| The Dick Van Dyke Show | |
|---|---|
 Colorized version of opening title card. The original show aired in black and white. | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Carl Reiner |
| Written by | Carl Reiner Frank Tarloff (as "David Adler") John Whedon Sheldon Keller Howard Merrill Martin Ragaway Bill Persky Sam Denoff Garry Marshall Jerry Belson Carl Kleinschmitt Dale McRaven Rick Mittleman |
| Directed by | Sheldon Leonard John Rich Jerry Paris Howard Morris Alan Rafkin |
| Starring | Dick Van Dyke Mary Tyler Moore Rose Marie Morey Amsterdam Larry Mathews Richard Deacon |
| Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
| Composer | Earle Hagen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 158 half-hour black-and-white episodes + 1 reunion special in color (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sheldon Leonard, in association with Danny Thomas |
| Producers | Carl Reiner Bill Persky (1965) Sam Denoff (1965) |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company | Calvada Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | October 3, 1961 – June 1, 1966 |
| Related | |
| The New Dick Van Dyke Show | |
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The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. It was produced by Calvada Productions[notes 1] in association with the CBS Television Network, and was shot at Desilu Studios. Other producers included Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. The music for the show's theme song was written by Earle Hagen.[1]
The show starred Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, and Larry Mathews. The Dick Van Dyke Show centered on the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), the head writer for the fictitious variety show The Alan Brady Show in New York, who lived in suburban New Rochelle, New York with USO dancer turned housewife Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore) and young son Ritchie (Larry Mathews). The series portrayed daily life, comic scenarios that charming, goofy Rob Petrie found himself in the middle of with his family, his colleagues – Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam), Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon) – and his neighbors Millie (Ann Morgan Guilbert) and Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris) and friends.
The series won 15 Emmy Awards. In 1997, the episodes "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" and "It May Look Like a Walnut" were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[2] In 2002, the series was ranked at 13 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time[3] and in 2013 it was ranked at 20 on their list of the 60 Best Series.[4] Also in 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it #14 on their list of the 101 Best Written TV Series.[5]
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- ^ "Dick Van Dyke Plays Not My Job". NPR. October 23, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ "Special Collector's Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide. June 28, 1997.
- ^ "TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows". CBS News. April 26, 2002. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ Fretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt. "The Greatest Shows on Earth". TV Guide Magazine. Vol. 61, no. 3194–3195. pp. 16–19.
- ^ "101 Best Written TV Series". Writers Guild of America West. June 2, 2013.