Episodes cast for
"The Doris Day Show" (1968) More at IMDbPro »

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Year: 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Dinner for Mom

24 September 1968
It's Doris' birthday and the boys want to treat her to a dinner out. What's more they insist on paying for it themselves. Doris has some backup money just in case. When they arrive at the restaurant it's not quite what Doris was expecting...it's a smoke filled Road House. When the check comes the boys are short and her backup money didn't quite pan out.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Uniform

1 October 1968
Billy's made pitcher of the baseball team and has a brand new uniform to prove it. Everyone is proud and Toby wants to show he can get a uniform too. He tries out for the school choir but isn't chosen to join. Toby can't let his mom and grandfather down by telling them he failed and he is desperate for a uniform that he constructs a web of lies to conceal the truth.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Friend

8 October 1968
Mr. Digby has been appointed Faculty Advisor for the school's milk fund drive and has arranged for Pritchart's dairy to donate 200 pints of milk a day for the school. However, there is one condition. Pritchart wants to photograph the typical American farm family and use it in his advertising. Doris goes along with this but Mitchell who is in charge of the shoot wants the boys to have sisters. When the boys bring home school friends to pose as their sisters it's not quite the photo Pritchart had in mind.

Season 1, Episode 4: The Matchmakers

22 October 1968
The Annual Father/Son picnic leaves grandpa sore and tired and the boys disappointed in coming in last in all events. They think that if they help their mom meet someone new who's younger and faster they will do better next year. They try to fix their mom up with Deputy Sheriff Ubbie Puckum. Ubbie is quite conceited though and comes on way too strong. Doris, Buck and Aggie conspire together to scare Ubbie off.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Songwriter

29 October 1968
Leroy is convince there's fast & big money to be made writing lyrics to country songs. He writes a song and submits it to a record company and it is accepted. He is sent a letter asking for 4 or 5 more similar songs. Doris and Buck are perplexed because to them the song is not very good but it all becomes clear when they find out Leroy pays them $50 to put his lyrics to music.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Antique

12 November 1968
The boys sell an old table they thought no one wanted to two unscrupulous antique dealers. The table is an antique that Buck's grandmother brought with her when she came out west. Doris is upset with the boys for not respecting other people's property but when the ladies come back for an old stove they want she must come up with a plan to outsmart them and get the table back.

Season 1, Episode 7: Leroy B. Simpson

19 November 1968
Aggie and Doris are making fresh bread which causes them to reminisce about their first meeting with Leroy. Leroy's hiding in the barn while the boys are sneaking him food. He's alone and has no place to go. The boys think if Leroy can prove his worth around the farm Buck will ask him to stay on. But Buck isn't easy to impress especially when things begin to disappear around the house.

Season 1, Episode 8: The Black Eye

26 November 1968
Billy receives a letter and won't let anyone else know who sent it or what it says. The mystery deepens when he comes home from school with a black eye and won't tell who gave it to him. The only thing he does say is that he didn't fight back. Buck and Doris disagree on how to handle this...Buck wants Billy to fight back and Doris wants him to handle it his own way without resorting to violence.

Season 1, Episode 9: The Librarian

3 December 1968

Season 1, Episode 10: The Camping Trip

10 December 1968

Season 1, Episode 11: The Job

17 December 1968

Season 1, Episode 12: Buck's Girl

24 December 1968

Season 1, Episode 13: The Relatives

31 December 1968
Leroy's relatives visit him at the farm, and Doris and the family discover, to their horror, that compared to the rest of his family, Leroy is actually the smart one.

Season 1, Episode 14: Love a Duck

7 January 1969

Season 1, Episode 15: Let Them Out of the Nest

21 January 1969

Season 1, Episode 16: The Clock

28 January 1969

Season 1, Episode 17: The Buddy

4 February 1969

Season 1, Episode 18: The Flyboy

11 February 1969
A womanizing Air Force pilot bets his buddies that he can get a date with Doris.

Season 1, Episode 19: The Tournament

18 February 1969

Season 1, Episode 20: Love Thy Neighbor

4 March 1969
Doris tries fixing both a jeep and a tractor.

Season 1, Episode 21: The Con Man

11 March 1969
A con man arrives in Cortina with a scheme to swindle the residents out of their money by promising to build them a community center. When Doris discovers what he's up to, she sets out to expose his scheme.

Season 1, Episode 22: The Musical

18 March 1969
Doris gets roped into directing the school musical.

Season 1, Episode 23: The Baby Sitter

25 March 1969
Doris finds herself in the middle of chaos while taking care of the children of a neighbor about to have a baby.

Season 1, Episode 24: The Still

1 April 1969
Doris discovers that two nice old ladies have their own still and use it to make "white lightning". In order that they not get arrested for making illegal liquor, she takes their "product" from them, but winds up getting arrested and thrown in jail herself for transporting moonshine.

Season 1, Episode 25: The Gift

8 April 1969

Season 1, Episode 26: The Tiger

15 April 1969
A tame tiger escapes from its owner and winds up in Doris' house. Doris plans to take it back to its owner, but the tiger escapes again and Doris and LeRoy set out to find it before it's tracked down and shot by hunters.

Season 1, Episode 27: The Date

22 April 1969

Season 1, Episode 28: The Five Dollar Bill

29 April 1969

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: Doris Gets a Job

22 September 1969

Season 2, Episode 2: A Frog Called Harold

29 September 1969

Season 2, Episode 3: Married for a Day

6 October 1969

Season 2, Episode 4: The Woman Hater

13 October 1969

Season 2, Episode 5: The Chocolate Bar War

20 October 1969

Season 2, Episode 6: The Health King

10 November 1969

Season 2, Episode 7: Doris the Model

17 November 1969

Season 2, Episode 8: Doris Strikes Out

24 November 1969
Doris has a date with a French movie star, but finds out that Buck--who has injured his back--has volunteered her replace him as umpire in the boys' baseball game.

Season 2, Episode 9: Singles Only

8 December 1969

Season 2, Episode 10: Togetherness

15 December 1969
Doris feels guilty that her work is interfering with her spending time with her boys, so she plans a whirlwind weekend of activities that they can all do together--but all the boys want to do is play baseball with their friends.

Season 2, Episode 11: A Two-Family Christmas

22 December 1969
At the office Christmas party, Myrna and Ron have a bit too much to drink and Doris sees how lonely they really are, so she invites them out to the ranch for a Christmas party.

Season 2, Episode 12: You're as Old as You Feel

29 December 1969
Doris' father is beginning to feel his age, which depresses him and he starts acting like an old man, so Doris sets out to convince him that he's not as old as he feels.

Season 2, Episode 13: The Prizefighter and the Lady

5 January 1970

Season 2, Episode 14: Doris vs. the Computer

12 January 1970
A computer error leads to efficiency expert Mr. Jarvis insisting that Doris has never paid her electricity bill, which leads to unexpected problems.

Season 2, Episode 15: Hot Dogs

19 January 1970

Season 2, Episode 16: Today's World Catches the Measles

26 January 1970

Season 2, Episode 17: The Gas Station

2 February 1970

Season 2, Episode 18: Kidnapped

9 February 1970

Season 2, Episode 19: Buck's Portrait

16 February 1970

Season 2, Episode 20: Doris Hires a Millionaire: Part 1

23 February 1970

Season 2, Episode 21: Doris Hires a Millionaire: Part 2

2 March 1970

Season 2, Episode 22: A Woman's Intuition

9 March 1970
While on a flight to Florida, Doris tries to comfort the passenger in the seat next to her, who is deathly afraid of flying. Things don't work out as she planned, however, when the passenger winds up hijacking the airplane to Cuba.

Season 2, Episode 23: Doris Meets a Prince

16 March 1970
Doris meets a foreign prince, who is smitten with her and pursues her. She invites him home to dinner to try to talk him out of his pursuit of her, but it has the opposite effect and he winds up proposing marriage to her.

Season 2, Episode 24: The Duke Returns

23 March 1970

Season 2, Episode 25: The Office Troubleshooter

30 March 1970

Season 2, Episode 26: Colonel Fairburn Takes Over

6 April 1970

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: Doris Finds an Apartment

14 September 1970
Doris finds an apartment in San Francisco that's above an Italian restaurant. It's just the kind of place that she's looking for, but when she throws a party to celebrate her new place, the landlord cancels her lease.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Feminist

21 September 1970

Season 3, Episode 3: How Can I Ignore the Man Next Door?

28 September 1970
Mr. Jarvis moves into the apartment next to Doris. He stops by to visit, hurts his back and winds up stuck in Doris' bed.

Season 3, Episode 4: Dinner for One

5 October 1970

Season 3, Episode 5: Doris Leaves Today's World: Part 1

12 October 1970

Season 3, Episode 6: Doris Leaves Today's World: Part 2

19 October 1970

Season 3, Episode 7: The Fashion Show

26 October 1970

Season 3, Episode 8: Lost and Found

2 November 1970
Due to a mix-up, Doris winds up auditioning as a go-go dancer at the same club where Duke is auditioning to be a stand-up comic.

Season 3, Episode 9: Duke the Performer

9 November 1970
Due to a mix-up, Doris winds up auditioning as a go-go dancer at the same club where Duke is auditioning to be a stand-up comic.

Season 3, Episode 10: Doris the Spy

16 November 1970

Season 3, Episode 11: Tony Bennett Is Eating Here

23 November 1970

Season 3, Episode 12: Cousin Charlie

30 November 1970

Season 3, Episode 13: Love Makes the Pizza Go Round

7 December 1970

Season 3, Episode 14: Buck Visits the Big City

14 December 1970

Season 3, Episode 15: It's Christmas Time in the City

21 December 1970
Doris throws a Christmas party at her apartment and invites Mr. Jarvis. However, not only does Jarvis turn down her invitation, but he threatens to call the cops if Doris and her guests make too much noise.

Season 3, Episode 16: Doris vs. Pollution

28 December 1970

Season 3, Episode 17: The Forward Pass

11 January 1971
Doris gets an interview with womanizing football star Joe Garrison. He has other ideas about the "interview", however, and while chasing her around the apartment, he falls and breaks his leg--right before a big game.

Season 3, Episode 18: Duke's Girlfriend

18 January 1971

Season 3, Episode 19: Jarvis' Uncle

25 January 1971

Season 3, Episode 20: Lassoin' Leroy

1 February 1971
Leroy B. Simpson pays a visit and winds up winning $20,000 at a rodeo. Doris hides his money in a broken toaster, so he'll stop spending it foolishly, but the boys, who don't know about the money, give the broken toaster away to a library fund-raising drive.

Season 3, Episode 21: Colonel Fairburn Jr.

8 February 1971

Season 3, Episode 22: Billy's First Date

15 February 1971

Season 3, Episode 23: Doris Goes to Hollywood

22 February 1971

Season 3, Episode 24: Skiing Anyone?

1 March 1971
Doris and Myrna go on a weekend skiing trip, where Doris meets a handsome doctor--who comes in handy when Myrna sprains her ankle before she even gets to the slopes.

Season 3, Episode 25: The Father-Son Weekend

8 March 1971
Grandpa Buck isn't able to take Toby on a father-son camping trip, so Doris goes along instead.

Season 3, Episode 26: Young Love

15 March 1971

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: And Here's... Doris

13 September 1971

Season 4, Episode 2: Mr. and Mrs. Raffles

20 September 1971
Jewel thieves plant stolen gems on Mr. Jarvis, and when he and Doris discover what has happened, they head to the store to return the stolen loot. However, they wind up getting arrested and thrown in jail, where they meet the real thieves. Doris and Mr. Jarvis hatch a plan to expose the thieves and clear their names.

Season 4, Episode 3: When in Rome, Don't

27 September 1971

Season 4, Episode 4: Charity Begins in the Office

4 October 1971
Doris discovers that a consultant hired by Mrs. Fairburn's charity is stealing money from it, and sets out to expose the thief and get the money back.

Season 4, Episode 5: A Weighty Problem

11 October 1971
Doris and Angie register at a spa to spy on the wife of a convict about to be released, who had stolen $2 million that has never been found, and they think that the wife knows where the money is hidden.

Season 4, Episode 6: The People's Choice

18 October 1971
Doris and Cy Bennett convince Mr. Jarvis to throw his hat in the political ring and run against Councilman Smiling Sam Appleton.

Season 4, Episode 7: A Fine Romance

25 October 1971
Cy Bennett assigns Doris to research and write a piece on computer dating, but Doris' charm, beauty and clear lack of any reason to resort to a computer dating service to meet men arouses the attention of the Bunco Squad, who suspect she's an extortionist.

Season 4, Episode 8: The Albatross

1 November 1971
Doris meets her cousin Charlie at a seaside bar and is gifted with a Ceylonese elephant statuette with its trunk down, a notorious bad luck charm. Things go from bad to worse just when Cousin Charlie needs some good luck, what with three pistol-packing characters hot on his tail.

Season 4, Episode 9: Have I Got a Fellow for You!

8 November 1971

Season 4, Episode 10: To England with Doris

15 November 1971
Doris goes to England to try to get Sir Robert Kingsley to allow Today's World Magazine to publish his book in their magazine.

Season 4, Episode 11: The Sheik of Araby

22 November 1971
Doris is kidnapped by Middle Eastern revolutionaries who threaten to kill her unless their king returns to them the land they believe is rightfully theirs.

Season 4, Episode 12: Doris and the Doctor

29 November 1971
Hypochondriac Cyril Bennett summons a doctor and when Doris opens the door to admit him it's love at first sight for Doris and Dr. Lawrence. However, will the scheming Bennett quash what Cupid hath wrought by assigning Doris to write an article on outrageous doctor fees?

Season 4, Episode 13: Happiness Is Not Being Fired

6 December 1971
Doris is fired after writing a piece that hit the Today's World publisher in the pocketbook, but maybe bygones will be bygones after Doris gets a firsthand scoop of a major crime story and threatens to sell the story to a competitor.

Season 4, Episode 14: Whodunnit, Doris

13 December 1971
Doris discovers a pistol-wielding Santa Claus standing over a dead body and sets to work cracking the case. A clever Christmas murder mystery aided and abetted by the entertaining Charles Nelson Reilly. Look for entertainer Rockwell as a young boy disheartened by Santa's arrest.

Season 4, Episode 15: The Wings of an Angel

27 December 1971
Doris goes behind bars to record the life story of aging gangster Frankie Fury, but much to her and Cy Bennett's dismay he would much rather wax nostalgic about old flame Gertrude and her paper-fetching dog Spot than reveal racketeer and syndicate secrets.

Season 4, Episode 16: Doris at Sea

3 January 1972
Doris helps Dr. Lawrence perform an appendectomy on shipping magnate Nicholas Kavros, who of course is immediately smitten with her, much to Dr. Lawrence's chagrin.

Season 4, Episode 17: The Sorrow of Sangapur

10 January 1972
It's intrigue on the Orient Express as Doris and Cy are drawn into a conflict over a precious gem, the Sorrow of Sangapur.

Season 4, Episode 18: The Blessed Event

17 January 1972
Doris jumps to conclusions when she overhears Angie make a reference to a forthcoming "blessed event" in the family.

Season 4, Episode 19: Who's Got the Trenchcoat?

24 January 1972
When the office chips in and buys Cy a new trenchcoat, ditzy Jackie thoughtlessly donates his old one to a mission for homeless men. Distraught over the loss of "Ol' Blood n' Guts," Cy and Doris track down the coat's new owner.

Season 4, Episode 20: Doris' House Guest

31 January 1972
Cy requests Doris to open her home to the distraught Thelma, sister-in-law to the magazine's publisher, who was jilted at the altar. When Thelma's fiancé comes to Frisco to declare his love, he finds she has already moved on and into the arms of Mr. Jarvis. Doris better think of a solution fast if she and Cy want to keep their jobs.

Season 4, Episode 21: The Crapshooter Who Would Be King

7 February 1972
With hopes of landing an interview with its reclusive prince, Doris and Cy travel to the small European nation of San Riata where Doris' beauty and charm incite impersonation, intrigue and an international incident.

Season 4, Episode 22: Cover Girl

21 February 1972
To boost sagging sales, Doris taps her old flame Carlo Benadetti to come to San Francisco and paint an exclusive cover for Today's World Magazine. But after two weeks and a skyrocketing expense account, Carlo's canvas is empty as he can think only of Doris.

Season 4, Episode 23: Gowns by Louis

28 February 1972
Doris persuades her dry cleaner Louie to showcase his original designs in a fashion show put on by the snobbish Jacques Moreau. The multi-talented Doris not only covers the fashion show for Today's World but also serves as its sole model, displaying a number of early 1970's styles.

Season 4, Episode 24: There's a Horse Thief in Every Family Tree

6 March 1972
After Doris writes a story uncovering rotten fruit in the Townsend family tree, the offended family's firm pulls its advertising from Today's World. To save her job, Doris goes undercover as a maid to meet the Townsends and convince them to reconsider.

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: No More Advice... Please

11 September 1972
Doris and Peter claim to be comfortable with their open relationship ... until Doris is charmed and wooed by a handsome, bestselling author.

Season 5, Episode 2: The Great Talent Raid

18 September 1972
Doris accepts a lucrative offer from Prestige Magazine, sparking a war between it and Today's World Magazine.

Season 5, Episode 3: Just a Miss Understanding

25 September 1972
To finance her lavish lifestyle, Doris secretly moonlights as Miss Understanding, hosting an overnight advice radio program and arousing Peter's suspicions.

Season 5, Episode 4: The Press Secretary

2 October 1972
Cupid casts a ballot when Doris signs on as press secretary to dashing congressional candidate Jonathan Rusk.

Season 5, Episode 5: Peeping Tom

9 October 1972
Doris fears a peeping tom is watching her from a neighboring rooftop.

Season 5, Episode 6: Forgive and Forget

16 October 1972
Doris pens a piece critical of the divorce epidemic, calling on couples to forgive and forget hurts and betrayals. But Doris finds it difficult to heed her own counsel when she suspects Peter of a fling with a beautiful young actress.

Season 5, Episode 7: Debt of Honor

23 October 1972
Doris discovers how wealthy she really is when she needs $1,100 in a hurry.

Season 5, Episode 8: Jimmy the Gent

6 November 1972
Doris goes undercover and in disguise to land an interview with a hospitalized criminal, contending with a disapproving Peter, eccentric patients and a nosy nurse.

Season 5, Episode 9: The Music Man

13 November 1972
Doris becomes romantically entangled with the young pop star she's profiling for Today's World, putting her at odds with Cy when it begins affecting her journalistic standards.

Season 5, Episode 10: Defective Story

20 November 1972
Doris warms up the Cold War when her beauty catches the eye of an amorous Soviet general rumored to be planning a defection to the West.

Season 5, Episode 11: The Co-Op

27 November 1972
To keep their apartment complex from being bought by a conglomerate, Doris, Mr. Jarvis and the other tenants meet to discuss buying the building themselves and creating a co-op.

Season 5, Episode 12: Anniversary Gift

11 December 1972
Peter's anniversary gift to Doris of an antique automobile literally backfires when its constant breakdowns result in Doris being chronically late for dates and work.

Season 5, Episode 13: The New Boss

18 December 1972
Doris sits in for Cy and serves as editor-in-chief for one issue of Today's World Magazine.

Season 5, Episode 14: Follow That Dog

1 January 1973
A retired mobster makes Doris an offer she can't refuse: he'll donate $10,000 to her animal charity if she will babysit his dog Tiger for two weeks. It won't be easy money because the reigning syndicate leader as well as the police are determined to get their hands on the pooch.

Season 5, Episode 15: The Hoax

8 January 1973
After the photogenic Doris is approached by a charming talent scout (Andy Griffith), Cy assigns her to go undercover as an aspiring actress and write an expose of the phony talent agency racket.

Season 5, Episode 16: The Last Huzzah

15 January 1973
Today's World Magazine's 40-year veteran linotypist Sam Johnson is turning 65 and eagerly anticipating retirement, until Doris coerces him into challenging the company's compulsory retirement policy.

Season 5, Episode 17: Hospital Benefit

22 January 1973
Doris puts together and appears as the only model in a fashion show to help fund an expansion of Peter's hospital.

Season 5, Episode 18: It's a Dog's Life

29 January 1973
Doris rescues two stray dogs from the dog catcher and then must try and persuade landlord Mr. Jarvis to relax his no pets policy. The episode is an earnest promotion of pet adoption and reflects Doris Day's real life passion.

Season 5, Episode 19: Family Magazine

5 February 1973
Doris' old flame Sir Robert Kingsley is coming to the States on a lecture tour, but Cy is reluctant to allow Doris to interview him, fearing their hanky-panky will tarnish Today's World's image as a family magazine.

Season 5, Episode 20: A Small Cure for Big Alimony

12 February 1973
Cy is ecstatic at the prospect of his ex-wife remarrying and releasing him from paying her alimony, but Doris has reasons for keeping the cork in the champagne bottle a little longer.

Season 5, Episode 21: The Magnificent Fraud

19 February 1973
Doris' art-forging uncle visits and to keep from being returned to jail enlists Doris and Cy's help in switching out a forged painting from the collection of a wealthy art collector.

Season 5, Episode 22: Meant for Each Other

26 February 1973
With Doris no longer with Peter, and Jonathan Rusk divorced from his wife, former candidate Jonathan returns to declare his love for Doris. But will her jealousy of his new globe-trotting reporting career come between them?

Season 5, Episode 23: Welcome to Big Sur, Sir

5 March 1973
Jackie and her freeloading boyfriend Sid invite themselves along on Doris and Jonathan's romantic getaway weekend to Big Sur.

Season 5, Episode 24: Byline, Alias Doris

12 March 1973
A struggling Today's World writer on the verge of being fired asks Doris to ghostwrite an important story for him. Final episode of the series.