The Danny Thomas Show

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American sitcom television series

The Danny Thomas Show was a popular American sitcom of the 1950s and early 1960s starring Danny Thomas as entertainer Danny Williams, notable for its family-centered comedy and for spawning the spin-off that became The Andy Griffith Show.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Make Room for Daddy ⓘ
broadcastFormat half-hour episodes ⓘ
cameraSetup live audience ⓘ
character Danny Williams ⓘ
characterOccupation entertainer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Danny Thomas ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard ⓘ
executiveProducer Sheldon Leonard ⓘ
filmingStyle multi-camera ⓘ
firstAired 1953 ⓘ
genre family comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
hasEpisodeType situational comedy ⓘ
hasLegacy influential in American family sitcom genre ⓘ
lastAired 1964 ⓘ
leadActorRole Danny Thomas ⓘ
surface form: Danny Thomas as Danny Williams
mainTheme balancing show business career and family life ⓘ
mediaType television program ⓘ
notableFor family-centered comedy ⓘ
The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
surface form: launching The Andy Griffith Show
numberOfEpisodes 343 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 11 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastOn American broadcast television ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
CBS ⓘ
partOf classic American TV sitcoms ⓘ
pictureFormat black-and-white ⓘ
precededByTitle Make Room for Daddy ⓘ
productionCompany Desilu Productions ⓘ
Miller-Milkis Productions ⓘ
settingLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
spinOff The Andy Griffith Show ⓘ
The Bill Dana Show ⓘ
The Joey Bishop Show ⓘ
starring Angela Cartwright ⓘ
Danny Thomas ⓘ
Marjorie Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rusty Hamer ⓘ
Sherry Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience family audience ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s American television ⓘ
1960s American television ⓘ

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Danny Thomas → creatorOf → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard → directed → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
Danny Thomas → notableWork → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
Danny Thomas Productions → notableWork → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard → notableWork → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
Sheldon Leonard → produced → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ
The Andy Griffith Show → relatedShow → The Danny Thomas Show ⓘ