The Donna Reed Show (1958)

Comedy · Family

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (2,162 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1958)

7.19 avg 37 episodes 7.6 → 7.1 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Weekend Trip	7.6	115
2	Pardon My Gloves	7.3	88
3	The Hike	7.5	72
4	The Male Ego	7.3	62
5	The Football Uniform	7.6	65
6	The Foundling	7.6	68
7	Three-Part Mother	7.3	59
8	Change Partners and Dance	7.2	60
9	Dough Re Mi	7.2	59
10	Guest in the House	7.3	53
11	The Baby Contest	7.5	55
12	The Beaded Bag	7.6	56
13	The Busy Body	6.7	52
14	A Very Merry Christmas	8.2	111
15	Mary's Double Date	7.3	52
16	Jeff's Double Life	7.5	51
17	Nothing But the Truth	7.1	51
18	It's the Principle of the Thing	7.0	51
19	Jeff vs. Mary	7.1	50
20	Have Fun	7.5	54
21	Donna Plays Cupid	6.6	51
22	Love Thy Neighbor	6.3	52
23	The Report Card	7.9	51
24	Boys Will Be Boys	7.4	48
25	The Ideal Wife	7.6	52
26	Mary's Campaign	6.9	53
27	The Flowered Print Dress	6.9	45
28	April Fool	7.5	54
29	The Parting of the Ways	6.9	45
30	The Hero	7.2	50
31	Do You Trust Your Child?	6.7	45
32	The Grateful Patient	6.3	43
33	The Testimonial	6.7	46
34	Miss Lovelace Comes to Tea	7.3	48
35	Tomorrow Comes Too Soon	7.0	44
36	Advice to Young Lovers	6.4	42
37	Operation Deadbeat	7.1	41

Season 2 (1959)

7.51 avg 38 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 30 min avg

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Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	That's Show Business	7.4	45
2	Sleep No More My Lady	7.7	50
3	A Penny Earned	7.3	46
4	A Friend Indeed	7.4	38
5	The First Child	7.2	39
6	Going Steady	7.0	39
7	The Neighborly Gesture	7.4	38
8	Nothing Like a Good Book	7.8	41
9	Flowers for the Teacher	7.5	42
10	All Mothers Worry	7.1	38
11	Jeff Joins a Club	7.7	42
12	The Punishment	7.7	38
13	A Difference of Opinion	7.7	43
14	The Homecoming Dance	7.7	39
15	Lucky Girl	7.4	37
16	The Broken Spirit	7.6	33
17	The Secret	7.9	43
18	The New Mother	7.2	36
19	Just a Housewife	7.7	49
20	The Free Soul	7.4	39
21	The First Quarrel	6.8	39
22	A Place to Go	7.2	36
23	A Night to Howl	8.0	40
24	The Editorial	7.3	38
25	The Gentle Dew	7.8	39
26	The Fatal Leap	6.8	39
27	The Perfect Pitch	7.7	41
28	Pickles for Charity	7.8	40
29	Mary's Growing Pain	7.4	37
30	Alex Runs the House	7.9	36
31	The Career Woman	7.8	40
32	Jeff, the Financial Genius	8.1	37
33	Mary's Crusade	7.5	41
34	The First Time We Met	7.5	36
35	The Gossip	7.6	37
36	Love's Sweet Awakening	7.2	38
37	The Wedding Present	7.3	38
38	Cool Cat	7.9	35

Season 3 (1960)

7.54 avg 38 episodes 7.7 → 6.9 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Weekend	7.7	41
2	The Mystery Woman	8.3	40
3	Donna Decorates	8.0	49
4	The Love Letter	7.7	37
5	How the Other Side Lives	8.1	46
6	Alex's Twin	7.8	39
7	Worried, Anyone?	7.9	36
8	Higher Learning	7.0	34
9	Never Marry a Doctor	8.1	32
10	It Only Hurts When I Laugh	7.5	29
11	The Model Daughter	7.2	30
12	Decisions, Decisions, Decisions	7.4	35
13	Donna Goes to a Reunion	7.1	31
14	Someone Is Watching	7.8	40
15	The Lean and Hungry Look	8.0	32
16	Character Building	6.9	25
17	World's Greatest Entertainer	7.3	29
18	Variations on a Theme	7.3	30
19	The Stones Go to Hollywood	7.6	36
20	Donna Directs a Play	7.7	35
21	Trip to Nowhere	7.2	29
22	The Geisha Girl	6.9	38
23	The Busy People	7.5	32
24	Tony Martin Visits	7.1	36
25	Aunt Belle's Earrings	7.6	34
26	The Poodle Parlor	7.0	27
27	Mary's Heart Throb	7.5	27
28	Donna's Helping Hand	7.6	28
29	The Merry Month of April	7.3	26
30	Music Hath Charms	7.9	32
31	Let's Look at Love	7.8	39
32	For Better or Worse	7.5	31
33	Jeff, the Treasurer	7.8	33
34	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	7.3	27
35	Military School	7.7	34
36	Mary's Driving Lesson	8.3	36
37	The Mustache	7.2	34
38	Mary's Little Lambs	6.9	34

Season 4 (1961)

7.55 avg 39 episodes 7.7 → 7.5 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One Starry Night	7.7	38
2	A Rose Is a Rose	7.5	32
3	The Close Shave	7.7	32
4	Mouse at Play	7.2	38
5	The Monster	8.2	41
6	New Girl in Town	7.7	40
7	One of Those Days	8.2	36
8	All Is Forgiven	5.6	38
9	The Electrical Storm	7.2	35
10	The Paper Tycoon	7.0	25
11	Private Tutor	7.7	29
12	Alex, the Professor	8.0	26
13	The Fabulous O'Hara	7.2	31
14	Way of a Woman	7.4	31
15	A Very Bright Boy	7.9	39
16	The Toughest Kid in School	7.8	28
17	Dr. Stone and His Horseless Carriage	7.9	31
18	For Angie with Love	7.9	30
19	Aloha, Kimi	6.4	40
20	Donna's Prima Donna	8.2	56
21	Explorer's Ten	7.8	29
22	The New Office	7.3	30
23	The Golden Trap	8.3	38
24	Free Flight	7.2	27
25	The Wide Open Spaces	5.9	40
26	The Fireball	7.0	31
27	Once Upon a Timepiece	8.3	35
28	Hilldale 500	7.7	34
29	Winner Takes All	8.0	32
30	Skin Deep	7.5	25
31	The Fortune Teller	6.7	26
32	Man of Action	8.1	31
33	Donna Meets Roberta	7.1	41
34	The Caravan	8.7	39
35	The Swingin' Set	7.6	35
36	On to Fairview	7.6	29
37	The Man in the Mask	7.5	31
38	The Father Image	8.1	29
39	Dear Wife	7.5	28

Season 5 (1962)

7.54 avg 34 episodes 8.4 → 7.4 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mister Nice Guy	8.4	38
2	Mrs. Stone and Dr. Hyde	7.1	33
3	To Be a Boy	8.1	34
4	Who Needs Glasses?	7.8	34
5	Mary, Mary Quite Contrary	7.8	34
6	My Dad	8.3	44
7	Fine Feathers	7.2	25
8	Rebel with a Cause	7.8	34
9	Big Star	6.1	35
10	Man to Man	7.3	25
11	The Baby Buggy	7.8	32
12	The Makeover Man	7.7	28
13	The Winning Ticket	6.9	32
14	The Soft Touch	7.5	25
15	Jeff Stands Alone	7.9	38
16	Just a Little Wedding	6.6	31
17	A Woman's Place	7.4	25
18	The Chinese Horse	8.3	40
19	The New Look	8.0	31
20	A Way of Her Own	7.4	32
21	Three Is a Family	8.1	24
22	Big Sixteen	8.1	30
23	Pioneer Woman	7.9	32
24	The House on the Hill	8.2	39
25	Where the Stones Are	7.9	31
26	The Two Doctors Stone	7.1	26
27	Everywhere That Mary Goes	7.6	31
28	The Handy Man	6.5	28
29	Friends and Neighbors	6.5	24
30	Boys and Girls	7.8	30
31	All Those Dreams	7.0	28
32	All Women Are Dangerous	7.2	29
33	Big Wheel	7.5	26
34	Day of the Hero	7.4	28

Season 6 (1963)

7.98 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 30 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Playmate	7.8	8
2	Brighten the Corner	7.5	8
3	Whatever You Wish	8.0	7
4	House Divided	8.2	7
8	Mary Comes Home	8.0	24
11	What Are Friends For?	7.8	16
13	Air Date	8.4	7
14	Moon Shot	7.2	7
17	The Combo	8.8	7
18	Who's Rockin' the Partnership	8.8	7
19	Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Altar	7.4	7
24	Teamwork	8.0	7
30	Four's a Crowd	7.8	7

Season 7 (1964)

7.88 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 6.6 30 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Operation: Anniversary	7.5	15
2	Dad Drops By	8.2	12
5	The Daughter Complex	8.8	9
15	Old Faithful	8.2	7
26	Guests, Guests, Who Needs Guests?	7.7	9
28	The Mysterious Smile	8.0	7
29	The Rolling Stones	8.0	7
30	Indoor Outing	6.6	7

Season 8 (1965)

7.15 avg 25 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 30 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pop Goes Theresa	8.1	22
2	With This Ring	8.4	13
3	Boy Meets Girl Machine	8.0	17
4	Think Mink	6.7	13
5	Four on the Floor	7.4	14
6	Charge	7.8	17
7	Do Me a Favor, Don't Do Me Any Favors	5.1	13
8	Author, Author	7.2	17
9	Trees	7.0	19
10	The Big League Shock	7.9	22
12	Rally Round the Girls, Boys	7.1	15
13	Slipped Disc	7.1	16
14	Uncle Jeff Needs You	7.4	13
15	Never Look a Gift House in the Mouth	7.3	15
16	How to Handle a Woman	7.8	23
17	My Son, the Councilman	7.5	19
18	Do It Yourself Donna	8.1	18
19	When I Was Your Age	6.6	17
20	Calling Willie Mays	5.5	21
22	The Return of Mark	6.2	13
23	Is There a Small Hotel?	6.1	17
24	No More Parties - Almost	6.5	17
25	So You Really Think You're Young at Heart?	7.5	12
26	What Price Home?	6.3	19
27	By-Line--Jeff Stone	8.2	17

The Donna Reed Show (1958)

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