The Danny Thomas Show
The Danny Thomas Show
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The Danny Thomas Show

6.2 / 10 · 20 votes
TV-G
1953
~30 min / ep
11 seasons
342 episodes
Comedy

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

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Amazon Prime Video
fuboTV
fuboTV
YouTube TV
YouTube TV
UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel
UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel
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Amazon Prime Video with Ads
UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel
UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Uncle Daddy

    8.0
    29-09-195330 min
  • Ep 2

    2.Party Dress

    06-10-195330 min

    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 a...

  • Ep 3

    3.Second Honeymoon

    13-10-195330 min

    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 occu...

  • Ep 4

    4.Mother-in-Law

    20-10-195330 min

    Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

  • Ep 5

    5.Anniversary

    27-10-195330 min

    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 b...

  • Ep 6

    6.Margaret, Non-Pro

    03-11-195330 min
  • Ep 7

    7.The Visiting Englishman

    10-11-195330 min

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Sea Captain

    17-11-195330 min

    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 th...

  • Ep 9

    9.Thanksgiving Story

    24-11-195330 min
  • Ep 10

    10.Last Dollar

    01-12-195330 min
  • Ep 11

    11.Margaret's Job

    08-12-195330 min

    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, Dan...

  • Ep 12

    12.Wonderland

    15-12-195330 min

    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 f...

  • Ep 13

    13.Christmas

    22-12-195330 min

    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.

  • Ep 14

    14.Toledo

    29-12-195330 min

    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...

  • Ep 15

    15.Margaret's Jealousy

    05-01-195430 min

    Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

  • Ep 16

    16.Terry for President

    12-01-195430 min
  • Ep 17

    17.True Blue Benny

    19-01-195430 min
  • Ep 18

    18.Rusty Runs Away

    26-01-195430 min
  • Ep 19

    19.The Professor

    02-02-195430 min

    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.

  • Ep 20

    20.Burlesque

    09-02-195430 min
  • Ep 21

    21.Black Eyes

    16-02-195430 min
  • Ep 22

    22.Margaret's Birthday

    23-02-195430 min

    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 simp...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Matchmaker

    02-03-195430 min
  • Ep 24

    24.Night Club

    09-03-195430 min
  • Ep 25

    25.Terry's Career

    16-03-195430 min
  • Ep 26

    26.School Festival

    23-03-195430 min
  • Ep 27

    27.Rusty's Pal

    30-03-195430 min
  • Ep 28

    28.Julia's Birthday

    06-04-195430 min
  • Ep 29

    29.Pittsburgh

    13-04-195430 min
  • Ep 30

    30.Danny's Vacation

    20-04-195430 min

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