Early Television Sitcoms
An incomplete list of television sitcoms from before 1951. If anyone knows of any shows I can add, please send me a private message with info.
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- CreatoriJohn StearnsMary Kay StearnsStelleMary Kay StearnsJohn StearnsNydia WestmanThe misadventures of strait-laced bank employee Johnny Stearns and his zany wife Mary Kay.The world's second television sitcom, and the first to air in the United States. Broadcast live, some episodes were 30-minutes, while others were 15-minutes. The first sitcom to show a married couple sharing the same bed, and the first to feature on-screen pregnacy. Few of the episodes were preserved.
- StelleEdie DexterJim DexterA sitcom aired in a 15-minute time-slot, about a constantly bickering husband and wife.Aired on WENR-TV in Chicago.
- CreatoreClifford GoldsmithStelleHouse JamesonJackie KelkMary MaloneBasato su un popolare programma radiofonico, la vita di una famiglia americana della classe media è costruita attorno alla famiglia Aldrich di Elm Street, Centerville.Based on the popular radio sitcom. Aired live on NBC.
Archival status unknown. - CreatoreGertrude BergStelleGertrude BergArlene McQuadeEli MintzSegui la storia di questa famiglia di ebrei americani che vive a New York City.Based on the popular radio series, an excellent mix of sitcom and drama, and still very entertaining today. The series originally aired on CBS, then moved to NBC, then moved to DuMont, before moving to first-run syndication for the final (1955-1956) season.
Most of the time it aired as a 30-minute series (25 minutes with ads removed), while for a short time it was a 15-minute series (12 minutes with ads removed)
6 episodes survive from 1949, along with 1 from 1950, 1 from 1951, 2 from 1952, 1 from 1953, 22 fom 1954, and 39 from 1955-1956. Of the surviving episodes, 71 are on DVD (an additional episode seems to have been located after the release of the DVD) - StelleRosemary DeCampJackie GleasonLanny ReesRiley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"Mediocre sitcom starring Jackie Gleason and based on the popular radio series. 26 episodes were produced. One of the first sitcoms produced directly on film, and aired on NBC.
A second television series based on the radio show was produced several years later. - StellePeggy WoodJudson LaireDick Van PattenThis well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s San Francisco.An excellent mix of sitcom and drama, based on the book "Mama's Bank Account" and aired on CBS. Most episodes are lost, but dozens have nevetheless survived. Why isn't this on DVD?
- StelleJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonThe comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.Airing for a few occasional episodes in 1950, before becoming a regular, long-running and very popular series.
An excellent & unusual mix of sitcom, sketch and variety, based on the popular radio series. - StelleEthel WatersLouise BeaversAmanda RandolphThe misadventures of a maid named Beulah.The first sitcom to star an African-American woman, and the first "Black" sitcom. Based on the popular radio series of the same name.
"Beulah" was a "Negro" maid who solved the everyday problems and comedic situations faced by her white employers.
Not quite as offensive as it sounds, and kinda fun to watch. One of the first sitcoms to be produced directly on film, the show is notable for being an early example of a sitcom that didn't use a laugh-track or studio audience. In that sense, very ahead of its time!
Aired on ABC.
Archival status is unknown. - StelleGeorge BurnsGracie AllenBea BenaderetLa vicina di casa Blanche Morton si unisce spesso a Gracie per delle bravate che infastidiscono il marito Harry e offre a George l'opportunità di offrire un monologo umoristico.Like many (but not all) popular sitcoms of the early days of TV, this was based on a radio sitcom. An excellent and VERY FUNNY series, aired on CBS.
Like most 30-minute series on US television at the time, it was 25 minutes with the commercials removed.
Status unclear, but all the filmed episodes survive, and it seems many of the early live episodes exist as well. - StelleStuart ErwinJune CollyerAnn E. ToddStu Erwin played a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.Aired on ABC, this pleasant series was one of the first to be shot directly on film. Until the last batch of episodes, the series did not use a laugh-track or studio audience.
Notable for featuring early example of an African-American in a regular supporting role, and a bit less stereotypicial than usual.
Presumed to survive intact... - StelleBuster KeatonHarvey ParryMarcia Mae JonesGoditi lo spettacolo dal vivo con Buster che ricrea e aggiorna le sue routine classiche.This series aired on a single station....it was only seen in the city of
Los Angeles. Only a single episode is known to survive.
