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.

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.

Friday, January 2

10:00 PM

Your Home Sweet Home Is My Home

Season 4 • Episode 25

Rob recalls the time he and his best friend tried to buy the same house.

Friday, January 2

10:30 PM

Anthony Stone

Season 4 • Episode 26

Nobody really knows what Sally's new boyfriend does for a living.

Sunday, January 4

11:00 PM

The Bad Old Days

Season 1 • Episode 28

Buddy convinces Rob that he and all other American husbands are being dominated by women.

Sunday, January 4

11:30 PM

Sol and the Sponsor

Season 1 • Episode 29

A dinner for Rob's sponsor and his wife is enlivened by the arrival of one of Rob's Army buddies.

Monday, January 5

1:00 PM

The Bad Old Days

Season 1 • Episode 28

Buddy convinces Rob that he and all other American husbands are being dominated by women.

Monday, January 5

10:00 PM

A Show of Hands

Season 4 • Episode 28

Just before they are due at a formal banquet, Rob and Laura mistakenly dye their hands black.

Monday, January 5

10:30 PM

Baby Fat

Season 4 • Episode 29

Rob helps his boss, Alan Brady, by rewriting a play starring the comic.

Tuesday, January 6

1:00 PM

I Am My Brother's Keeper

Season 1 • Episode 26

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

Tuesday, January 6

10:00 PM

100 Terrible Hours

Season 4 • Episode 30

Rob stays awake for 100 hours just before his job interview with Alan Brady.

Tuesday, January 6

10:30 PM

Br-Room, Br-Room

Season 4 • Episode 31

Rob buys a motorcycle and is arrested as a joy-riding delinquent.

Wednesday, January 7

1:00 PM

The Sleeping Brother

Season 1 • Episode 27

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

Wednesday, January 7

10:00 PM

There's No Sale Like Wholesale

Season 4 • Episode 32

Buddy offers to help Laura get a fur coat for the wholesale price.

Wednesday, January 7

10:30 PM

Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth

Season 5 • Episode 1

Laura blurts out an embarrassing secret on a national television quiz show.

Thursday, January 8

1:00 PM

Sol and the Sponsor

Season 1 • Episode 29

A dinner for Rob's sponsor and his wife is enlivened by the arrival of one of Rob's Army buddies.

Thursday, January 8

10:00 PM

A Farewell to Writing

Season 5 • Episode 2

Rob sets out to write a book during his vacation but has trouble getting started.

Thursday, January 8

10:30 PM

No Rice at My Wedding

Season 5 • Episode 5

Rob and Laura recall their courtship days when Rob almost lost Laura to another man.

Friday, January 9

1:00 PM

The Return of Happy Spangler

Season 1 • Episode 30

Rob tries to help an old radio comedy writer make a comeback.

Friday, January 9

10:00 PM

The Ugliest Dog in the World

Season 5 • Episode 4

Rob and Laura try to find a home for an ugly mutt from the dog pound.

Friday, January 9

10:30 PM

The Great Petrie Fortune

Season 5 • Episode 7

Rob's dreams of inheriting a fortune seem dashed when he gets an old desk.

Sunday, January 11

11:00 PM

The Return of Happy Spangler

Season 1 • Episode 30

Rob tries to help an old radio comedy writer make a comeback.

Sunday, January 11

11:30 PM

Never Name a Duck

Season 2 • Episode 1

One of Ritchie's pet ducks dies.

Monday, January 12

1:00 PM

Never Name a Duck

Season 2 • Episode 1

One of Ritchie's pet ducks dies.

Monday, January 12

10:00 PM

Draw Me a Pear

Season 5 • Episode 6

Soon after Rob and Laura begin an art class, the instructor has designs on Rob.

Monday, January 12

10:30 PM

Odd But True

Season 5 • Episode 8

Rob almost earns $500 because the freckles on his back are in the shape of the Liberty Bell.

Tuesday, January 13

1:00 PM

The Two Faces of Rob

Season 2 • Episode 2

To prove that a wife cannot always recognize her husband on the phone, Rob disguises his voice.

Tuesday, January 13

10:00 PM

Viva Petrie

Season 5 • Episode 9

A bullfighter becomes the Petries' new handyman.

Tuesday, January 13

10:30 PM

Go Tell the Birds and the Bees

Season 5 • Episode 10

Rob and Laura find out that Ritchie has been telling stories in school.

Wednesday, January 14

1:00 PM

The Attempted Marriage

Season 2 • Episode 3

A crippled jeep and a sprained ankle make Rob two hours late for his own wedding.

Wednesday, January 14

10:00 PM

Body and Sol

Season 5 • Episode 11

Rob recalls the time he defended his title as middleweight champion of an Army camp.

Wednesday, January 14

10:30 PM

See Rob Write; Write, Rob, Write

Season 5 • Episode 12

Rob and Laura become rivals when each writes a story for children.

Thursday, January 15

1:00 PM

Bank Book 6565696

Season 2 • Episode 4

Rob learns Laura has a secret bank account.

Thursday, January 15

10:00 PM

You're Under Arrest

Season 5 • Episode 13

Rob goes out to cool off after a quarrel with Laura and winds up in trouble.

Thursday, January 15

10:30 PM

Fifty-Two Forty-Five or Work

Season 5 • Episode 14

Rob recalls the time he was out of work and Laura was expecting Ritchie.

Friday, January 16

1:00 PM

Hustling the Hustler

Season 2 • Episode 5

Rob has an evening of high adventure with a veteran pool shark who pretends he cannot play the game.

Friday, January 16

10:00 PM

Who Stole My Watch?

Season 5 • Episode 15

Rob accuses his friend of taking his missing watch.

Friday, January 16

10:30 PM

The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart

Season 5 • Episode 19

Mel takes Rob's advice to stand up to Alan Brady -- and is promptly fired.

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.)