The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Episode Rating Graph
Oct 1952 - Mar 1966
Oct 1952 - Mar 1966
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Browse episode ratings trends for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet's 435 episodes.
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 Ep4
7.0
22nd Oct 1958
Someone enters Ozzie's name in a contest as a joke and he wins first prize---a pony.
S5 Ep2
7.0
10th Oct 1956
Ozzie finds himself becoming obsessed with a children's television program.
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.
S3 Ep22
7.0
1st Apr 1955
Dressed only in pajamas, Ozzie and Thorny embark on a bizarre adventure.
S3 Ep21
7.0
25th Mar 1955
Ozzie and Thorny are under extreme marital pressure to perform their annual spring cleaning chores.
S3 Ep19
7.0
11th Mar 1955
Doc Williams is selling a fancy sportscar, and Ozzie is tempted to buy it.
S3 Ep18
7.0
25th Feb 1955
David invites his girlfriend Susan over to his home for dinner.
S3 Ep15
7.0
4th Feb 1955
Ricky wants to turn in his old train set in for a new chemistry set.
S3 Ep14
7.0
28th Jan 1955
Ozzie tries to derail Thorny's scheme to save money by having his house painted with the paint that is leftover from painting Ozzie's home. Ozzie demands that Thorny paint his house a different color than his. Meanwhile, Ricky gets permission to express his individuality by redecorating his half of the bedroom he shares with David.
S3 Ep12
7.0
14th Jan 1955
Ricky tries to teach an old dog new tricks. Meanwhile, Ozzie and Thorny take drastic measures to avoid going to a violin recital with their wives, in order to stay home and watch the big fight on television, instead.
S3 Ep10
7.0
24th Dec 1954
When one of Ricky's Christmas gifts cannot be located, the entire Nelson family's holiday spirits plummet. However, the ensuing search enables the family to demonstrate the true spirit of Christmas.
S3 Ep9
7.0
17th Dec 1954
Ozzie agrees to pay David fifty dollars when he grows to be the same height as his dad.
S3 Ep8
7.0
10th Dec 1954
Ozzie comes across a mysterious metal bolt, and sets about the house in search of where it's supposed to go.
S3 Ep7
7.0
3rd Dec 1954
Wally Dipple invents an unusual garage door opener. Ozzie and Thorny want to invest in it, but their plans hit a little snag.
S3 Ep6
7.0
19th Nov 1954
Wally Dipple invites Ozzie and Harriet to his annual "Come-As-You-Are" party, and Ozzie does his best not to be caught in a robe and pajamas like last year.
S3 Ep5
7.0
12th Nov 1954
Ozzie is bursting with pride when David is chosen over several boys as an usher at the local movie theatre. Ozzie's pride is tempered when he learns why David was chosen over the other boys.
S3 Ep3
7.0
22nd Oct 1954
It's hot versus cold, as Ozzie and Harriet battle over setting the furnace's thermostat.
S2 Ep39
7.0
11th Jun 1954
Everyone in the neighborhood wants to use Ozzie's new backyard pool. The trouble is - it hasn't been built, yet.
S2 Ep38
7.0
4th Jun 1954
After giving David a lecture on saving his money, Ozzie and Thorny indulge in some impulsive buying at the local sporting goods store.
S2 Ep34
7.0
7th May 1954
Ozzie needs to have the roof gutter repaired before the next rain, but a bird's nest is holding up the works.
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
5.2
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 Ep5
6.0
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 Ep30
6.0
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
6.0
23rd Apr 1954
Ozzie and Thorny stage their version of "Hamlet" in the Nelson's living room.
S2 Ep35
6.0
14th May 1954
Harriet writes to 'Aunt Martha', who gives advice through her 'A Friend of the Family' column in the local newspaper.
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 Ep1
6.0
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.
S3 Ep2
6.0
15th Oct 1954
In order to make closet space, Harriet insists Ozzie get rid of his multitude of neckties.
S3 Ep4
6.0
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
6.0
7th Jan 1955
When Harriet insists that everyone write thank-you notes, Ozzie struggles to write his to Thorny.
S3 Ep13
6.0
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 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 Ep24
6.0
15th Apr 1955
After a fender-bender, Thorny gets his day in court.
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.
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.
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 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.
S1 Ep1
5.2
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.
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The first episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet aired on October 03, 1952.
The last episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet aired on March 26, 1966.
There are 435 episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
There are 14 seasons of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet has ended.