The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Season 1
39 listed hours · 1952–1966 · ABC
From the desk
How this season is filed
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet puts the real Nelson family on a sitcom contract: suburban ease, Ozzie producing, Ricky's rock breakout as a parental soft launch. Longest-running live-action family sitcom of its era. Watch it in 2026 as meta domestic TV before anyone said meta — fame and fiction blurred weekly on purpose.
TV Flash files Season 1 of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) on ABC as the first listed season of 14 — 39 listed hours, 1952-10-03–1953-06-26 from “The Rivals” (S01E01) to “Oscillating Ozzie” (S01E39). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 The Rivals
The Rivals opens the longest-running live-action family sitcom of its era: real household, Ozzie producing, suburban ease as form.
- S01E01 The Rivals
- S01E02 The Poet
- S01E03 The Pills
- S01E04 The Fall Guy
- S01E05 Halloween Party
- S01E06 Riviera Ballet
- S01E07 David, the Babysitter
- S01E08 Ricky Goes to a Dance
- S01E09 The Day After Thanksgiving
- S01E10 Thorny's Gift
- S01E11 Harriet's Hairdo
- S01E12 The Boys' Christmas Money
- S01E13 Late Christmas Gift
- S01E14 The Newspaper Write-Up
- S01E15 The Basketball Players
- S01E16 Stop Worrying
- S01E17 The Tuba Incident
- S01E18 Rover Boys
- S01E19 Separate Rooms
- S01E20 The Valentine Show
- S01E21 The Traffic Signal
- S01E22 The Dental Receptionist
- S01E23 The Speech
- S01E24 The Safe Crackers
- S01E25 Brother Beesley's Philosophy
- S01E26 The Bowling Alley
- S01E27 The Orchid and the Violet
- S01E28 The Pancake Mix
- S01E29 The Whistler's Daughter
- S01E30 The Fish Story
- S01E31 Night School
- S01E32 The Traders
- S01E33 Boxing Matches
- S01E34 A Door Key for David
- S01E35 The Play's the Thing
- S01E36 Monetary System
- S01E37 Who's Walter?
- S01E38 Curiosity
- S01E39 Oscillating Ozzie
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