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

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creator:

James Fritzell

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)

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.