The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons ) was a sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 on ABC and from 1957 to 1964 on CBS. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ...

Series

Danny Thomas played Danny Williams, a successful comedian and nightclub entertainer. Jean Hagen was his wife Margaret, Sherry Jackson their daughter Terry, and Rusty Hamer their son Rusty. Louise Beavers played the maid Louise. In 1955, Beavers left and was replaced in the role by Amanda Randolph. Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite descent. ... Jean Hagen (August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American film actress. ... Sherry Jackson, born February 15, 1942 in Wendell, Idaho, USA, is an American actress and former child star. ... Rusty Hamer (February 15, 1947 - January 18, 1990) was a United States actor. ... Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 - October 26, 1962) was a prolific African-American film actress. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amanda Randolph (September 2, 1896 - August 24, 1967) was an African American actress and singer. ...

In 1956 Jean Hagen quit the show, and the producers had her character written out as having died. The following season, Thomas's character dated several women, with the help of his children. At the end of the season, he met widowed Kathy O'Hara, played by Marjorie Lord, who had a young daughter, Linda, played by Angela Cartwright. No wedding was ever shown, but when the show returned in 1957, with the new title, Danny and Kathy were married, and Linda was adopted by Danny. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Angela Cartwright (born September 9, 1952 in Altrincham, Cheshire) is a British-born American actress, best known as a child actress for her roles in the film The Sound of Music and in the US television series Lost in Space. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hans Conried had frequent guest appearances as Danny's Lebanese "Uncle Tonoose". Other frequent guests included Bill Dana, Annette Funicello, Pat Harrington Jr., Sheldon Leonard (the show's producer) and Thomas protegee Italian teenaged singer Piccola Pupa. Hans Conried in 1974 television appearance Hans Georg Conried, Jr. ... Bill Dana Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a comedian, writer, author, producer and composer, who was well-established in comedy writing before he created the character Jose Jimenez for the Steve Allen Show. ... Funicello on the Mickey Mouse Club. ... Pat Harrington, Jr. ... Sheldon Leonard (February 22, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. ...

In 1958 the character of Terry was written out as she was supposedly away at school. The character returned the following year, recast with actress Penny Parker. She, too, was written out when the character married and left the show. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Syndication packaging

The show is packaged for syndication as below,

The Jean Hagen episodes

Seasons 1-3 are known as the Jean Hagen Episodes. These episodes have not been offered for syndication since 1964, but they still are shown on rare occaisons (see Syndication section below).

The Marjorie Lord episodes

Seasons 5-11 are the Marjorie Lord Episodes. Season Four is often dubbed the "widowed episodes", but they are also sold in syndication with the Marjorie Lord episodes. These are the most commonly run episodes. The "widowed episodes" are linked with The Jean Hagen Episodes. Also, the name change (The Danny Thomas Show) came right after Jean Hagen left the show in 1956.

Sequel

The show ended in 1964, but Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson, and Hans Conreid returned in 1970 in the show Danny Thomas in Make Room for Grandaddy. The character of Terry had supposedly left her son, 6-year-old Michael, played by Michael Hughes, in the care of his grandparents while she and her soldier husband were stationed overseas. New characters were played by Stanley Myron Handelman and former football player Roosevelt Grier. The show only lasted a single season. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article or section should be merged with Rosey Grier Roosevelt (Rosey) Grier (born 14 July 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American football player, actor, and Christian minister. ...

Andy Griffith pilot

The Danny Thomas Show is also notable as having been the vehicle by which The Andy Griffith Show spun off. The character of Andy Taylor appeared in an episode in which Danny Williams was caught for running a stop sign in the small fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina. The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Stop sign used in English-speaking countries, as well as in the European Union A stop sign is a traffic sign, usually erected at road junctions, that instructs drivers to make a brief and temporary, but complete, stop upon reaching it, and then to proceed only if the way ahead... This list is of fictional cities: villages, towns, and cities that do not exist in the world we know. ... Mayberry is the name of a fictional town in North Carolina which was the setting for the American television show The Andy Griffith Show. ...

Syndication

The show has been shown in syndication on several CBS-TV affiliates over the years. During the late 1980s and early 1990s the shows 4th through 9th seasons were shown on Nick at Nite. TV Land has also showed several of the Marjorie Lord episodes. Only about 195 episodes are shown in reruns today. The first three seasons have not been seen on television since the 1960s and the last two seasons are owned by Marjorie Lord and are not shown in reruns. Although starting with Season Five the show was known as "The Danny Thomas Show", all the syndicated episodes are shown in reruns under the title "Make Room For Daddy". Many of the shows from Seasons 1-3 can be bought on discount DVDs and classic TV DVD collections. A few low budget TV stations and privately ran cable stations have also shown the Jean Hagen Episodes. Nick at Nite is an evening programming block broadcast over Nickelodeon from 9 PM – 6 AM Eastern and Pacific Standard Time. ... TV Land is an American cable television network which first started transmissions on April 29, 1996. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

DVD releases

The complete fifth season was released to DVD on September 28, 2004, with two special episodes: the fourth season finale, Danny's Proposal and the pilot for the Andy Griffith Show. Several of the early episodes with Jean Hagen can be purchased on discount DVDs.

Trivia

• The show also spunoff The Joey Bishop Show, and crossed over with I Love Lucy when the Ricardos rent their home to the Thomases in the episode Lucy makes room for Danny.

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• Margaret Williams was the first TV character "killed off" of a sitcom.