
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Episode Rating Graph
Oct 1952 - Mar 1966

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Oct 1952 - Mar 1966
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".
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S2 Ep31
8.5
16th Apr 1954
It looks like Ozzie's going to be late to a luncheon where he's scheduled to deliver a speech on the importance of being on time.
S2 Ep26
8.0
12th Mar 1954
Ricky wants to send a letter to a cute girl who wrote to him, but Ozzie has accidentally destroyed the envelope containing her return address.
S2 Ep10
8.0
20th Nov 1953
The Nelsons decide to start using a suggestion box for family matters.
S2 Ep13
7.7
11th Dec 1953
Harriet loses a gold pin Ozzie had given her. It was insured, and they collect on it. The check comes made out to both of them, and they disagree on who should endorse it over to the other person and what the money should be spent on.
S1 Ep28
7.7
10th Apr 1953
Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee, so Ricky decides to apply for a refund.
S1 Ep15
7.3
9th Jan 1953
Ozzie and Thorny's discussion about basketball escalates until they challenge each other to a game. They include their sons in the grudge match but then begin having second thoughts.
S1 Ep14
7.3
2nd Jan 1953
Ozzie becomes upset, and increasingly obsessed, by a newspaper tribute to him that messes up his name.
S2 Ep1
7.3
18th Sep 1953
Confusion reigns when the local department store delivers two new chairs to the wrong Nelson family and then drops off additional chairs or takes back the wrong pieces of Nelson's furniture.
S7 Ep17
7.0
4th Feb 1959
Joe Randolph becomes jealous when he mistakes Ozzie being seen shopping with his wife as a romantic affair.
S7 Ep16
7.0
28th Jan 1959
Ozzie gets roped into trying to take a photo of a flying saucer for a contest sponsored by the Bijou Theatre. The theatre manager, played by Joseph Kearns, awards $1,000 prize money for the best photo.
S7 Ep15
7.0
21st Jan 1959
Rick is expecting his new girlfriend and her parents over for dinner, but Ozzie fouls things up by mistakenly telling Rick that dinner is at the girlfriend's house, instead. Meanwhile, Harriet goes to the movies, and Ozzie invites his buddies over for a poker game, leaving Rick stuck in the middle.
S7 Ep11
7.0
10th Dec 1958
When David takes up motorcycling, a worried Ozzie tries to talk him out of it.
S7 Ep8
7.0
19th Nov 1958
Ricky gives a pretty riding instructor guitar lessons in exchange for riding lessons.
S7 Ep5
7.0
29th Oct 1958
Ricky might lose his best galpal if it means pledging David's fraternity.
S7 Ep4
7.0
22nd Oct 1958
Someone enters Ozzie's name in a contest as a joke and he wins first prize---a pony.
S7 Ep2
7.0
8th Oct 1958
Dave must decide whether to allow a girl to play on the little league football team he's coaching.
S6 Ep35
7.0
11th Jun 1958
Trying to dissuade Ozzie from taking a stag fishing trip, Harriet announces that she's going to take a vacation all by herself.
S6 Ep34
7.0
4th Jun 1958
After a new neighbor moves in, the Nelsons decide they are in a rut and should try different things.
S6 Ep31
7.0
14th May 1958
Oz runs into a teacher that informs him that if his son doesn't pick up his work in chemistry, he'll get a failing grade, so he high pressures Rick into studying harder, and forgoing his social life.
S6 Ep28
7.0
16th Apr 1958
The Nelsons and their neighbors, the Randolphs, try to play Cupid for a bachelor.
S6 Ep1
7.0
2nd Oct 1957
Ozzie and Harriet wind up as babysitters so that young people can attend a dance being held by David and his fraternity brothers.
S5 Ep38
7.0
19th Jun 1957
Oz agrees to babysit a small boy's pet kitten named Freddie.
S5 Ep33
7.0
15th May 1957
David gets a temporary job working nighttime security.
S5 Ep5
7.0
31st Oct 1956
Rick and his band get their first engagement to play at a sorority dance. Ozzie and his friend think they might be able to play banjos at the dance.
S5 Ep4
7.0
24th Oct 1956
David is taking art and after he brings home a Christmas scene he painted, his parents are impressed. Ozzie and Harriet decide to make it their Christmas card.
S5 Ep2
7.0
10th Oct 1956
Ozzie finds himself becoming obsessed with a children's television program.
S5 Ep1
7.0
3rd Oct 1956
David holds his fraternity rush party at the Nelson home and the other members of the family try to stay out of the way.
S4 Ep24
7.0
20th Apr 1956
Psychology student David checks Ozzie's photograph for criminal tendencies.
S4 Ep23
7.0
13th Apr 1956
Ozzie greets a beautiful morning brimming with optimism, which soon makes a downhill turn.
S4 Ep22
7.0
30th Mar 1956
While digging for worms to go fishing, Ricky discovers an old Spanish Doubloon.
S4 Ep19
7.0
24th Feb 1956
Ozzie & Thorny decide it would be a great idea to postpone their chores and go up to Pine Lake for the weekend. Harriet and the boys are busy, so Ozzie promises to look after Thorny's house, while the Thornberry's go up to the lake.
S4 Ep18
7.0
10th Feb 1956
After receiving a citation for safe driving, Ozzie is asked to drive a vehicle in a city parade. Ozzie then realizes that his drivers license has expired. He tries to get his license renewed before the day of the parade.
S4 Ep12
7.0
16th Dec 1955
No one wants to stay up until 2:37 in the morning to watch the lunar eclipse - except Ozzie. He's determined to snap a picture of the scientific event through a telescope.
S4 Ep11
7.0
9th Dec 1955
The 'Gay Blade' is a new kind of knife sharpener, which Harriet bought, and she expects non-mechanically inclined Ozzie to figure out how to correctly assemble its numerous parts.
S4 Ep9
7.0
25th Nov 1955
Ozzie's decision to clean the garage causes housekeeping trouble.
S4 Ep7
7.0
11th Nov 1955
Ozzie and Thorny get into a heated football game with their new neighbor.
S4 Ep4
7.0
14th Oct 1955
Ozzie invites an old friend of his to dinner without telling Harriet.
S4 Ep3
7.0
7th Oct 1955
Ozzie wants Ricky to play football but Harriet wants him to join the school band.
S4 Ep2
7.0
30th Sep 1955
Ozzie decides to make homemade ice cream but it doesn't turn out as well as expected.
S4 Ep1
7.0
23rd Sep 1955
Ozzie and Harriet are concerned when David appears to be heading toward the altar at what they consider much too young an age.
S3 Ep27
7.0
6th May 1955
Though he hasn't had a piano lesson since the age of nine, Thorny bets Ozzie that he can learn to play a complete song within one week.
S3 Ep26
7.0
29th Apr 1955
Ozzie wants to throw a surprise testimonial dinner in appreciation of Doc Williams.
S3 Ep23
7.0
8th Apr 1955
A little girl is following Ricky around, everywhere he goes. When Ozzie & Harriet try to talk to her, she runs away. Ozzie, Harriet, David, Ricky & even Thorny are trying to figure out what she wants.
S8 Ep18
5.0
17th Feb 1960
Ozzie and Harriet are receiving a visit from a couple they met when away for a weekend through mutual friends but are having trouble remembering who they are.
S1 Ep1
5.5
3rd Oct 1952
David has a rival, and his name is Will Thornberry - his next door neighbor.
S1 Ep3
6.0
17th Oct 1952
Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants.
S1 Ep7
6.0
14th Nov 1952
David gets a babysitting job and Ozzie is worried about David and the baby.
S1 Ep19
6.0
6th Feb 1953
David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.
S1 Ep33
6.0
15th May 1953
Ozzie gets roped into agreeing to fight Thorny in a boxing exhibition match to be held at an evening Boy Scout rally.
S1 Ep34
6.0
22nd May 1953
David is given his first house key and the responsibility that goes with it.
S2 Ep3
6.0
2nd Oct 1953
The boys just got a newspaper route, but it's Ozzie who winds up having to make the rounds on their first morning.
S2 Ep36
6.0
21st May 1954
David is excited about an upcoming dance and it's going to be formal. But Ozzie thinks buying his son a new tuxedo is too expensive so carious options are explored. Ozzie discusses it with Thorny whose boy Will also needs a tux.
S3 Ep2
6.0
15th Oct 1954
In order to make closet space, Harriet insists Ozzie get rid of his multitude of neckties.
S3 Ep16
6.0
11th Feb 1955
Ozzie is distressed by unexpected bills and David always seems to need extra cash. He takes a stand when David asks for $10 while Thornberry has the same situation with his son Will. In the end the two dads undermine each other.
S3 Ep17
6.0
18th Feb 1955
After hearing a speech at the women's club about exciting careers for women. Harriet starts to think about pursuing a career of her own, something "old-fashioned" Ozzie is dead against.
S3 Ep20
6.0
18th Mar 1955
David has a problem: he has to find a date for his girlfriend's visiting cousin.
S3 Ep28
6.0
27th May 1955
A stray dog attaches itself to the Nelsons, and they can’t get rid of him to go on a planned trip to Rainbow Lake.
S4 Ep8
6.0
18th Nov 1955
David doesn't like Ricky's jazz music records, and Ricky doesn't care for David's classical music records. It's a battle of the phonographs!
S4 Ep14
6.0
13th Jan 1956
Harriet thinks that she and Ozzie are not spending enough quality time together. Ozzie offers to take her golfing but Harriet has other plans.
S4 Ep15
6.0
20th Jan 1956
Ozzie and Thorny decide to become volunteer firemen.
S4 Ep16
6.0
27th Jan 1956
Harriet accidentally takes the wrong car home from the supermarket.
S8 Ep14
6.0
20th Jan 1960
David is borrowing money from everyone he knows to help out a friend. When Ozzie misinterprets a letter from a finance company to David, (it's an advertising flier), he thinks that David's car in being repossessed. Oz and Harriet think that David is in deep financial trouble.
S9 Ep28
6.0
5th Apr 1961
Members of a sorority refuse to have anything more to do with David and Ricky's fraternity until they improve their dressing habits.
S3 Ep1
6.3
8th Oct 1954
Ozzie and Harriet must decide whether to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary with a night on the town or to stay at home and chaperon a party for Ricky.
S1 Ep2
6.5
10th Oct 1952
Ozzie and Harriet read the newspaper and talk about Nancy Walker.
S1 Ep5
6.5
31st Oct 1952
On Halloween night, Ozzie and Thorny make plans to attend a non-costume party as Satan and a Scotsman. Meanwhile Ricky and David attend a Halloween Party at school and the Nelson household is besieged by children demanding candy - or else.
S1 Ep9
6.5
28th Nov 1952
Having come home the previous day from Aunt Ellen's without any Thanksgiving leftovers, Ozzie and the boys become obsessed with a craving for more turkey
S1 Ep24
6.5
13th Mar 1953
While in Herb Dunkle's empty office, Ozzie teaches Ricky how to crack a safe.
S1 Ep36
6.5
5th Jun 1953
David and Ricky would like an increase in their allowances so Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. He includes every family member but regrets it as it points out that one person is doing very little of the tasks.
S1 Ep37
6.5
12th Jun 1953
Harriet encounters an older man who worked at an amusement park she and Ozzie frequented when they dated. She invites him to dinner where he thinks Ozzie is named Walter, then spends the evening telling stories about Harriet and Walter.
S2 Ep5
6.5
16th Oct 1953
An old friend of the family mails a monogrammed pipe to David, not realizing he isn't even college age, yet.
S2 Ep7
6.5
30th Oct 1953
Herb Dunkle talks to Ozzie about a new organization in town, "The National Anti-Noise Society". But is this new club ready for Ozzie & Thorny to join?
S2 Ep9
6.5
13th Nov 1953
David and Will Thornberry's school essays give them both a chance to be mayor for the day during "Civic Day". Now if only Ozzie and Thorny will quit arguing about which son is going to be the honorable mayor.
S2 Ep14
6.5
18th Dec 1953
Thorny needs a reference about his fiscal worthiness and asks Ozzie to write one for him. Ozzie as a joke writes a negative one but goes into a panic when he thinks Ricky mailed it.
S2 Ep22
6.5
12th Feb 1954
Harriet decides to give a dinner party but runs into problems when she learns her friend has already planned a dinner party and the Thornberrys are not invited.
S2 Ep24
6.5
26th Feb 1954
Ozzie treats a cold the way his mother used to do - with booze.
S2 Ep27
6.5
19th Mar 1954
Both Dave and Ricky want Ozzie to partner with them for the Father And Son Table Tennis Tournament. The dilemma is that he can only play with one son.
S2 Ep30
6.5
9th Apr 1954
Ozzie and Harriet anguish over whether or not to allow 13-year-old Ricky to take a 150-mile train trip on his own.
S2 Ep32
6.5
23rd Apr 1954
Ozzie and Thorny stage their version of "Hamlet" in the Nelson's living room.
S2 Ep35
6.5
14th May 1954
Harriet writes to 'Aunt Martha', who gives advice through her 'A Friend of the Family' column in the local newspaper.
S3 Ep4
6.5
29th Oct 1954
Ozzie gets upset when the gravel Thornberry ordered is dumped in his yard instead. After a phone call, things get worse. Worse yet, Thornberry is down on his back and can't deal with the problem himself, which leaves only one person to take care of the mess.
S3 Ep11
6.5
7th Jan 1955
When Harriet insists that everyone write thank-you notes, Ozzie struggles to write his to Thorny.
S3 Ep13
6.5
21st Jan 1955
As a favor to their wives, Ozzie and Thorny are to deliver sandwiches and potato salad to the women's club. They need to use David's car but he leaves with the food in the trunk. Ozzie takes Ricky's bike and Thorny is on skates as they try to locate the missing refreshments.
S3 Ep24
6.5
15th Apr 1955
After a fender-bender, Thorny gets his day in court.
S1 Ep13
6.7
26th Dec 1952
Ozzie and David receive Christmas gifts after Christmas from Grandma Nelson.
S1 Ep18
6.7
30th Jan 1953
While discussing The Rover Boys' books with Thorny, Ozzie takes off to check out a book at the library, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. But when he's caught with a big book, one of his boys' teachers is convinced he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian War and asks him to lead a book discussion. Ozzie is just too proud to admit the truth and decides to learn everything he can before the PTA meeting.
S1 Ep1
5.5
3rd Oct 1952
David has a rival, and his name is Will Thornberry - his next door neighbor.
S1 Ep2
6.5
10th Oct 1952
Ozzie and Harriet read the newspaper and talk about Nancy Walker.
S1 Ep3
6.0
17th Oct 1952
Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants.
S1 Ep4
7.0
24th Oct 1952
Ozzie quickly regrets advising David against allowing people to take advantage of his good nature.
S1 Ep5
6.5
31st Oct 1952
On Halloween night, Ozzie and Thorny make plans to attend a non-costume party as Satan and a Scotsman. Meanwhile Ricky and David attend a Halloween Party at school and the Nelson household is besieged by children demanding candy - or else.
S1 Ep6
7.0
7th Nov 1952
Ozzie has tickets to the Riviera Ballet, but Harriet doesn't want him to go because the actresses will be wearing skimpy bathing suits.
S1 Ep7
6.0
14th Nov 1952
David gets a babysitting job and Ozzie is worried about David and the baby.
S1 Ep8
7.0
21st Nov 1952
Ricky receives a perfumed letter from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to his first dance.
S1 Ep9
6.5
28th Nov 1952
Having come home the previous day from Aunt Ellen's without any Thanksgiving leftovers, Ozzie and the boys become obsessed with a craving for more turkey
S1 Ep10
7.0
5th Dec 1952
Ozzie is outraged after he doesn't receive a timely 'thank you' for the birthday gift he sent to Thorny.
S1 Ep11
7.0
12th Dec 1952
Harriet decides to try a new hair style but it doesn't go over well with the Nelson men. Ozzie gently tries to suggest he wants her to go back to the look he's used to.
S1 Ep12
7.0
19th Dec 1952
The boys want to earn extra money for Christmas, so Ozzie gives them permission to look for work.
S1 Ep13
6.7
26th Dec 1952
Ozzie and David receive Christmas gifts after Christmas from Grandma Nelson.
S1 Ep14
7.3
2nd Jan 1953
Ozzie becomes upset, and increasingly obsessed, by a newspaper tribute to him that messes up his name.
S1 Ep15
7.3
9th Jan 1953
Ozzie and Thorny's discussion about basketball escalates until they challenge each other to a game. They include their sons in the grudge match but then begin having second thoughts.
S1 Ep16
7.0
16th Jan 1953
Ozzie discovers his family worrying about different things, and admonishes them, as well as rationalizing them out of their concerns. But later he reads a magazine article and seems to have trouble fighting off worry himself.
S1 Ep17
7.0
23rd Jan 1953
Ozzie wants to establish that he's head-of-the-household, and Harriet wants to be a good wife. Marital strife ensues.
S1 Ep18
6.7
30th Jan 1953
While discussing The Rover Boys' books with Thorny, Ozzie takes off to check out a book at the library, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. But when he's caught with a big book, one of his boys' teachers is convinced he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian War and asks him to lead a book discussion. Ozzie is just too proud to admit the truth and decides to learn everything he can before the PTA meeting.
S1 Ep19
6.0
6th Feb 1953
David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.
S1 Ep20
7.0
13th Feb 1953
Ozzie and Harriet are concerned that David will blow all the money he's saved on a new girl he's taking to a Valentine's Day dance.
S1 Ep21
7.0
20th Feb 1953
There's a new traffic signal, and no one knows who should take the credit or get the blame.
S1 Ep22
7.0
27th Feb 1953
Ozzie soon regrets a flirtatious moment shared with his dentist's new southern belle receptionist.
S1 Ep23
7.0
6th Mar 1953
Ozzie painstakingly rehearses for a speech.
S1 Ep24
6.5
13th Mar 1953
While in Herb Dunkle's empty office, Ozzie teaches Ricky how to crack a safe.
S1 Ep25
7.0
20th Mar 1953
Andy Beesley gives Ozzie a new outlook on life: Enjoy life, while you can. Ozzie takes this philosophy to heart and sends the family on a spending spree down at The Emporium - a spending spree he soon regrets.
S1 Ep26
7.0
27th Mar 1953
Fearing that Ozzie is coming down with a cold, Harriet orders her husband to spend the evening convalescing and then goes shopping with a friend. Ozzie manages a rapid recovery when Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling.
S1 Ep27
7.0
3rd Apr 1953
It's spring, and love is in the air, so Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet by having a bunch of violets delivered to her. When orchids show up, instead, Ozzie suspects they're from an old rich boyfriend of Harriet's.
S1 Ep28
7.7
10th Apr 1953
Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee, so Ricky decides to apply for a refund.
S1 Ep29
7.0
17th Apr 1953
Ozzie has some fast talking to do, after Harriet falls under the impression that he was taken in by an attractive young door-to-door saleswoman.
S1 Ep30
7.0
24th Apr 1953
To prove a point, Ozzie starts a rumor in the neighborhood by tricking his best friend Thorny into believing that the fish are biting like crazy in Mud Basin.
S1 Ep31
7.0
1st May 1953
Ozzie finds out from Thorny that he is taking adult education courses at the local high school in the evenings. So Ozzie decides to take some classes and Harriet signs up too.
S1 Ep32
7.0
8th May 1953
Ozzie tries to teach Ricky and David how to get a good deal in the swap trades they make with friends.
S1 Ep33
6.0
15th May 1953
Ozzie gets roped into agreeing to fight Thorny in a boxing exhibition match to be held at an evening Boy Scout rally.
S1 Ep34
6.0
22nd May 1953
David is given his first house key and the responsibility that goes with it.
S1 Ep35
7.0
29th May 1953
Ozzie is brimming with enthusiasm about appearing in the PTA pageant's play, until he learns that his role is the front end of Robin Hood's horse.
S1 Ep36
6.5
5th Jun 1953
David and Ricky would like an increase in their allowances so Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. He includes every family member but regrets it as it points out that one person is doing very little of the tasks.
S1 Ep37
6.5
12th Jun 1953
Harriet encounters an older man who worked at an amusement park she and Ozzie frequented when they dated. She invites him to dinner where he thinks Ozzie is named Walter, then spends the evening telling stories about Harriet and Walter.
S1 Ep38
7.0
19th Jun 1953
Ozzie and Harriet try to kill each other's cat with curiosity.
S1 Ep39
7.0
26th Jun 1953
Ozzie is stuck in his conservative routine, until he has a chat with the ever-exuberant Emmy Lou.