The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 24, 1958 to March 19, 1966. The series starred Donna Reed and was sponsored by Campbell Soup Company with Johnson & Johnson as the principal alternate sponsor.
The series focused on middle class couple, Donna Stone (Reed), a housewife to pediatrician Alex Stone, played by Carl Betz. The couple had two children together, Mary (Shelley Fabares) and Jeff (Paul Petersen). Epi...
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The Donna Reed Show is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 24, 1958 to March 19, 1966. The series starred Donna Reed and was sponsored by Campbell Soup Company with Johnson & Johnson as the principal alternate sponsor.
The series focused on middle class couple, Donna Stone (Reed), a housewife to pediatrician Alex Stone, played by Carl Betz. The couple had two children together, Mary (Shelley Fabares) and Jeff (Paul Petersen). Episodes featured problems of the 1950s such as planning a bash for a retiring colleague, firing an inept housekeeper, and finding quality time away from the kids.
In 1962, Shelley Fabares recorded a single called "Johnny Angel" which debuted in one of the show's fourth season episodes. The single later became a number one hit and sold over a million copies. Fabares left the show in 1963 to pursue other acting and singing opportunities, and her character Mary went away to college (Mary later reappeared periodically). Paul Petersen's real-life...
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