The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–1974)

Creator:

Carl Reiner

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Hope Lange, Marty Brill

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Dick Preston (72 episodes, 1971-1974)
Hope Lange	...	Jenny Preston (72 episodes, 1971-1974)
Marty Brill	...	Bernie Davis (47 episodes, 1971-1973)
Fannie Flagg	...	'Mike' Preston (47 episodes, 1971-1973)
Nancy Dussault	...	Carol Davis (47 episodes, 1971-1973)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

performer name in title | actor shares first name with character

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 September 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

El nuevo Show de Dick Van Dyke

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cave Creek Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (72 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Carl Reiner wrote an episode in which Jenny was to walk in on Dick and Jenny having sex. When CBS refused to air the episode, Reiner protested by stating he would never work with CBS again after the third season. But Reiner returned to CBS in 1981 to appear in Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Walt Disney: One Man's Dream and Skokie. The episode aired in syndicated reruns.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja I (1992)

User Reviews

This one definitely missed the mark

You would think such a great talent in Dick Van Dyke, and production by Hollywood legend by Carl Reiner but this one really was not up to par of their previous effort the Dick Van Dyke Show. I guess Dick was too old, not his youthful self (he had a serious alcohol problem) and the supporting cast was not up to par to Richard Deacon , Morey Amsterdam and the rest of the great cast.

The writing was decent but the sophistication of the Dick Van Dyke show was not captured here. This show, where Dick Van Dyke was a talk show host for a local television station in Arizona had some good moments but overall the show was not what it could have been. The show was just too formulaic. In the time of a dominant All in the Family this show did capture some controversial moments, such as their college student sun bringing home an African-American girlfriend, but even that episode was fair, and really had only run of the mill writing. .

There was just no raw inspiration that drove the original and some of the contemporaries of this show, like MASH and All in the Family. It was not horrible to watch but it could have been much better considering the talent it had to work with. The New Dick Van Dyke Show did have decent, but not great ratings, but the show ended when Reiner left, and Dick Van Dyke did not want to do the show without Reiner so after a fair three year run the show came to an end.