The Danny Thomas Show

The Danny Thomas Show
Danny Thomas and Marjorie Lord, 1962
Also known asMake Room for Daddy
GenreSitcom
Directed by
Starring
Composers
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons11 (all episodes filmed in black-and-white)
No. of episodes
  • 90 (MRFD)
  • 253 (TDTS)
  • 343 (total)
  • 24 (MRFG)
(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerLouis F. Edelman
Producers
Running time23–25 minutes
Production companies
  • Marterto Enterprises (1953–1962)
  • T&L Productions (1962–1964)
Original release
Network
  • ABC (1953–1957)
  • CBS (1957–1964)
ReleaseSeptember 29, 1953 (1953-09-29) –
April 27, 1964 (1964-04-27)
Related
Make Room for Granddaddy
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The Danny Thomas Show (titled Make Room for Daddy for its first three seasons) is an American sitcom that ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. Starring Danny Thomas as a successful night club entertainer, the show focused on his relationship with his family, yet went through a number of significant changes in cast and characters during the course of its run. Episodes regularly featured music by Thomas, guest stars and occasionally other cast members as part of the plot.

In March 1953, Thomas first signed the contract for the show with ABC and chose Desilu Studios to film it using its three-camera method.[1] Two proposed titles during pre-production were The Children's Hour[2] and Here Comes Daddy.[1]

  1. ^ a b The I Love Lucy Book by Bart Andrews (revised and updated Broadway Books trade paperback edition, 2001), ISBN 0-385-19033-6, p. 116
  2. ^ Weiner, Ed; Editors of TV Guide (1992). The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History. New York: Harper Collins. p. 173. ISBN 0-06-096914-8. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)