The Donna Reed Show | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Starring | Donna Reed Carl Betz Shelley Fabares Paul Petersen Patty Petersen |
Theme music composer | John Seely |
Opening theme | "Happy Days" |
Composers | Irving Friedman William Loose Stu Phillips Hans J. Salter |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 275 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Producers | Tony Owen William S. Roberts |
Cinematography | Gert Andersen |
Editors | Richard Fantl Robert B. Hoover |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production companies | Todon of California (1958-1963) Briskin Productions (1958-1959) Screen Gems |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 24, 1958 March 19, 1966 | –
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The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary and Jeff. The show originally aired on ABC from September 24, 1958, to March 19, 1966.[1]