That's My Boy (1954 TV series)

That's My Boy
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Bob Schiller
Starring	Eddie Mayehoff; Gil Stratton; Rochelle Hudson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	37
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	1954 –; 1955
Chronology
Preceded by	My Favorite Husband (9:30 p.m. EST)
Followed by	Willy (10:30 p.m. EST)

That's My Boy is a 1954–1955 CBS situation comedy television series based on the 1951 Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film of the same name. The series, written by Bob Schiller and filmed before a live audience, starred Eddie Mayehoff as Jack Jackson, Sr., Gil Stratton as Jack, Jr., and Rochelle Hudson as Alice Jackson, the wife and mother. The senior Jackson is a construction contractor who had been a star football player in college, and he is determined to have "Junior" follow in his gridiron path at their common alma mater.

Broadcast

The series aired at 9 p.m. Eastern in the slot following My Favorite Husband and preceding June Havoc's sitcom Willy on CBS. Both That's My Boy and Willy aired opposite The George Gobel Show on NBC. The following season, 1955–1956, this time slot was occupied by the first year of the western Gunsmoke.[1] CBS aired reruns of That's My Boy at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday from June to September 1959.[2]

References

Alex McNeil, Total Television, appendix with national television schedule
Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 1028.

External links

That's My Boy at IMDb

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[1] Alex McNeil, Total Television, appendix with national television schedule

[Brooks_and_Marsh-2] Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 1028.