The Donna Reed Show/The Wide Open Spaces
From The TV IV
| The Wide Open Spaces | |
| Season 4, Episode 25 | |
| Airdate | March 8, 1962 |
| Written by | Sumner Long |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Hayden |
| ← 4x24 Free Flight |
4x26 → The Fireball |
| The Donna Reed Show — Season Four | |
Guest Stars: Jimmy Hawkins (Jimmy), Stephen Barringer (Steve), Leslie Barringer (Les), William Windom (David), Patricia Breslin (Millie)
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Plot Overview
This episode introduced the Stones' neighbors who were packing up and moving to the country to escape the "rat-race" in the city and was meant to be a spin-off pilot.
Notes
Trivia
The Show
This episode was to be a fish-out-of-water situation comedy to replace the Donna Reed Show because Donna had announced her intentions to retire from television. The new series was to be produced by her then husband, Rudy Abel. The concept of a city family of "normal" city folks struggling in the country was taken over by "Green Acres" and a bigger cast by a competitive studio when Donna decided not to retire.
