''The Dennis O'Keefe Show'' is an American sitcom produced by Cypress Production/ United Artists Television which aired on CBS for sponsor

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' Oldsmobile division. It was not a ratings success during its original run and was canceled after one season. The series was largely forgotten until a "Best Of" DVD release by

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during 2004. Certain episodes of the show can also be seen at the Internet Archive. It appears this series has entered the public domain.

Premise

Dennis O'Keefe portrays Hal Towne, a widower who is trying to balance his career as a newspaper columnist ("All Around Towne") and raise his 9-year-old son, Randy, in an apartment in New York City, with the help of a tough but lovable housekeeper, Amelia Sargent, better known as "Sarge", played by

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. The series aired at 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesdays, with competition from the last half of two hour-long western series, '' Laramie'' on NBC and '' Sugarfoot'' and '' Bronco'', alternating on

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, one of their many Warner Brothers offerings at that time.

Broadcasting history

*September 22, 1959—June 7, 1960: Tuesday at 8 p.m. on CBS.

DVD release

released a budget DVD with 4 episodes on November 23, 2004. They have yet to release more volumes.

Cast

* Dennis O'Keefe as Hal Towne *

as Amelia "Sarge" Sargent * Ricky Kelman as Randy Towne *

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as Karen Hadley * Eddie Ryder as Eliot

Episodes

Personnel

John Fenton Murray created the program, and Les Hafner was the producer. Abby Berlin, Jerry Hopkins, James V. Kern, and Don Weis were directors. Writers included Bob Fisher, Benedict Freedman, Robert Gottlieb, Seaman Jacobs, Joel Kane, Alan Lipscott, Jack Michael, Murray, and Si Rose.

References

External links

* CBS original programming 1959 American television series debuts 1960 American television series endings 1950s American sitcoms 1960s American sitcoms Television shows set in New York City Black-and-white American television shows Television series by United Artists Television {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub