| The Eve Arden Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Emily Kimbrough (novel It Gives Me Great Pleasure) |
| Starring | Eve Arden Allyn Joslyn Frances Bavier |
| Theme music composer | Wilbur Hatch |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Al Lewis Edmund Hartmann |
| Editor(s) | Dann Cahn |
| Location(s) | Desilu, Culver City, California, USA |
| Cinematography | Robert DeGrasse |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Westhaven Enterprises, in association with the CBS Television Network |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | September 17, 1957 – March 25, 1958 |
The Eve Arden Show is a 26-segment American television sitcom which aired during the 1957-1958 season on CBS, alternately sponsored by Lever Brothers and Shulton, Inc. (Old Spice).
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The show, starring Eve Arden, was about a widowed mother of two daughters who earns money from writing books. It also featured future Aunt Bee, Frances Bavier, as Arden's mother, and Allyn Joslyn as George Howell, her agent (and potential boyfriend). The series was canceled after 26 episodes.
The series was produced for Arden's Westhaven Enterprises by Desilu.
The series followed Arden's more successful Our Miss Brooks, which ended its four-year on CBS in 1956.
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "It Gives Me Great Pleasure" (pilot) | September 17, 1957 |
| 1-2 | "Housework" | September 24, 1957 |
| 1-3 | "Cover Girl" | October 1, 1957 |
| 1-4 | "The French View" | October 8, 1957 |
| 1-5 | "The New Liza Hammond" | October 15, 1957 |
| 1-6 | "Local Girl" | October 22, 1957 |
| 1-7 | "White Elephant Sale" | October 29, 1957 |
| 1-8 | "Liza and the Bombshell" | November 5, 1957 |
| 1-9 | "Liza Among the Courtrights" | November 19, 1957 |
| 1-10 | "Jenny's Unrequited Love" | November 26, 1957 |
| 1-11 | "Liza Hammond Enterprises" | December 3, 1957 |
| 1-12 | "The Montana Date" | December 10, 1957 |
| 1-13 | "Mary's First Date" | December 17, 1957 |
| 1-14 | "The Christmas Angel" | December 24, 1957 |
| 1-15 | "A Hotel Is Not A Home" | December 31, 1957 |
| 1-16 | "Safari" | January 7, 1958 |
| 1-17 | "The New Tenant" | January 14, 1958 |
| 1-18 | "Liza's Reunion Dance" | January 21, 1958 |
| 1-19 | "Mary's Report Card" | January 28, 1958 |
| 1-20 | "The Hollywood Offer" | February 4, 1958 |
| 1-21 | "The Rivals" | February 11, 1958 |
| 1-22 | "Liza's Nightmare" | February 18, 1958 |
| 1-23 | "Liza Meets Young Korea" | March 4, 1958 |
| 1-24 | "Ed Weston Returns" | March 11, 1958 |
| 1-25 | "Full Time Mother" | March 18, 1958 |
| 1-26 | "Liza and the Harvard Man" | March 25, 1958 |
Four episodes of the series were released on Region 1 DVD on February 26, 2008 by Alpha Video.