Jim Backus
Judge Bradley Stevens
I Married Joan (1952)
Season 1
I Married Joan is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne-comedy actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens.
Released Oct. 16, 1952
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Comedy
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Production Companies: Joan Davis Enterprises
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
A young couple's quarrel over a fur coat ends up in Brad's court and brings back memories of another fur coat that caused a crisis in the Stevens marriage. Joan remembers when she was an airline hostess
and buys a fur coat.
Oct. 15, 1952, midnight
S1E2 - Career
Judge Stevens invites a prospective campaign contributor to dinner, only to find that his wife, trying to be helpful, has invited
another sponsor.
Oct. 22, 1952, midnight
S1E3 - Ballet
The Judge advises his wife Joan to get more exercise as an antidote to fatigue from housework and Joan turns to ballet.
Oct. 29, 1952, midnight
S1E4 - Jitterbug
Joan finds an ingenious way to retaliate after Brad fines her for speeding, she takes up jitterbugging after trying babysitting and
selling "all you can eat" to phone men.
Nov. 5, 1952, midnight
S1E5 - Crime Panel
Joan is scheduled to appear on a crime prevention forum. To prepare
herself she spends the day visiting poolrooms.
Nov. 12, 1952, midnight
S1E6 - Brad's Class Reunion
Joan struggles to change herself into "The Perfect Woman" to fit a description written by her husband.
Nov. 19, 1952, midnight
S1E7 - Hunting
Joan insists that she is an experienced camper. Unconvinced, Brad decides to test her aptitude for the great outdoors.
Nov. 26, 1952, midnight
S1E8 - Joan's Curiosity
Joan is in for a surprise when she opens an interesting-looking package that arrived for Brad.
Dec. 3, 1952, midnight
S1E9 - Birthday
Joan buys some dresses, puts them on her charge account, then sells
them to friends for cash. The reason is she needs money to buy Brad
a birthday present.
Dec. 10, 1952, midnight
S1E10 - Bazar Pie
Joan wants to arrange a romance, by introducing her new neighbor, a handsome Latin, to her visiting aunt.
Dec. 17, 1952, midnight
S1E11 - Acrobats
When Brad announces that he is bringing home important guests for dinner, Joan feels it necessary to buy a new wardrobe for the
occasion. While shopping for a hat she winds up in a fight with a woman who turns out to be one of Brad's dinner guests. At dinner
Joan tries to disguise herself by joining the nightclub's entertainers, acrobats.
Dec. 31, 1952, midnight
S1E12 - Dreams
After meeting three former schoolmates who are now successful career woman, Joan decides that she is happier just being a housewife
Dec. 24, 1952, midnight
S1E13 - Bad Boy
Joan tries to reform a juvenile delinquent and nearly winds up in jail herself.
Jan. 7, 1953, midnight
S1E14 - Circumstantial Evidence
Joan takes an interest in her husband's work and tries to prove that a man he is about to sentence was convicted on circumstantial evidence.
Jan. 14, 1953, midnight
S1E15 - Uncle Edgar
Uncle Edgar visits Joan and her husband and they have a difficult time trying to keep him out of trouble.
Jan. 21, 1953, midnight
S1E16 - Moosehead
Joan tries to kill two problems with the same fifty-dollar bill and winds up deeply wounded by a dead moose at an auction.
Jan. 28, 1953, midnight
S1E17 - Fireman
Joan tries to patch up the quarrels of her newlywed-neighbors and succeeds in creating some for herself at the firehouse.
Feb. 4, 1953, midnight
S1E18 - Memory
Joan's faulty memory wreaks gastric disaster when she forgets a dinner invitation, resulting in not one, not two, but three spaghetti dinners in the same evening.
Feb. 11, 1953, midnight
S1E19 - Draftboard
Brad receives a letter from his local draft board. Joan assumes he's being called to armed service and panics.
Feb. 18, 1953, midnight
S1E20 - Opera
In order to save her club's benefit show, Joan takes a whirl at the opera. Bing Crosby helps out.
Feb. 25, 1953, midnight
S1E21 - Shopping
Joan needs newly out-fitted for a fancy party. So does husband Brad, but both have second thoughts about Joan's shopping trip.
March 4, 1953, midnight
S1E22 - The Stamp
Joan mails a letter using a Mozambique stamp that Brad just purchased for $350. Her husband blows his top, but why is Joan now on trial?
March 11, 1953, midnight
S1E23 - Little Girl
Joan tries to spark a romance between a guest and a neighbor's son. Joan Davis.
March 18, 1953, midnight
S1E24 - Diet
March 25, 1953, midnight
S1E25 - Model
April 1, 1953, midnight
S1E26 - Lateness
April 8, 1953, midnight
S1E27 - The Eviction Show
April 15, 1953, midnight
S1E28 - The Recipe
April 22, 1953, midnight
S1E29 - Repairs
April 29, 1953, midnight
S1E30 - Secrets
May 6, 1953, midnight
S1E31 - The Artist Show
May 13, 1953, midnight
S1E32 - The Threat
May 20, 1953, midnight
S1E33 - Country Club
May 27, 1953, midnight
S1E34 - Theatrical Can-Can
June 3, 1953, midnight
S1E35 - Neighbors
June 10, 1953, midnight
S1E36 - Talent Scout
June 17, 1953, midnight
S1E37 - Honeymoon
Joan locks Brad in a burglar-proof closet. Joan Davis, Jim Backus.
June 24, 1953, midnight
S1E38 - Business Executive
July 1, 1953, midnight
S1E39 - Brad's Broken Toe
All is not quiet in a hospital when Joan and Brad become patients. Jim Backus.
July 8, 1953, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 16, 1952
Last Air Date: March 23, 1955, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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