2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

qualityguyftl You all know the backdrop of this series so I won't bore you with it. I love this show and I too like the season 2 and 3 shows the best. As far as format changes go, I think they did a really good job going from season 1 to 2 to 3. It was a logical progression, Doris gets a job, then she moves the family into town etc. I hate the way they changed the format in season 4 and 5. Had I been around at that time to put my two cents in I would have done several things. 1. In season 4 I would have left things exactly as they were in season three and brought in the Peter Lawford character as Doris's serious love interest and possible step father for the boys. This along with the normal goings on would have brought yet another logical advancement. 2. In season 5 I would have Doris and Peter get engaged, Doris gets a new Boss and is promoted to a staff writer position at the magazine. The season finale would have been Doris and Peter's wedding with the entire cast from all the seasons in attendance. This could have been a huge ratings getter and a great way to end the series. I just don't know what they were thinking when they did 4 and 5. There are some episodes that are good but the show is missing the heart it had in 1,2, and 3. As was stated by another poster we cant go back and change history but thankfully there is enough good in seasons 1 2 and 3 that I watch them all the time. A must for Doris Fans.

gooelf50 There wasn't much of a plot to speak of in this series, but I can recall watching it religiously every week. In retrospect, it was the dazzling good looks and charming personality of Doris that drew an audience. She played a part in the romantic dreams of every young man from the 1940s to the 1980s. Doris had it all; great looks, lovely figure, demurely sexy personality, wonderful singing voice, and a beautifully soft nature with occasional glimpses of a fiery temper. Her eyes were like two spoonsful of the Pacific ocean and her blonde hair and freckles were captivating. I haven't seen much of her since the series ended, but gather that she now runs a hotel in California where only people with pets can be guests. Given her well known love of animals and her generous nature, what else would you expect? I'd like to see her as a guest on the Tonight Show or the Letterman show. There are still a lot of us out here who love the lady and would like to see her one more time.

Brian Washington When I was a kid this was my first exposure to Doris Day. I was only two when this show first aired and I used to watch it every week. However, it was fairly confusing due to the fact that it changed situations almost every season. In the first season she was the typical widowed mom raising her two kids in an almost carbon copy of "Green Acres", but without the surrealism of that show. In the second season we see her become a writer for a magazine, which she would remain, with slight variations for the next few years. However, in the final season, the show pretty much becomes another version of "Mary Tyler Moore" with her now playing a single girl and without the kids that she had for the first few years. However, despite these changes Doris Day retained the charm and grace that made her one of the most popular stars in television.Also, one thing that is quite ironic is the fact that this show was set in San Francisco, which was the same locale as her former co-star, and close friend, Rock Hudson's series "McMillan and Wife". That fact could have led to all sorts of guest star possibilities.

raysond Its amazing that this series hasn't been seen since the 1980's where it contineously played three times a day on the CBN Network(The Christian Broadcasting Network). But in a sense,"The Doris Day Show",was a disaster waiting to happen,and during the show's seven year run(which ran on CBS-TV,1968-1973)it shows. Where did the producers get off having a major Hollywood star(in her first and only weekly television series)go from being a simple country girl with two boys who lived on a farm outside of the city(which went by the formula of Petticoat Junction and Green Acres)with there uncle(played by Denver Pyle of The Dukes of Hazzard fame later on),and from there go from leaving the country(in which the show's producers by the next season wrote off the two boys from the show and leaving Doris to carry the weight of the series)to live in the big city and by making it on her own(which also went by the basic formulas of The Lucy Show/Here's Lucy/two-thirds of the Lucy trilogy,That Girl,and not to even mention The Mary Tyler Moore Show)as a single girl looking for love and the right opportunity which sometimes came alone. However,when the series premiered in September of 1968 on the CBS Network,the producers came up with the ideas for the series,and also gave way for Doris to have control of the entire status of production for the show(the second woman in Hollywood after Lucille Ball to do so since to gain control of her own TV series through her husband's production company-Irwin Productions). During the shows' first season,it went up against the Number One show in America in 1968, "The Andy Griffith Show",and also stiff competition for ratings during seasons three through five with "The Mary Tyler Moore Show",and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In",not to mention "ABC's Monday Night Football"..By the late 1960's,Doris Day's film career was officially over and her attention was toward the next phase.........television. However,the show had some tough competition and went up against some very heavy hitters including Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,The Flip Wilson Show, The Mod-Squad,Gunsmoke,and not to even mention by the early 70's presence of ABC's Monday Night Football which by 1973,the producers of the series knew it was time(due to low ratings and a sorry time slot)to let it go and from there "The Doris Day Show" was cancelled by CBS. Also during this time the career of singer/actress/producer Doris Day was over and to this day in 1973 officially retired from the entertainment industry where she is living peacefully somewhere in her private estate in Hollywood. However,she is still acting and spends her time as an animal activist for certain causes.I would be amazed if TVLand brought back the series since it needs to seen.