The Dick Van Dyke Show

Series

1961

TVPG

Sitcom

A comedy writer who works for a television variety show juggles family and a career in suburban New York.

Cast & Crew

Dick Van Dyke Rob Petrie

Mary Tyler Moore Laura Petrie

Rose Marie Sally Rogers

Morey Amsterdam Maurice "Buddy" Sorrell

Larry Mathews Ritchie Petrie

Richard Deacon Mel Cooley

Jerry Paris Jerry Helper

Ann Morgan Guilbert Millie Helper

Carl Reiner Alan Brady

Carl Reiner Creator

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Where to Stream

1961–1966 Series 5 Seasons158 Episodes

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Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Monday, December 15

10:00 PM

The Plots Thicken

Season 3 • Episode 25

Parents compete for the couple's favor in the choice of which family plot to be buried in.

Monday, December 15

10:30 PM

Scratch My Car and Die

Season 3 • Episode 26

A scratch on Rob's brand-new car brings on a domestic crisis.

Tuesday, December 16

1:00 PM

Sally Is a Girl

Season 1 • Episode 13

Rob is accused of being a Don Juan when he takes his wife's advice.

Tuesday, December 16

10:00 PM

The Return of Edwin Carp

Season 3 • Episode 27

Rob rounds up three notable personalities from the old days of radio for a TV special.

Tuesday, December 16

10:30 PM

October Eve

Season 3 • Episode 28

A painting of Laura resurfaces -- but this time she is not wearing any clothes.

Wednesday, December 17

1:00 PM

Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?

Season 1 • Episode 14

Buddy leaves the show for a new job that goes sour.

Wednesday, December 17

10:00 PM

Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail

Season 3 • Episode 29

A night with an Army buddy lands Rob in jail.

Wednesday, December 17

10:30 PM

My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life

Season 3 • Episode 30

Rob and Laura suspect the worst when they spy Jerry dining out with another woman.

Thursday, December 18

1:00 PM

Where Did I Come From?

Season 1 • Episode 15

Six-year-old Ritchie asks his parents about the birds and the bees.

Thursday, December 18

10:00 PM

My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life

Season 3 • Episode 30

Rob and Laura suspect the worst when they spy Jerry dining out with another woman.

Thursday, December 18

10:30 PM

Teacher's Petrie

Season 3 • Episode 32

Rob is skeptical when Laura's new writing teacher thinks she shows promise.

Friday, December 19

1:00 PM

The Curious Thing About Women

Season 1 • Episode 16

Rob's sense of humor backfires when he decides to base a television skit on Laura's habits.

Friday, December 19

10:00 PM

My Mother Can Beat Up My Father

Season 4 • Episode 1

Laura proves more proficient than Rob in the art of self-defense.

Friday, December 19

10:30 PM

The Lady and the Babysitter

Season 4 • Episode 3

Rob and Laura are unaware that their teenage baby sitter has a crush on Laura.

Sunday, December 21

11:00 PM

The Twizzle

Season 1 • Episode 23

Sally drags the entire production staff to a bowling alley, where she unveils a new dance and song.

Sunday, December 21

11:30 PM

One Angry Man

Season 1 • Episode 24

While serving jury duty, Rob finds himself siding with the female defendant.

Monday, December 22

1:00 PM

Punch Thy Neighbor

Season 1 • Episode 17

Rob's pal Jerry strains their friendship when he starts knocking Rob's television show in public.

Monday, December 22

10:00 PM

A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat

Season 4 • Episode 4

Rob's friendship with Jerry is almost destroyed in a row over a neighbor's crab grass lawn.

Monday, December 22

10:30 PM

The Man From Emperor

Season 4 • Episode 5

Rob is offered a job as humor consultant on a magazine for men-about-town.

Tuesday, December 23

1:00 PM

Who Owes Who What?

Season 1 • Episode 18

For Rob, a forgotten loan turns into a forgotten debt and a television script.

Tuesday, December 23

10:00 PM

Romance, Roses and Rye Bread

Season 4 • Episode 6

Sally Rogers is romanced by her "secret" admirer -- the owner of Monker's Delicatessen.

Tuesday, December 23

10:30 PM

Three Letters From One Wife

Season 4 • Episode 9

Rob risks his job when he convinces Alan Brady to do a cultural documentary program.

Wednesday, December 24

1:00 PM

The Talented Neighborhood

Season 1 • Episode 19

Rob finds himself besieged by the parents of neighborhood prodigies.

Wednesday, December 24

10:00 PM

4 1/2

Season 4 • Episode 7

Rob and pregnant Laura are trapped with a robber (Don Rickles).

Wednesday, December 24

10:30 PM

The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail

Season 4 • Episode 8

The Alan Brady writers entertain at a prison and Rob gets locked up with the inmates.

Thursday, December 25

1:00 PM

The Alan Brady Show Presents

Season 3 • Episode 13

The entire "Alan Brady" staff presents a Christmas show instead of the script.

Thursday, December 25

10:00 PM

Pink Pills and Purple Parents

Season 4 • Episode 10

Laura takes two pink pills and suffers disastrous side effects.

Thursday, December 25

10:30 PM

It Wouldn't Hurt Them to Give Us a Raise

Season 4 • Episode 11

The writers demand a raise and get entangled in the world of corporate finance.

Friday, December 26

1:00 PM

A Word a Day

Season 1 • Episode 20

Ritchie's expanding vocabulary starts to branch out in unexpected directions.

Friday, December 26

10:00 PM

Brother, Can You Spare $2,500?

Season 4 • Episode 15

Rob receives a ransom demand of $2,500 for his lost television script.

Friday, December 26

10:30 PM

The Death of the Party

Season 4 • Episode 12

Rob tries to attend Laura's family reunion without anyone finding out that he is sick.

Sunday, December 28

11:00 PM

I Am My Brother's Keeper

Season 1 • Episode 26

Rob's shy brother (Jerry Van Dyke) has confidence while sleepwalking.

Sunday, December 28

11:30 PM

The Sleeping Brother

Season 1 • Episode 27

Rob's brother (Jerry Van Dyke) auditions for the show while awake.

Monday, December 29

1:00 PM

The Boarder Incident

Season 1 • Episode 21

While his wife is away, Buddy accepts Rob's invitation to move in as a house guest.

Monday, December 29

10:00 PM

Stacey Petrie, Part I

Season 4 • Episode 17

Rob's younger brother involves Sally Rogers in a romantic Waterloo.

Monday, December 29

10:30 PM

Stacey Petrie, Part II

Season 4 • Episode 18

Stacey (Jerry Van Dyke) saves both his coffeehouse and his romance.

Tuesday, December 30

1:00 PM

Father of the Week

Season 1 • Episode 22

Rob's paternal pride suffers a cruel shock when he finds out his 6-year-old son is ashamed of him.

Tuesday, December 30

10:00 PM

Boy No. 1, Boy No. 2

Season 4 • Episode 19

Laura and Millie become stage mothers when their sons are cast in a TV commercial.

Tuesday, December 30

10:30 PM

The Redcoats Are Coming

Season 4 • Episode 20

The Petries entertain a British duo (Chad & Jeremy).

Wednesday, December 31

1:00 PM

The Twizzle

Season 1 • Episode 23

Sally drags the entire production staff to a bowling alley, where she unveils a new dance and song.

Wednesday, December 31

10:00 PM

The Case of the Pillow

Season 4 • Episode 21

Rob Petrie becomes a trial lawyer to prosecute a shifty salesman.

Wednesday, December 31

10:30 PM

Young Man With a Shoehorn

Season 4 • Episode 22

Rob learns that a shoe clerk's lot is not always a happy one.

Thursday, January 1

1:00 PM

One Angry Man

Season 1 • Episode 24

While serving jury duty, Rob finds himself siding with the female defendant.

Thursday, January 1

10:00 PM

Girls Will Be Boys

Season 4 • Episode 23

The Petries face a problem when Ritchie is beaten up by a girl.

Thursday, January 1

10:30 PM

Bupkis

Season 4 • Episode 24

Rob learns that a song he helped write is about to become a hit.

Friday, January 2

1:00 PM

Where You Been, Fassbinder?

Season 1 • Episode 25

Romance enters Sally's life in the form of an insurance salesman named Leo Fassbinder.

Matt Roush says...

One of the all-time great TV comedies gets another turn in the spotlight, when the nostalgia channel airs a 100-episode marathon of the multiple Emmy-winning series that made Dick Van Dyke — who turns 100 on Saturday — a household name. “What’s a Dick Van Dyke?” his costar Rose Marie famously quipped when joining the show, created by Carl Reiner, who based the series on his own experiences as a TV comedy writer with a family life in the New Rochelle suburbs. Van Dyke’s chemistry with Mary Tyler Moore, 11 years his junior, was so electric that people assumed they were actually married. The series, which aired from 1961 to 1966, still holds up remarkably well. It can also be streamed on Prime Video, Peacock, and for free on platforms including Tubi, Pluto TV, and The Roku Channel. (A documentary film, Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration, is airing in selected movie theaters Saturday and Sunday.)