1 episode, 1971)

Series Set Decoration by
James Hassinger		(1 episode, 1971)

Series Costume Design by
Constance Edney		(1 episode, 1971)

Series Makeup Department
Barbara Lampson	....	hair stylist (1 episode, 1971)
Harry Maret	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 1971)

Series Production Management
Abby Singer	....	production manager (1 episode, 1971)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis B. Appleton Jr.	....	assistant director / associate director (29 episodes, 1971-1973)
Robert Daley	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Lloyd R. Apperson	....	propmaker foreman (unknown episodes)
V.E. 'Ted' Ross	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Leon Leon	....	sound mixer (1 episode, 1971)
Jim Bullock	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Woodruff H. Clarke	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Bill Ford	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Patrick Yacono	....	sound re-recording mixer: restoration (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bob Overbeck	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Julie Ann Johnson	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Constance Edney	....	costumer: women (1 episode, 1971)
Joseph Magnin	....	wardrobe furnisher (1 episode, 1971)
Leonard Mann	....	costumer: men (1 episode, 1971)

Series Editorial Department
Howard French	....	supervising editor (1 episode, 1971)

Series Music Department
Ray Evans	....	composer: theme song "Que Sera, Sera" (1 episode, 1971)
Jay Livingston	....	composer: theme song "Que Sera, Sera" (1 episode, 1971)

Series Other crew
Maggie Lawrence	....	script supervisor (1 episode, 1971)
Sidney Morse	....	story editor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Arwin Productions
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MPI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• MPI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• MPI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Paramount Television
• Worldvision Enterprises (USA)

Other Companies

• Oscar Mayer and Company  original sponsor

Runtime:

30 min (128 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

650 California Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Arwin Productions

Trivia:

At the end of this series' fifth season, with CBS ready to renew it for at least another year, Doris Day in effect "cancelled" her own series. She held a press conference and announced that in five years, she believed "all that could be done with this material" had been done, and she was uninterested in continuing to work on it. Afterwards Doris Day retired from acting and has not acted since. (2008).

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-02-22)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

What ever will be will be!

How this show lasted five years is amazing considering each year the show was about something else. Her trademark theme song said it each week: 'What ever will be will be!' The show aired between 1968 and 1973, a time when women's roles changed in society and on television. "The Doris Day Show" reflected these changes beginning with Doris as a "modern housewife:" a widowed mother of two living in the country, and evolved into a pre-Mary Richards role model for single women in the work place (the first ever on television!) Because each year brought a different look (and different cast) to the show, it is difficult to sell in syndication but perhaps Nick-at-Night which prides itself in the evolution of such shows will have fun with it some day. (My suggestion: Do one of those five nights a week summers where Monday has the first year, Tuesday has the second year, and so forth...each year really was an entity unto itself.) The bottom line is that it features America's sweetheart Doris Day and that's really all that it needed. What ever will be will be.