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The Danny Thomas Show

1953–1964ABCCBSComedy

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Eleven years of a nightclub comedian's home life, and the series The Andy Griffith Show was spun out of.

The Danny Thomas Show opens with a main title sequence of 31 seconds.

It arrived on ABC in 1953, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and Truth or Consequences were also on the network.

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The opening titles

Season 1

31s

Fan upload. The programme ran as Make Room for Daddy on ABC before taking this title at CBS.

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