The Danny Thomas Show (Season 1)

Uncle Daddy (Episode 1) 8.0

Air date: 1953-09-29

Runtime: 30 min

Party Dress (Episode 2)

Air date: 1953-10-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Danny buys a new doll for Terry and brings it home, expecting her to be happy about it, but instead finds that Margaret is making her a new dress for a school dance—and Terry, at age eleven, is too old for dolls.

Second Honeymoon (Episode 3)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-10-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Margaret finally gets her second honeymoon with Danny, but a friend needs him to open for him in Atlantic City, the same place where the honeymoon is taking place. A flashback occurs which tells what happened on their first honeymoon in 1941. In the end, the Williams' get their honeymoon.

Mother-in-Law (Episode 4)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-10-20

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.

Anniversary (Episode 5)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-10-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When Danny forgets his and Margaret’s wedding anniversary and is stuck in the doghouse, he reminisces about a simpler time and their first anniversary, before his success in show business.

Margaret, Non-Pro (Episode 6)

Air date: 1953-11-03

Runtime: 30 min

The Visiting Englishman (Episode 7)

Writer: Bob Weiskopf

Air date: 1953-11-10

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Margaret and Danny become exasperated by an unwanted guest who won’t leave and who causes all sorts of problems for the two—but the kids adore him, and, later, they become fond of him, as well.

The Sea Captain (Episode 8)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-11-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Danny showers the children with money, and drops plenty of hints, for them to get a present for his birthday. But the children don't understand, and spend it on the custodian of the building, who was once a sailor.

Thanksgiving Story (Episode 9)

Air date: 1953-11-24

Runtime: 30 min

Last Dollar (Episode 10)

Air date: 1953-12-01

Runtime: 30 min

Margaret's Job (Episode 11)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-12-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: When an old college friend of Margaret’s comes to visit her, and she starts to compare her life with her successful friend’s, she becomes unhappy with her own life. Afterwards, Danny takes an unfortunate jab at her, and she decides to accept a job that the friend had previously offered her.

Wonderland (Episode 12)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-12-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: While about to start a relaxing vacation with just Margaret and himself, Danny finds himself stuck with a houseguest who’s the winner of a publicity stunt his agent submitted him for.

Christmas (Episode 13)

Writer: Bob Fisher

Air date: 1953-12-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Rusty becomes cynical about Santa Claus and Christmas, and Danny gets stuck, on Christmas Eve, in Detroit because of a small clause in his contract.

Toledo (Episode 14)

Air date: 1953-12-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Danny takes the kids with him to Toledo, and the stories he tells them about his childhood days and friends there, they discover, are off the mark when they meet several of his old acquaintances.

Margaret's Jealousy (Episode 15)

Air date: 1954-01-05

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.

Terry for President (Episode 16)

Air date: 1954-01-12

Runtime: 30 min

True Blue Benny (Episode 17)

Air date: 1954-01-19

Runtime: 30 min

Rusty Runs Away (Episode 18)

Air date: 1954-01-26

Runtime: 30 min

The Professor (Episode 19)

Air date: 1954-02-02

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: After dispensing a lecture to the kids on unselfishness, Danny discovers that they have brought a bum, albeit an emeritis college professor, into the house without his knowledge.

Burlesque (Episode 20)

Air date: 1954-02-09

Runtime: 30 min

Black Eyes (Episode 21)

Air date: 1954-02-16

Runtime: 30 min

Margaret's Birthday (Episode 22)

Air date: 1954-02-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Margaret’s three friends in her Wednesday bridge club brag to her about the presents their husbands gave them for Valentine’s Day, and she feels the need to defend Danny for a simple tape recorder she ostensibly got. Later, he hears something on said tape recorder and decides to change up her birthday present.

The Matchmaker (Episode 23)

Air date: 1954-03-02

Runtime: 30 min

Night Club (Episode 24)

Air date: 1954-03-09

Runtime: 30 min

Terry's Career (Episode 25)

Air date: 1954-03-16

Runtime: 30 min

School Festival (Episode 26)

Air date: 1954-03-23

Runtime: 30 min

Rusty's Pal (Episode 27)

Air date: 1954-03-30

Runtime: 30 min

Julia's Birthday (Episode 28)

Air date: 1954-04-06

Runtime: 30 min

Pittsburgh (Episode 29)

Air date: 1954-04-13

Runtime: 30 min

Danny's Vacation (Episode 30)

Air date: 1954-04-20

Runtime: 30 min