The Jimmy Stewart Show

The Jimmy Stewart Show

Stewart meets an attractive actress when both are panel show guests.
Format Situation comedy
Created by Hal Kanter
Starring James Stewart
Julie Adams
Jonathan Daly
Ellen Geer
Dennis Larson
Kirby Furlong
John McGiver
Theme music composer Jeff Alexander
Composer(s) Jeff Alexander
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 24
Production
Producer(s) Hal Kanter
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) J-K/Ablidon Productions
Distributor Warner Bros. Television
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Audio format Monaural
Original run September 19, 1971 (1971-09-19) – August 27, 1972 (1972-08-27)

The Jimmy Stewart Show is an American sitcom starring James Stewart as a professor at a small town university called Josiah Kesser College. Twenty-four episodes of the show were broadcast in the 1971–1972 season on the NBC network's Sunday night schedule (8:30-9 pm ET), under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble.

The show is notable as the only production in which the actor allowed himself to be billed onscreen as "Jimmy".

Episode list

Episode # Episode title Original airdate
1-1 "By Way of Introduction" (pilot) September 19, 1971
1-2 "Love In A Briefcase" September 26, 1971
1-3 "The Price of Plumbing Is Numbing" October 3, 1971
1-4 "The Father and Son Game" October 10, 1971
1-5 "Another Day, Another Scholar" October 17, 1971
1-6 "A Hunch In Time" October 24, 1971
1-7 "The Identity Crisis" October 31, 1971
1-8 "Guest Of Honor" November 7, 1971
1-9 "Pro Bono Publico" November 14, 1971
1-10 "A Bunk For Unk" November 21, 1971
1-11 "A Run For City Commissioner" (aka "A Vote For Howard") November 28, 1971
1-12 "Period of Readjustment" December 5, 1971
1-13 "Luther's Last Love" December 19, 1971
1-14 "Cock-a-doodle Don't" December 26, 1971
1-15 "As the Escrow Flies" January 2, 1972
1-16 "Eighty-Nine Pounds of Love" January 9, 1972
1-17 "The Quarterback Ache" January 16, 1972
1-18 "Aunt's In My Pants" (aka "Aunt's In My Plans") January 23, 1972
1-19 "Paper Work" January 30, 1972
1-20 "Song of the Jailbird" February 6, 1972
1-21 "Price Is Right" February 13, 1972
1-22 "Jim's Decision" February 20, 1972
1-23 "Old School Ties" March 5, 1972
1-24 "A Bone of Much Contention" March 12, 1972

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