Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and producer Mel Cooley. At home, we also got to chuckle (and sometimes cry) over Rob's antics involving his wife, son, and neighbors.
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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All Seasons | |||
Specials | July 1960 | December 2021 | 4 |
Season 1 | October 1961 | April 1962 | 30 |
Season 2 | September 1962 | May 1963 | 32 |
Season 3 | September 1963 | May 1964 | 32 |
Season 4 | September 1964 | May 1965 | 32 |
Season 5 | September 1965 | June 1966 | 32 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
All Seasons | |||
Specials | July 1960 | May 1994 | 2 |
Season 1 | October 1961 | April 1962 | 30 |
Season 2 | September 1962 | October 1963 | 33 |
Season 3 | September 1963 | December 1964 | 32 |
Season 4 | September 1964 | September 1965 | 32 |
Season 5 | September 1965 | June 1966 | 31 |
Season 11 | 0 | ||
Unassigned Episodes | 2 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | 0 | ||
Unassigned Episodes | 162 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Jerry Paris | 89 | 01/23/1963 - 05/25/1966 | |
John Rich | 37 | 10/10/1961 - 10/16/1963 | |
Sheldon Leonard | 6 | 10/03/1961 - 04/03/1963 | |
Howard Morris | 6 | 11/27/1963 - 02/17/1965 | |
Lee Philips | 5 | 03/10/1965 - 10/13/1965 | |
Alan Rafkin | 4 | 10/31/1962 - 12/09/1964 | |
Richard Erdman | 3 | 02/23/1966 - 03/02/1966 | |
Theodore J. Flicker | 2 | 04/14/1965 - 05/05/1965 | |
James Komack | 2 | 12/12/1961 - 12/26/1961 | |
Hal Cooper | 2 | 11/14/1962 - 11/21/1962 | |
Coby Ruskin | 2 | 11/28/1962 - 02/20/1963 | |
Robert Butler | 1 | 10/31/1961 | |
Peter Baldwin | 1 | 12/02/1964 | |
James Niver | 1 | 04/17/1963 | |
Don Weis | 1 | 07/19/1960 | |
Claudio Guzman | 1 | 03/06/1963 | |
Jack Guss | 1 | 03/27/1963 | |
Ray Brenner | 1 | 03/27/1963 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Carl Reiner | 78 | 07/19/1960 - 06/01/1966 | |
Sam Denoff | 29 | 09/25/1963 - 06/01/1966 | |
Bill Persky | 29 | 09/25/1963 - 06/01/1966 | |
Garry Marshall | 19 | 01/15/1964 - 05/11/1966 | |
Jerry Belson | 18 | 01/15/1964 - 05/11/1966 | |
Carl Kleinschmitt | 9 | 05/12/1965 - 05/04/1966 | |
Dale McRaven | 9 | 05/12/1965 - 05/04/1966 | |
Howard Merrill | 8 | 10/03/1962 - 12/16/1964 | |
John Whedon | 7 | 03/14/1962 - 02/09/1966 | |
Sheldon Keller | 7 | 10/03/1962 - 12/16/1964 | |
Martin Ragaway | 5 | 12/26/1962 - 02/03/1965 | |
Bill Idelson | 4 | 03/20/1963 - 03/11/1964 | |
Ernest Chambers | 3 | 01/29/1964 - 10/27/1965 | |
David Adler | 3 | 11/14/1961 - 01/10/1962 | |
Joseph C. Cavella | 3 | 03/24/1965 - 12/15/1965 | |
Jay Burton | 2 | 12/02/1964 - 10/27/1965 | |
Ben Joelson | 2 | 10/20/1965 - 03/02/1966 | |
Ed Haas | 2 | 02/14/1962 - 04/04/1962 | |
Lawrence J. Cohen | 2 | 09/22/1965 - 12/08/1965 | |
Norm Liebmann | 2 | 02/14/1962 - 04/04/1962 | |
Ronald Alexander | 2 | 04/03/1963 - 05/01/1963 | |
Rick Mittleman | 2 | 11/17/1965 - 12/29/1965 | |
Art Baer | 2 | 10/20/1965 - 03/02/1966 | |
Fred Freeman | 2 | 09/22/1965 - 12/08/1965 | |
Joseph Bonaduce | 2 | 01/05/1966 - 04/06/1966 | |
Walter Kempley | 2 | 12/26/1961 - 04/11/1962 | |
Nathaniel Curtis | 1 | 03/11/1964 | |
Lee Erwin | 1 | 11/28/1962 | |
Lois Peyser | 1 | 02/21/1962 | |
Jack Raymond | 1 | 02/07/1962 | |
Ben Gershman | 1 | 03/07/1962 | |
Jack Winter | 1 | 04/27/1966 | |
Leo Solomon | 1 | 03/07/1962 | |
Arnold Peyser | 1 | 02/21/1962 | |
Ronald Axe | 1 | 02/23/1966 | |
Howard Ostroff | 1 | 03/17/1965 | |
Ray Allen Saffian | 1 | 10/17/1962 | |
Joan Darling | 1 | 03/17/1965 |
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