Abby Berlin
Director
The Life of Riley (1953)
Season 6
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.
Released Jan. 2, 1953
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.los-angeles-california, imdb.blue-collar-worker, imdb.riveter, imdb.aircraft-factory, imdb.family-life, imdb.family-sitcom, imdb.clumsiness + 15 more, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.fatherhood, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.based-on-radio-show, imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.surname-as-series-title, imdb.four-word-series-title, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.airplane, imdb.sitcom, imdb.factory-worker, tmdb.blue-collar, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.1950s
Watch Providers: Tubi TV
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Gossip
None
Sept. 13, 1957, midnight
S6E2 - Riley's Ups and Downs
None
Sept. 20, 1957, midnight
S6E3 - The New Den
Peg decides to turn a spare room into a den creating chaos in the Riley household, most of it caused by Chester.
Sept. 27, 1957, midnight
S6E4 - Gillis' Childhood Friend
An old buddy of Jim arrives on the scene and Gillis starts spending all his spare time with the friend. Chester feels lonely and angry but his efforts to intrude create awkward moments.
Oct. 4, 1957, midnight
S6E5 - Down for the Count
Contest enthusiast Riley applies a scientific method to determine the number of beans in a jar.
Oct. 11, 1957, midnight
S6E6 - The Gruesome Twosome
Peg and Honeybee take golf lessons so they can join the husbands in their outdoor activities. Chester and Jim are against the notion so they come up with devious plan to derail their wives' plans.
Oct. 18, 1957, midnight
S6E7 - Happy Birthday, Little Chester
Riley's party for baby Chester boomerangs.
Oct. 25, 1957, midnight
S6E8 - Babs and the Latin
None
Nov. 1, 1957, midnight
S6E9 - Anchors Aweigh
None
Nov. 8, 1957, midnight
S6E10 - Framed
None
Nov. 15, 1957, midnight
S6E11 - Nobody Down Here Likes Me
Riley becomes a recluse when his friends refuse to go fishing with him.
Nov. 22, 1957, midnight
S6E12 - Baby Chester's First Words
None
Nov. 29, 1957, midnight
S6E13 - A Trip for Peg
Peg is upset because Junior has moved out to the Fleming House on the college campus. To cheer her up, Riley insists she goes to the beauty parlor for the works then buy a new outfit. He intends to send her on vacation to Brooklyn to visit his brother and family. The only problem is, his brother's daughter, Annie from Brooklyn, shows up at their door on a mission to cheer Peg up.
Dec. 6, 1957, midnight
S6E14 - Going Steady
Junior has college finals coming up and needs private time to study without any distractions so he decides not to date his girlfriend Bobby for the next two weeks. Bobby agrees and now it becomes Riley's job to keep the hungry dating wolves away from Junior and Bobby until Junior completes his assignments.
Dec. 13, 1957, midnight
S6E15 - A Guest from England
None
Dec. 20, 1957, midnight
S6E16 - Little Awful Annie
The food bill soars when Annie falls for heavy-eating Moose.
Jan. 3, 1958, midnight
S6E17 - Music Hath Charms
None
Jan. 10, 1958, midnight
S6E18 - Movie Struck
None
Jan. 24, 1958, midnight
S6E19 - Bowling Beauties
Cunningham Aircraft has hired an efficiency expert, Walter Bellflower, to improve the recreational program for the employees. Walter has assigned Riley and Gillis to coach the new ladies bowling team; four old, rough-looking gals. But there's been a mistake, so Walter reassigns the boys to another team of young good looking beauties.
Jan. 31, 1958, midnight
S6E20 - The Letter
Chester and Gillis persuade a discontented pal to leave his job, and they lend their assistance as he writes a letter of resignation.
Feb. 7, 1958, midnight
S6E21 - Ten O'Clock Scholar
Riley enrolls in night school to obtain his high-school diploma.
Feb. 14, 1958, midnight
S6E22 - The Oily Birds
Based on their duplex agreement, Riley owns the grounds plus the maintenance and Gillis is responsible for the roof. But Riley is getting tired of doing all the yard work so he starts a rumor that oil has been discovered on their property. When Gillis hears about the oil, he becomes anxious to share in some of the yard work.
Feb. 21, 1958, midnight
S6E23 - Mrs. Aircraft Industries
Babs is entered in the Mrs. Aircraft Industries beauty contest.
Feb. 28, 1958, midnight
S6E24 - After You're Gone
Riley decides to be more generous to Peg.
March 7, 1958, midnight
S6E25 - A Test for Gillis
None
March 14, 1958, midnight
S6E26 - Riley's Burst Bubble
Riley schemes to reunite Annie with her father.
March 21, 1958, midnight
S6E27 - Teenage Troubles
Riley schemes to prevent other boys from dating Junior's girlfriend.
March 28, 1958, midnight
S6E28 - The Otis Yonder Story
None
April 4, 1958, midnight
S6E29 - The Barracks Bag
None
April 11, 1958, midnight
S6E30 - The Price of Fame
Riley becomes a hero when he captures a thief.
April 18, 1958, midnight
S6E31 - Annie's Radio Romance
Annie loves to listen to her favorite radio program, "The Lonesome Guy", starring Charles Chambers. The program is offering a romantic evening out with the lonesome guy for some lucky love starved woman and Annie wins the contest. Unfortunately, it turns out that the "lonesome guy" is not as appealing as his silky voice would imply.
April 25, 1958, midnight
S6E32 - Dudley Comes to Town
Calvin Dudley returns for a visit and ropes Riley and Gillis into a phony money-making scheme.
May 2, 1958, midnight
S6E33 - Live Modern
None
May 9, 1958, midnight
S6E34 - Help for Honeybee
None
May 16, 1958, midnight
S6E35 - Here Comes Constance
Riley and Gillis balk at attending cultural events with their wives.
May 23, 1958, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1740 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1953
Last Air Date: May 23, 1958, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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