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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.

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Release Date:
24 September 1958 (USA) more
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Plot:
Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex... more
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
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QUINTESSENTIAL FIFTIES SITCOM more (11 total)

Cast

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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)
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Runtime:
30 min (275 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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The character 'Dr. Alex Stone' was ranked #16 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue). more
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2 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
QUINTESSENTIAL FIFTIES SITCOM, 13 August 1999
Author: Kirasjeri from Brooklyn NY

Although it lasted in the Sixties, this was the typical family Pleasantiville-style sitcom of the Fifties, along with Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet, My Three Sons, and Father Knows Best. Reed's career was on a downturn, so this series was designed as a vehicle for her - and hence the uniquely egocentric title! Can you imagine "Beaver" being called "The Barbara Billingsley Show"? Donna was, admittedly, in the center of things more, and solved all manner of family crisis. The son, Paul Peterson, is now an advocate for child actors, and Shelley Fabares, who had a hit song during this series' run ("Johnny Angel"), had a career that went from teen idol to mature beauty in "Coach". The father was a doctor - at least he had a job unlike the goofy Ozzie! A somewhat contrived and formula show even by Fifties standards, but still a pleasant and wholesome series - unlike the smutty, cynical, and mean-spirited sitcoms of more recent times of which I have little use.

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