How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)

How to Marry a Millionaire
GenreSitcom
StarringLori Nelson (Season 1)
Merry Anders
Barbara Eden
Lisa Gaye (Season 2)
Theme music composerAlec Compinsky
ComposerLeon Klatzkin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producersIrving Asher
Nat Perrin
ProducersBen Feiner, Jr.
Paul Jones
Nat Perrin
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time24 minutes
Production companies20th Century-Fox Television
National Telefilm Associates
Original release
NetworkSyndication
NTA Film Network
ReleaseOctober 7, 1957 (1957-10-07) –
August 20, 1959 (1959-08-20)
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How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication and on the NTA Film Network from October 7, 1957 to August 20, 1959. The series is based on the 1953 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall.

The series stars Lori Nelson, Merry Anders, and Barbara Eden. Lisa Gaye joined the cast in the second season after Lori Nelson left the series. How to Marry a Millionaire was one of the first television sitcoms based on a feature film, and was the first series that Barbara Eden was featured in as a regular cast member. Eden would go on to play one of her more notable roles, "Jeannie" in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.[1]

  1. ^ (Tucker 2010, pp. 63–64)