A loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like when they found a baby on their doorstep or take in a rebellious youth or when Donna tries to patch up marital spats among friends.
Aired: Sep 15, 1960The Stones decide to go away to somewhere different for an extended weekend, ...
Aired: Sep 22, 1960While eating lunch with Mary at a restaurant, a woman approaches Donna as a l...
Aired: Sep 29, 1960Donna has her kitchen remodeled and new appliances installed. Then she needs ...
Aired: Oct 6, 1960The Stones hire a handyman to do repairs around the house. The handyman asks ...
Aired: Oct 20, 1960Mary returns home from a weekend visit with a friend and just raves about how...
Aired: Oct 27, 1960Mary meets a boy at school that reminds her of her father. She thinks Elroy l...
Aired: Nov 3, 1960Mary is going out with Scotty in a car he built himself. When Donna and Alex ...
Aired: Nov 10, 1960The school issues an intelligence test to the students, and Jeff gets a score...
Aired: Nov 17, 1960When Les has trouble paying his baby's doctor bill Donna let's him do some wo...
10. It Only Hurts When I Laugh
Aired: Nov 24, 1960Alex proves the old adage that doctors make the worst patients when he goes i...
Aired: Dec 1, 1960Mary decides she wants to be a model. She wins a scholarship to a modeling sc...
12. Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Aired: Dec 8, 1960Mary has a bad case of indecisiveness and asks Donna for advice on clothes, e...
Aired: Dec 15, 1960Donna is looking forward to attending her college reunion. When Alex hears ab...
Aired: Dec 22, 1960While Jeff's friend Gordie is showing off his new scooter he accidentally hit...
Aired: Dec 29, 1960Mary wants Jeff to pay her back from a loan so she can buy a new sweater. Sin...
Aired: Jan 5, 1961Donna gets upset with Mary and Jeff starting projects and never finishing the...
17. World's Greatest Entertainer
Aired: Jan 12, 1961Jeff seems to be in a slump by causing things to happen without realizing wha...
Aired: Jan 19, 1961Donna is tired of everyone using the piano as a drop area for their belonging...
19. The Stones Go to Hollywood
Aired: Jan 26, 1961When Donna, Mary, and Jeff find that Alex is going to Hollywood for a doctor'...
Aired: Feb 2, 1961Mary and her classmates are rehearsing for a school play, but the director st...
Aired: Feb 9, 1961When a friend of Jeff's brags about going on a camping trip with his father, ...
Aired: Feb 16, 1961Donna meets the wife of a new doctor at the hospital. Since she is Japaneses,...
Aired: Feb 23, 1961When Donna finds her and Alex's friends stay busy with music lessons and danc...
Aired: Mar 2, 1961Donna gets a parking ticket and does not think she is in the wrong. She decid...
Aired: Mar 9, 1961Donna wants to go to the Founders Ball but Alex does not. Alex is struggling ...
Aired: Mar 16, 1961Donna and her friend Madeline decide to open a poodle parlor in town, and the...
Aired: Mar 23, 1961While Mary is babysitting a young child, the older brother comes home and tel...
Aired: Mar 30, 1961The Board of Health Director retires, and Donna campaigns to have Alex nomina...
Aired: Apr 6, 1961Alex realizes it is the day before income taxes are due, and he rushes to pre...
Aired: Apr 13, 1961While putting on a puppet show, Jeff accidentally breaks a treasured gift tha...
Aired: Apr 20, 1961Mary is upset when she learns that two boys tossed a coin to see who would ta...
Aired: Apr 27, 1961Alex and his friends plan a fishing trip, and the others say they have to ask...
Aired: May 4, 1961Jeff is elected class treasurer and brings home all the money in the class fu...
34. The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Aired: May 11, 1961Donna & Alex encourage Jeff to join the church choir. He does, but then he is...
Aired: May 18, 1961Herbie's friend who is in the military visits. Herbie suggests that Mary and ...
Aired: May 25, 1961Mary asks Scotty to teach her how to drive. He starts out by telling her all ...
Aired: Jun 1, 1961Alex returns from a hunting trip with a mustache and beard. He decides to kee...
Aired: Jun 8, 1961While Donna is out of town, Mary takes over the house in a negative way. Alex...
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Seasons: 8
Current Status: Ended
Network: ABC
Production Country: United States
The Donna Reed Show: Where to Watch Online?
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