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Save the date! MPI Media offers the first 5 seasons of “The Donna Reed Show”, complete versions and digitally remastered.

There’s no need to worry about having to read small print. We announce the news, as transparent as this clean, fresh font.

MPI Media Group  will be releasing a favorite TV classic on DVD  on May 14. Save the date! Originally airing on ABC-TV from 1958 to 1966, The Donna Reed Show  is one of the most popular and enduring family sitcoms in television history. Starring Oscar-winning Donna Reed as homemaker Donna Stone, Carl Betz as her pediatrician husband Alex, Shelley Fabares as daughter Mary, Paul Petersen as son Jeff and, later, Patty Petersen as adoptee Trisha, the series is a humorous and heartwarming slice of Americana that has earned a legion of new fans through showings on Nick at Nite, TV Land and MeTV.

Guest stars include Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Buster Keaton, Bob Crane, Marion Ross, Gale Gordon, John Astin, Ted Knight, Richard Deacon, Don Drysdale, Esther Williams, Tony Martin and Jimmy Hawkins. This special collection presents all 186 episodes from Seasons 1 through 5 in complete versions and digitally remastered.

The set also includes new featurettes and interviews with Shelley Fabares and Paul and Patty Petersen, vintage promotional spots, original cast and sponsor commercials, Donna Reed’s tribute on This Is Your Life, rare footage and much more.