TV series / 1958-1966

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show is a TV series from 1958-1966. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 8 seasons and 232 rated episodes.

8 seasons 232 rated episodes 7.5 average 7,607 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 12345678
1 7.6 7.3 7.7 7.7 8.5 7.8 7.5 8.1
2 7.2 7.6 8.3 7.5 7.1 8.5 8.2 8.4
3 7.4 7.3 8.0 7.7 8.1 8.8 8.0
4 7.2 7.3 7.7 7.2 7.8 8.8 7.4
5 7.5 7.1 8.1 8.2 7.8 9.0 7.4
6 7.5 7.0 7.8 7.7 8.2 7.8
7 7.1 7.3 7.9 8.2 7.2 6.4
8 7.1 7.7 7.0 5.8 7.7 8.0 7.2
9 7.1 7.5 8.1 7.2 6.1 7.0
10 7.2 6.9 7.5 6.9 7.3 7.9
11 7.4 7.7 7.1 7.7 7.7 7.8
12 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.9 7.7 7.1
13 6.6 7.6 7.1 7.3 6.9 8.4 7.1
14 8.1 7.6 7.9 7.3 7.5 7.2 7.4
15 7.2 7.4 8.0 7.9 8.0 8.2 7.3
16 7.4 7.5 7.0 7.8 6.7 7.8
17 6.9 7.9 7.3 7.9 7.4 9.0 7.5
18 6.9 7.1 7.4 7.9 8.3 8.8 8.1
19 7.0 7.6 7.6 6.5 8.0 8.4 6.6
20 7.5 7.3 7.7 8.2 7.4 5.5
21 6.6 6.7 7.2 7.8 7.8
22 6.3 7.1 6.9 7.3 8.1 6.2
23 7.8 8.0 7.5 8.3 7.9 6.1
24 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.2 8.1 8.6 6.5
25 7.5 7.7 7.6 5.9 7.9 7.5
26 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.9 7.1 9.0 6.3
27 6.8 7.6 7.5 8.4 7.8 8.2
28 7.4 7.7 7.6 7.7 6.5 9.8
29 6.8 7.3 7.3 8.0 6.4 8.0
30 7.0 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.8 8.4 8.0
31 6.6 7.7 7.8 6.7 7.0
32 6.2 8.1 7.5 8.1 7.2
33 6.6 7.4 7.8 7.2 7.5
34 7.2 7.4 7.3 8.8 7.5
35 6.9 7.4 7.7 7.6
36 6.3 7.1 8.4 7.7
37 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.6
38 7.8 6.8 8.1
39 7.5

Series summary

About The Donna Reed Show

The rated episodes of The Donna Reed Show have an average IMDb rating of 7.5 based on 7,607 episode votes. Season 7 has the highest average rating at 8.5 across 8 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 7.1.

Genre
Comedy and Family
Runtime
30 minute episodes
Principal cast
Donna Reed, Paul Petersen, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares, Patty Petersen, and Ann McCrea
Writers
William Roberts, John Whedon, and Nate Monaster
Directors
Oscar Rudolph, Andrew McCullough, and Jeffrey Hayden
Also known as
El show de Donna Reed, Mutter ist die Allerbeste, and La famille Stone

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S7E28: The Mysterious Smile The best episode of The Donna Reed Show is S7E28: The Mysterious Smile with a 9.8 rating / 8 votes
  2. S7E5: The Daughter Complex 9.0 rating / 10 votes
  3. S7E26: Guests, Guests, Who Needs Guests? 9.0 rating / 10 votes
  4. S6E17: The Combo 9.0 rating / 8 votes
  5. S4E34: The Caravan 8.8 rating / 37 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S8E20: Calling Willie Mays The worse episode of The Donna Reed Show is S8E20: Calling Willie Mays with a 5.5 rating / 22 votes
  2. S4E8: All Is Forgiven 5.8 rating / 35 votes
  3. S4E25: The Wide Open Spaces 5.9 rating / 39 votes
  4. S5E9: Big Star 6.1 rating / 34 votes
  5. S8E23: Is There a Small Hotel? 6.1 rating / 18 votes