Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver
Season one title screen
GenreSitcom, children's television series
Created byJoe Connelly
Bob Mosher
Starring
Theme music composerDavid Kahn
Melvyn Leonard
Mort Greene
Opening theme"The Toy Parade"
ComposersPete Rugolo (1957–62)
Paul Smith (1962–63)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes234 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersJoe Connelly
Bob Mosher
Production locationsRepublic Studios
Universal Studios
Los Angeles
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesRevue Studios
MCA TV
Gomalco Productions
(1957–1961)
(seasons 1–4)
Kayro Productions
(1961–1963)
(seasons 5–6)
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseOctober 4, 1957 (1957-10-04) –
July 16, 1958 (1958-07-16)
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 2, 1958 (1958-10-02) –
June 20, 1963 (1963-06-20)
Related
Still the Beaver
The New Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver (1997 film)
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Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom that follows the misadventures of a suburban boy, his family and his friends. It stars Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers.

CBS first broadcast the show on October 4, 1957, but dropped it after one season. ABC picked it up and aired it for another five years, from October 2, 1958, to June 20, 1963. It proved to be a scheduling challenge for both networks, moving through four time slots (Wednesday through Saturday evenings) over the course of its run.[1] The series was produced by Gomalco Productions from 1957 to 1961, and then by Kayro Productions from 1961 to 1963. It was distributed by Revue Studios.

Leave It to Beaver never broke into the Nielsen Ratings top 30 in its six-season run. However, it proved to be much more popular in reruns. It also led to an unsuccessful 1997 film of the same name.

  1. ^ "Leave It to Beaver". TV.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2007.