The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Season 5
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 5 of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966) on ABC as a mid listed season (5; 5 of 14) — 39 listed hours, 1956-10-03–1957-06-26 from “Kappa Sigma Party” (S05E01) to “The Loan” (S05E39). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Desk essentials in this season
- S05E12 Ozzie's Busy Christmas
Ozzie's Busy Christmas — holiday appointment inside the meta domestic machine, producing dad as the sitcom's own showrunner.
- S05E01 Kappa Sigma Party
- S05E02 Captain Salty and the Submarine
- S05E03 Hidden Panel
- S05E04 Christmas in October
- S05E05 The Banjo Player
- S05E06 Fifty Dollar Bill
- S05E07 The Pool Table
- S05E08 David Picks Up the Tab
- S05E09 The Balloons
- S05E10 Ricky's Car
- S05E11 A Doctor in the House
- S05E12 Ozzie's Busy Christmas
- S05E13 The Day After Christmas
- S05E14 Ozzie's Double
- S05E15 A Hairstyle for Harriet
- S05E16 The Puppy
- S05E17 The Borrowed Tuxedo
- S05E18 Like Father, Like Son
- S05E19 The Duenna
- S05E20 The Hot-Dog Stand
- S05E21 The Reading Room
- S05E22 The Disbelievers
- S05E23 The Clubhouse
- S05E24 Jet Pilot
- S05E25 Ozzie and Harriet Go to Washington
- S05E26 The Editor
- S05E27 The Hawaiian Party
- S05E28 Ricky, the Drummer
- S05E29 The Tommy Brannigan Story
- S05E30 Sculpturing Class
- S05E31 Ozzie, the Treasurer
- S05E32 Ricky's Surprise Party
- S05E33 The Night Watchman
- S05E34 David's Date with Miss Universe
- S05E35 Strict Parents
- S05E36 The Coffee Table
- S05E37 The Fishing Lure
- S05E38 Taking Care of Freddy
- S05E39 The Loan
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