The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show
First season DVD cover
Created byJames Fritzell
Starring
Music byWilliam Loose (1968–1969)
Jimmie Haskell (1969–1973)
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes128 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMartin Melcher (1968–1969)
Terry Melcher (1968–1972)
Don Genson (1971)
Doris Day (1972–1973)
ProducersDick Dorso (1968–1969)
Bob Sweeney (1968–1969)
Jack Elinson (1969–1971)
Norman Paul (1969–1971)
Edward H. Feldman (1971–1973)
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companyArwin Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1968 (1968-09-24) –
March 12, 1973 (1973-03-12)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)
From the first episode (1968) L-R: Todd Starke, Day, and Philip Brown
Publicity photo, 1968
Day with Lew Ayres (Seasons 2–3), 1970
On set of show

The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes.[1]

The series is remembered for its multiple format and cast changes over the course of its five-year run. The show is also notable for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story (1975), that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. (He also received credit on the series as "executive producer" during its initial season.)[2]