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    I Married Joan is a sitcom that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge, Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus).

    The show announced itself each week as "America's favorite comedy show, starring America's queen of comedy, Joan Davis, as Mrs. Joan Stevens." The series focused on a married couple, Joan and Bradley Stevens. Joan Stevens usually found herself in numerous wacky jams, with or without the help of her younger sister (played by her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills). Episodes usually began with Backus as Judge Stevens recalling yet another merry mishap, followed by the unfolding of the mishap, and ending with Stevens summing it up.

    Sponsored by General Electric, I Married Joan was aimed at the viewers who watched I Love Lucy, a year older and already television's top-rated situation comedy. Displaying Davis' considerable physical and verbal comedy talents, the show ran three seasons in first-run production before falling victim to weakening ratings and Joan's personal health problems.

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    John Rich on directing I Married Joan

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    John Rich on directing I Married Joan and working with Joan Davis

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    John Rich on the Hollywood Blacklist (and witnessing an actor being fired during a reading of an episode of I Married Joan)

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    Sherwood Schwartz on his first TV writing job on I Married Joan starring Joan Davis

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    Sherwood Schwartz on leaving I Married Joan to work on a play, and then the show's cancellation

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    Rod Erickson on working on The Goldbergs, The Aldrich Family, and I Married Joan

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    Ruth Engelhardt

    Ruth Engelhardt on packaging I Married Joan, and on learning the business from Ann Rosenthal

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    Rod Erickson

    Rod Erickson on working on The Goldbergs, The Aldrich Family, and I Married Joan

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    Stanley Frazen

    Stanley Frazen on editing I Married Joan with Joan Davis

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    John Rich

    John Rich on directing I Married Joan

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    John Rich on directing I Married Joan and working with Joan Davis

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    John Rich on the Hollywood Blacklist (and witnessing an actor being fired during a reading of an episode of I Married Joan)

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    Sol Saks

    Sol Saks on how he wrote for I Married Joan for 7 weeks to pay for his swimming pool

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    Sherwood Schwartz

    Sherwood Schwartz on his first TV writing job on I Married Joan starring Joan Davis

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    Sherwood Schwartz on leaving I Married Joan to work on a play, and then the show's cancellation

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