Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)

*Dennis the Menace*
Dennis the Menace
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Based on the comic strip by Hank Ketcham
Starring	Jay North; Herbert Anderson; Gloria Henry; Jeannie Russell; Joseph Kearns; Gale Gordon; Sylvia Field; Sara Seegar
Theme music composer	William Loose; John Seely
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	146 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Harry Ackerman
Producers	James Fonda (1959–61); Winston O'Keefe (1961–63)
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Dariell Productions; Screen Gems; Hank Ketcham Enterprises
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 4, 1959 –; July 7, 1963
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Dennis the Menace is an American sitcom based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. It preceded The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday evenings on CBS from October 4, 1959, to July 7, 1963.^[1]^[2] The series stars Jay North as Dennis Mitchell; Herbert Anderson as his father, Henry; Gloria Henry as his mother, Alice; Joseph Kearns as George Wilson; Gale Gordon as George's brother, John Wilson; Sylvia Field as George's wife, Martha Wilson; and Sara Seegar as John's wife, Eloise Wilson.

Originally sponsored by Kellogg's cereals and Best Foods (Skippy peanut butter), the series was produced by Dariell Productions and Screen Gems.^[3]

^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present. New York: Penguin Books. p. 212. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television by Les Brown (Times Books, a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, Inc., 1977), ISBN 0-8129-0721-3, p. 116-117