The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)

Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like... See full summary »

Creator:

William Roberts

Stars:

Donna Reed, Paul Petersen, Carl Betz

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Donna Reed	...	Donna Stone (275 episodes, 1958-1966)
Paul Petersen	...	Jeff Stone (275 episodes, 1958-1966)
Carl Betz	...	Dr. Alex Stone (272 episodes, 1958-1966)
Shelley Fabares	...	Mary Stone (191 episodes, 1958-1965)

Storyline

Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like when they found a baby on their doorstep or take in a rebellious youth or when Donna tries to patch up marital spats among friends.

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Plot Keywords:

sitcom | family relationships | female protagonist | doctor | mother son relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alles draait om moeder

Filming Locations:

Columbia Pictures Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Screen Gems Television, Todon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (275 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first season opening credits of The Munsters 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.

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Connections

Featured in The O'Reilly Factor: Episode dated 15 February 2008 (2008)

User Reviews

The Donna Reed Show

The quintessential housewife and perfect mother, Donna Reed (as Donna Stone) could do it all. Settle spats between the children or neighbors, take care of her hard-working pipe-smoking pediatrician husband, Alex, and still have a stack of pancakes, three types of breakfast meat, and a tall glass of milk and OJ ready for the kids every morning before breakfast.

Over the course of the past fifty years, we've lost sight of the idealistic stay-at-home mom, family meals together at the kitchen table, and preparing dinner for a hard-working husband when he comes home from work.

I wish the show were available on DVD- I'd discontinue my cable altogether!