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The Danny Thomas Show: Season 1

30 episodes Premiered Sep 29, 1953 Updated Jul 24, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E2

Party Dress

Oct 6, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E3

Second Honeymoon

Oct 13, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E4

Mother-in-Law

Oct 20, 1953 · 30 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.

S1·E5

Anniversary

Oct 27, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E7

The Visiting Englishman

Nov 10, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E8

The Sea Captain

Nov 17, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E11

Margaret's Job

Dec 8, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E12

Wonderland

Dec 15, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E13

Christmas

Dec 22, 1953 · 30 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.

S1·E14

Toledo

Dec 29, 1953 · 30 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

S1·E15

Margaret's Jealousy

Jan 5, 1954 · 30 min

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

S1·E19

The Professor

Feb 2, 1954 · 30 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.

S1·E22

Margaret's Birthday

Feb 23, 1954 · 30 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