6 Episodes:

- The Lucky Idol, Blondies Anniversary, Dagwood is Fired, The Rumage Sale, Dagwoods Blunder, Blondie Hires a Maid

Year: 1957

Blondie was based on the comic strip of the same name. It first aired on January 4, 1957 on NBC. Although Penny Singleton had starred in most of the Blondie movies, producers chose Pamela Britton for the title role, with Arthur Lake playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead as he had in the Blondie movie series. The characters include Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead as well as many others.

User Comments:

Having been a long time fan of both the Chic Young comic strip and the Blondie movies starring Dagwood lookalike Arthur Lake and lovely Penny Singleton, I was looking forward to seeing it all on television. When the show premiered in January 1957 I was thirteen and stayed home from a basketball game I wanted to see just to watch. Arhtur Lake would reprise his role as Dagwood but Pamela Britton, who is best remembered as the nosy landlady in the later popular TV series "My Favorite Martian," would take Penny Singleton's part as the star of the series. Was I disappointed. How I wish I had gone to the ballgame instead.

What went wrong? The writers included Chic Young himself. All the characters were there with one of my favorite radio personalities Harold Peary, The Great Gildersleeve, in the role of Herb Woodley. The humor fell flat. The show was one big bore. The cast did their best with what they had. Yet none of it jelled. I only watched the first few episodes, hoping that it would improve. Alas, I finally stopped watching as did all the other Blondie fans apparently. The show was canceled the same year it premiered.

By all means, watch those wonderful Blondie movies (nineteen or so) or read the cleverly written comic strip. Don't waste your time on trying to track down any of the 26 episodes that are stored away in that great early television library somewhere.

Full Series Episode list:

1 DAGWOOD'S EGO January 4, 1957
2 MR. DITHERS IS HOSPITALIZED January 11, 1957
3 MR. DITHERS MOVES IN January 18, 1957
4 THE OTHER WOMAN January 25, 1957
5 HOME SWEET HOME February 1, 1957
6 GET THAT GUN February 8, 1957
7 HUSBAND ONCE REMOVED February 15, 1957
8 THE QUIZ SHOW February 22, 1957
9 THE PAYOFF MONEY March 8, 1957
10 HARD LUCK IDOL March 15, 1957
11 OIL FOR THE LAMPS OF BLONDIE March 22, 1957
12 BLONDIE THE BREADWINNER March 29, 1957
13 The Glamor Girl April 5, 1957
14 The Rummage Sale April 12, 1957
15 Deception with Gregg Palmer April 19, 1957
16 Puppy Love April 26, 1957
17 Made to Fire May 3, 1957
18 Blondie Redecorates May 10, 1957
19 Blondie's Double May 17, 1957
20 The Spy May 23, 1957
21 Cupid's Question Column May 31, 1957
22 The Tramp June 7, 1957
23 The Grouch June 14, 1957
24 Alexander's 16th Birthday June 21, 1957
25 Howdy Neighbor June 28, 1957
26 The Feud July 5, 1957