1954 I MARRIED JOAN - "Joan's Haircut" - Joan Davis, Jim Backus
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This early TV sitcom starred Joan Davis as the scattered-brained wife of Judge Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus).
Per Wikipedia: "NBC scheduled I Married Joan Wednesdays at 8:00 ET against the first half of Arthur Godfrey and his Friends on CBS for the entirety of its three season run. The show performed marginally during its first year, but enjoyed a surge in the Nielsen ratings during its second season in the wake of Godfrey's firing of Julius La Rosa and the resultant negative publicity. In its third year, I Married Joan withered against the additional competition of ABC's new top-rated hit Disneyland and was canceled, airing its last first-run episode on March 23rd, 1955[1] . Although Davis' personal health problems have also been cited as a reason for the show's cancellation, she was seen performing robust physical comedy as a guest star on variety series years after her own show ended."
Here's an episode from the second season, "Joan's Haircut."
Per Wikipedia: "NBC scheduled I Married Joan Wednesdays at 8:00 ET against the first half of Arthur Godfrey and his Friends on CBS for the entirety of its three season run. The show performed marginally during its first year, but enjoyed a surge in the Nielsen ratings during its second season in the wake of Godfrey's firing of Julius La Rosa and the resultant negative publicity. In its third year, I Married Joan withered against the additional competition of ABC's new top-rated hit Disneyland and was canceled, airing its last first-run episode on March 23rd, 1955[1] . Although Davis' personal health problems have also been cited as a reason for the show's cancellation, she was seen performing robust physical comedy as a guest star on variety series years after her own show ended."
Here's an episode from the second season, "Joan's Haircut."