Season 1
The Danny Thomas Show
30 EPISODES • 1953
Season 1 of The Danny Thomas Show was released on September 29 and consists of 30 episodes.

Episodes

1: Uncle Daddy
Sep 29, 1953
2: Party Dress
Oct 6, 1953
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.
3: Second Honeymoon
Oct 13, 1953
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.
4: Mother-in-Law
Oct 20, 1953
Margaret’s mother starts feeling like she’s forgotten, and taken for granted, when she’s called up time-after-time just to babysit.
5: Anniversary
Oct 27, 1953
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.
6: Margaret, Non-Pro
Nov 3, 1953
7: The Visiting Englishman
Nov 10, 1953
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.
8: The Sea Captain
Nov 17, 1953
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.
9: Thanksgiving Story
Nov 24, 1953
10: Last Dollar
Dec 1, 1953
11: Margaret's Job
Dec 8, 1953
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.
12: Wonderland
Dec 15, 1953
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.
13: Christmas
Dec 22, 1953
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.
14: Toledo
Dec 29, 1953
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.
15: Margaret's Jealousy
Jan 5, 1954
Margaret unnecessarily works herself up to be jealous of Danny and an old girlfriend of his.
16: Terry for President
Jan 12, 1954
17: True Blue Benny
Jan 19, 1954
18: Rusty Runs Away
Jan 26, 1954
19: The Professor
Feb 2, 1954
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.
20: Burlesque
Feb 9, 1954
21: Black Eyes
Feb 16, 1954
22: Margaret's Birthday
Feb 23, 1954
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.
23: The Matchmaker
Mar 2, 1954
24: Night Club
Mar 9, 1954
25: Terry's Career
Mar 16, 1954
26: School Festival
Mar 23, 1954
27: Rusty's Pal
Mar 30, 1954
28: Julia's Birthday
Apr 6, 1954
29: Pittsburgh
Apr 13, 1954
30: Danny's Vacation
Apr 20, 1954
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