The Jimmy Stewart Show


The Jimmy Stewart Show is an American sitcom starring Jimmy Stewart. Twenty-four episodes of the show were broadcast in the 1971–1972 season on the NBC network's Sunday night schedule, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. The show is currently seen on the digital subchannel "GetTV."

Storyline

Stewart starred as James K. Howard, an anthropology professor at Josiah Kessel College, the small-town university founded by his grandfather in the fictional town of Easy Valley, California. His easy life became complicated when his son Peter's house burned down and he invited Peter's entire family to move in temporarily. The show's opening credits are seen while Stewart bicycles through the community.
The show received poor reviews and ratings in its only season and was not renewed.

Cast

DVD release

On January 21, 2014, Warner Home Video released The Jimmy Stewart Show: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1, via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand release, available via WBShop.com and Amazon.com.