Leave It to Beaver
The Cleaver family, and the template every later suburban sitcom either used or argued with.
One opening sequence is catalogued for Leave It to Beaver, covering season 1.
It arrived on CBS in 1957, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
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