Melville Shavelson
Director
Make Room for Daddy (1953)
Season 1
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
Released Sept. 29, 1953
Episode 29 min
2+
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Production Companies: T & L Productions, Marterto Productions, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
8.0
S1E1 - Uncle Daddy
None
Sept. 29, 1953, midnight
S1E2 - Party Dress
Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.
Oct. 6, 1953, midnight
S1E3 - Second Honeymoon
Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.
Oct. 13, 1953, midnight
S1E4 - Mother-in-Law
Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.
Oct. 20, 1953, midnight
S1E5 - Anniversary
When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.
Oct. 27, 1953, midnight
S1E6 - Margaret, Non-Pro
None
Nov. 3, 1953, midnight
S1E7 - The Visiting Englishman
Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.
Nov. 10, 1953, midnight
S1E8 - The Sea Captain
Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.
Nov. 17, 1953, midnight
S1E9 - Thanksgiving Story
None
Nov. 24, 1953, midnight
S1E10 - Last Dollar
None
Dec. 1, 1953, midnight
S1E11 - Margaret's Job
When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.
Dec. 8, 1953, midnight
S1E12 - Wonderland
While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.
Dec. 15, 1953, midnight
S1E13 - Christmas
Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.
Dec. 22, 1953, midnight
S1E14 - Toledo
Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.
Dec. 29, 1953, midnight
S1E15 - Margaret's Jealousy
Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.
Jan. 5, 1954, midnight
S1E16 - Terry for President
None
Jan. 12, 1954, midnight
S1E17 - True Blue Benny
None
Jan. 19, 1954, midnight
S1E18 - Rusty Runs Away
None
Jan. 26, 1954, midnight
S1E19 - The Professor
After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.
Feb. 2, 1954, midnight
S1E20 - Burlesque
None
Feb. 9, 1954, midnight
S1E21 - Black Eyes
None
Feb. 16, 1954, midnight
S1E22 - Margaret's Birthday
Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.
Feb. 23, 1954, midnight
S1E23 - The Matchmaker
None
March 2, 1954, midnight
S1E24 - Night Club
None
March 9, 1954, midnight
S1E25 - Terry's Career
None
March 16, 1954, midnight
S1E26 - School Festival
None
March 23, 1954, midnight
S1E27 - Rusty's Pal
None
March 30, 1954, midnight
S1E28 - Julia's Birthday
None
April 6, 1954, midnight
S1E29 - Pittsburgh
None
April 13, 1954, midnight
S1E30 - Danny's Vacation
None
April 20, 1954, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 29 min.
Season Runtime: 10232 min.
Released: Sept. 29, 1953
Last Air Date: April 27, 1964, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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