The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

1958
The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

7.4 | TV-PG | en | Comedy

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

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EP27  By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone
Mar. 19,1966
By-Line - - Jeffrey Stone

Jeff and Smitty try to get Leslie Gore, who is appearing in town, to record their new song.

EP26  What Price Home?
Mar. 12,1966
What Price Home?

The Stones put their house up for sale but, after reminiscing about their years there, change their minds.

EP25  So You Really Think You're Young at Heart
Mar. 05,1966
So You Really Think You're Young at Heart

Donna and Midge set out to prove Alex and Dave aren't getting old.

EP24  No More Parties, Almost
Feb. 26,1966
No More Parties, Almost

Exhausted after weeks of social engagements, Donna and Alex try to get out of a friend's dinner party—until they learn they weren't invited.

EP23  Is There a Small Hotel?
Feb. 19,1966
Is There a Small Hotel?

The Stones decide to vacation in California, but everyone thinks they should go elsewhere.

EP22  The Return of Mark
Feb. 12,1966
The Return of Mark

When Donna's old boyfriend Mark, now a millionaire, comes to visit, Alex has trouble hiding his jealousy.

EP21  All This and Voltaire Too?
Feb. 05,1966
All This and Voltaire Too?

Donna and Midge take French lessons from the owner of a French restaurant.

EP20  Calling Willie Mays
Jan. 29,1966
Calling Willie Mays

Willie Mays reserves two seats at a Giants game for his friends the Stones; but Donna, Alex, and Jeff each show up with a guest.

EP19  When I Was Your Age
Jan. 22,1966
When I Was Your Age

Frantic Donna and Alex try to stop Jeff and Bebe from getting married.

EP18  Do It Yourself Donna
Jan. 15,1966
Do It Yourself Donna

Donna and Alex spend weeks attempting to assemble a complicated stereo set for Jeff's birthday—unaware that Jeff and Smitty sneak in every night to repair the mess.

EP17  My Son, the Councilman
Jan. 06,1966
My Son, the Councilman

Jeff runs for city council after the Commissioner threatens to close the city park.

EP16  How to Handle a Woman
Dec. 30,1965
How to Handle a Woman

Jeff and his friends try to prove men are the stronger sex by dominating their girlfriends.

EP15  Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Dec. 23,1965
Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth

After the Stones agrees to take care of a friend's cottage on Echo Lake, Jeff decides it's the perfect locale for his frat party.

EP14  Uncle Jeff Needs You
Dec. 16,1965
Uncle Jeff Needs You

Desperate for a summer job as a counselor, Jeff tries to recruit two boys for summer camp.

EP13  Slipped Disc
Dec. 09,1965
Slipped Disc

Jeff and his combo want to cut a record, and in order to afford to do so, they sell shares in the venture.

EP12  Rally Around the Girls, Boys
Dec. 02,1965
Rally Around the Girls, Boys

Jeff and Scotty take some girls to Lake Sherwood. When they separate, the 2 girls manage to get lost trying to drive home. So how will they do in the upcoming car rally where it's the girls against the boys?

EP11  The Gladiators
Nov. 25,1965
The Gladiators

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EP10  The Big League Shock
Nov. 18,1965
The Big League Shock

Jeff's friend Bill was high school valedictorian, but as a freshman in college now is only making B's and C's. How can the Stone family help?

EP9  Trees
Nov. 11,1965
Trees

The tree outside Donna's house: does it belong to Donna or to the city? Can it be cut down without Donna's permission or not? Is this the plot of this episode? Yes!

EP8  Author, Author
Nov. 04,1965
Author, Author

Jeff asks Donna and Alex to take an aptitude test and finds out she can write and so she starts to write about the family, soon Alex Jeff and Trisha read what Donna wrote, they find out she wrote her family but the comments Donna wrote don't go over well with the family. Later Donna tells them that she wrote about her college teacher Trish's friend (who has a crush on Jeff and BA's Boys in the Attic.) Donna knew her family was reading what she wrote!

EP7  Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors
Oct. 28,1965
Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors

Professor Caldwell is retiring because of a school policy; he's too old. Jeff starts a petition to get the professor back into teaching by student demand.

EP6  Charge
Oct. 21,1965
Charge

Why can't the Stones get a Lesley Store credit card? The Stone's application for a card was rejected. But don't monkey around with Donna Stone! She'll figure out how to get one!

EP5  Four on the Floor
Oct. 14,1965
Four on the Floor

Jeff wants to buy a new car so bad that it will only cause trouble because Karen's Uncle Henshaw as no idea that car Jeff buys is a lemon (bad) car. Now Jeff has to figure out how to get rid of the car. Donna & Alex go and look at the car and find that the car is good.

EP4  Think Mink
Oct. 07,1965
Think Mink

There is confusion over whose ticket won the mink coat that was the door prize at the Ladies League Luncheon so Donna and Midge decide to share the coat.

EP3  Boy Meets Girl Machine
Sep. 30,1965
Boy Meets Girl Machine

Jeff balks at organizing the freshman-sophomore party until he meets his lovely co-chairman.

EP2  With This Ring
Sep. 23,1965
With This Ring

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EP1  Pop Goes Theresa
Sep. 16,1965
Pop Goes Theresa

Jeff has finally gotten a date with Theresa, a new girl who has an over-protective father. One taste of freedom makes Theresa go wild, and her father puts all the blame on Jeff.

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7.4 | TV-PG | en | Comedy , Family | More Info
Released: 1958-09-24 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

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Paul Petersen , Donna Reed , Carl Betz

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Jeffrey James Allen (yankeesjeff1-979-390123) Your information is all wrong for the air dates for the Donna Reed Show !! When I checked for myself, I found episodes from the 1st season that you listed as being from the 3rd ?? I believe you should recheck your data !! I believe if you know Roman Numerals the way I do, you'll see on-screen, during the opening credits, the year the episode was produced !! I don't believe they would have waited 2 years to air an episode !! The show airs weekly mornings on a station known as MeTV in my area. I've checked every time at the bottom of the screen during the opening credits. You can clearly see the copyright date there !! I don't know how you can MISS it !! Check it, and you'll see I'm right !!
oldsouth62 I too would rather live next door to the Stones and not the Conners! I've heard people say that this show was "syrupy", "unrealistic", etc. My reply is "have you ever sat and watched an episode?" Anyone who watched the show knows that Donna and Alex had their quarrels and so did Mary and Jeff. They even quarreled with their parents. But in the end, they all made up with one another, and kept the family unit in tact. Having come from a terribly unstable "dysfunctional" family, I loved to watch this show; I always believed that when I had a family of my own it would be like the Stones. Friends told me that this was unrealistic and I said why? If other families can live trashy, unstable lives, then why can't I have a stable, moralistic life? Why can't I have a stable family that I love, and take care of? They had no reply to this. Anyway, when times are difficult, and the world seems so chaotic & cold, I put in a tape of the Donna Reed Show, and things don't seem quite so bad-it gives me hope. I still believe in the family unit and I most certainly do not believe that we have to live like Roseanne. I know that life does not have to be like the Conners or the Bundy's--and anyone who thinks that these shows are normal and funny needs to take a long hard look at their own lives. These are not funny--they are sad.
jairdo-1 Many people enjoy poking fun at all the 50s-60s family comedies such as "Ozzie and Harriet", "Leave it to Beaver" and our own "Donna Reed Show" citing how unreal and "perfect" they were.Well, I suppose they were, however, none were intended to be taken as documentaries. They were there to entertain, and along the way, perhaps sneak in some moral to their stories, a facet sadly lacking from todays TV crop of "family" comedies. I submit that ALL television families lack realism just by virtue of their BEING television families. "Roseanne" and her ilk are no more real than the Donnas and Junes or yesteryear. And, I'd much prefer living next the Stones than I would the Connors.Also, to those of us who were the only child, or members of a family who yelled instead of discussing, such programs provided surrogate siblings and a look at rational parenting. Being an only child, I sort of bonded with these video families who came to visit once a week, and felt better for it.For those who've never seen it, "The Donna Reed Show" presented the Stone family: Donna, former nurse, now a typical suburban wife of the era, her husband, Alex, a pediatrician whose office was in their home, at least for the first 7 seasons, their teenage daughter Mary, whose life revolved around school dances, boys, and fashion and who could be a bit self-absorbed and selfish (no perfection there) and their younger son, Jeff, who got into minor trouble at school occasionally (once he was even suspended! - hardly perfection there, either), enjoyed sports, and driving Mary to distraction as younger brothers are wont to do. During the last couple of seasons, Mary had gone off to college, and the Stones adopted pre-teen daughter Tricia, who was the sister of Jeff in real life as well as "reel" life. Alex was played by Carl Betz, Mary by Shelley Fabares, Jeff by Paul Petersen, and Tricia by Patty Petersen.The program ran for eight seasons 1958-66, on ABC and was enjoyable enough, though hardly as "perfect" as it seemed on the surface. Parents Donna and Alex were involved in their children's lives and usually patient and understanding with them, reasoning through problems, though Alex sometimes raised his voice to a very un50s type bellow. As a child, I watched every week, and had a slight crush on Mary, and would recommend the show to those not completely jaded by our "modern" age.
Kirasjeri 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.