I Married Joan

I Married Joan

Infobox Television
show_name = I Married Joan


caption = "I Married Joan" intro screen
genre = Sitcom
creator =
starring = Joan Davis
Jim Backus
theme_music_composer = Richard Mack
opentheme = "I Married Joan"
country = USA
language =
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 99
list_episodes =
producer = P.J. Wolfson
executive_producer = Joan Davis
James Bank
runtime = 30 min.
network = NBC
first_aired = October 15, 1952
last_aired = April 6, 1955
imdb_id = 0044269
tv_com_id = 167

"I Married Joan" is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge, Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus).

ynopsis

The show announced itself each week as "America's favorite comedy show, starring America's queen of comedy, Joan Davis, as Mrs. Joan Stevens." The series focused on a married couple, Joan and Bradley Stevens. Joan Stevens usually found herself in numerous wacky jams, with or without the help of her younger sister (played by her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills). Episodes usually began with Backus as Judge Stevens recalling yet another merry mishap, followed by the unfolding of the mishap, and ending with Stevens summing it up.

Sponsored by General Electric, "I Married Joan" was aimed at the viewers who watched "I Love Lucy", a year older and already television's top-rated situation comedy. Despite Davis's physical and verbal comedy talents, however, the show lasted only three full seasons in first-run production before falling victim to weakening ratings.

Cast

yndication and DVDs

In the early 1980s, the series was rerun by the CBN cable network in a late-night block that included another TV sitcom, Gale Storm's series "My Little Margie".

In 2005, ION Television briefly aired reruns of the series at 6 a.m. EST opposite "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".

Since 2004, Alpha Home Entertainment has released three volumes of various episodes from different seasons on budget DVD compilations. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WPJT4G "I Married Joan" Volume 1-3 DVD set, Amazon.com] ]

BearManor Media published a biography about Joan Davis, which includes a chapter dedicated to "I Married Joan". Episodes of this television series have been screened at the non-profit Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention held annually in Aberdeen, Maryland.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0044269|title=I Married Joan
*Tv.com show|id=5955|title=I Married Joan
* [http://www.archive.org/details/I_Married_Joan_GE Episode of 'I Married Joan' with original commercials at the Internet Archive]


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