My Three Sons is an American situation comedy. The series ran until 1965
on ABC, and moved to CBS until its end on August 24, 1972. It has been
called a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. With
380 episodes a season), it is second only to The Adventures of Ozzie
and Harriet as television’s longest running (live-action) sitcom.
Hazel is a sitcom that aired for five-seasons, with 154-episodes in primetime
until April 11, 1966. It was produced by Screen Gems and aired on NBC for its
first four seasons (in black-and-white for all but one episode of the first season,
and in color for the next three), then in color on CBS for its final season.The
show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted
Key (below) which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
Ted Key
The Brady Bunch is a sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that originally
aired on ABC-TV until March 8, 1974 after being cancelled.
The Beverly Hillbillies is a situation comedy that originally aired for nine
seasons on the CBS television network until March 23, 1971. The series
ranked among the top twenty most watched programs on television for
eight of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the number one series of the
year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most watched
television episodes of all time.
Donna Douglas (Doris Smith) is 80 today
