The Dick Van Dyke Show
TVPG
Sitcom
A comedy writer who works for a television variety show juggles family and a career in suburban New York.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, April 1
Never Bathe on Saturday
Season 4 • Episode 27
Laura's toe becomes stuck in a bathtub spout.
Wednesday, April 1
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.
Thursday, April 2
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.
Thursday, April 2
Baby Fat
Season 4 • Episode 29
Rob helps his boss, Alan Brady, by rewriting a play starring the comic.
Thursday, April 2
100 Terrible Hours
Season 4 • Episode 30
Rob stays awake for 100 hours just before his job interview with Alan Brady.
Friday, April 3
October Eve
Season 3 • Episode 28
A painting of Laura resurfaces -- but this time she is not wearing any clothes.
Friday, April 3
Br-Room, Br-Room
Season 4 • Episode 31
Rob buys a motorcycle and is arrested as a joy-riding delinquent.
Friday, April 3
There's No Sale Like Wholesale
Season 4 • Episode 32
Buddy offers to help Laura get a fur coat for the wholesale price.
Monday, April 6
It May Look Like a Walnut
Season 2 • Episode 20
Rob fears a walnut will steal his imagination. Guest: Danny Thomas.
Monday, April 6
My Husband Is a Check-Grabber
Season 2 • Episode 21
Laura tries to break Rob of his expensive habit of picking up the check.
Monday, April 6
Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband Is in Jail
Season 3 • Episode 29
A night with an Army buddy lands Rob in jail.
Monday, April 6
Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
Season 5 • Episode 1
Laura blurts out an embarrassing secret on a national television quiz show.
Monday, April 6
A Farewell to Writing
Season 5 • Episode 2
Rob sets out to write a book during his vacation but has trouble getting started.
Tuesday, April 7
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.
Tuesday, April 7
No Rice at My Wedding
Season 5 • Episode 5
Rob and Laura recall their courtship days when Rob almost lost Laura to another man.
Tuesday, April 7
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.
Wednesday, April 8
I'd Rather Be Bald Than Have No Head at All
Season 3 • Episode 31
Rob starts a daily count of the hairs he is losing.
Wednesday, April 8
The Great Petrie Fortune
Season 5 • Episode 7
Rob's dreams of inheriting a fortune seem dashed when he gets an old desk.
Wednesday, April 8
Draw Me a Pear
Season 5 • Episode 6
Soon after Rob and Laura begin an art class, the instructor has designs on Rob.
Thursday, April 9
Teacher's Petrie
Season 3 • Episode 32
Rob is skeptical when Laura's new writing teacher thinks she shows promise.
Thursday, April 9
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.
Thursday, April 9
Viva Petrie
Season 5 • Episode 9
A bullfighter becomes the Petries' new handyman.
Friday, April 10
My Mother Can Beat Up My Father
Season 4 • Episode 1
Laura proves more proficient than Rob in the art of self-defense.
Friday, April 10
Go Tell the Birds and the Bees
Season 5 • Episode 10
Rob and Laura find out that Ritchie has been telling stories in school.
Friday, April 10
Body and Sol
Season 5 • Episode 11
Rob recalls the time he defended his title as middleweight champion of an Army camp.
Monday, April 13
Don't Trip Over That Mountain
Season 2 • Episode 22
Rob ignores Laura's warning to stay off the big slopes on his first skiing trip.
Monday, April 13
Give Me Your Walls
Season 2 • Episode 23
Rob's living room needs to be painted so he hires a colorful master painter from Rome.
Monday, April 13
The Ghost of A. Chantz
Season 4 • Episode 2
Rob, Laura, Sally and Buddy spend a frightening night in a haunted cabin at a mountain resort.
Monday, April 13
See Rob Write; Write, Rob, Write
Season 5 • Episode 12
Rob and Laura become rivals when each writes a story for children.
Monday, April 13
You're Under Arrest
Season 5 • Episode 13
Rob goes out to cool off after a quarrel with Laura and winds up in trouble.
Tuesday, April 14
The Lady and the Babysitter
Season 4 • Episode 3
Rob and Laura are unaware that their teenage baby sitter has a crush on Laura.
Tuesday, April 14
Fifty-Two Forty-Five or Work
Season 5 • Episode 14
Rob recalls the time he was out of work and Laura was expecting Ritchie.
Tuesday, April 14
Who Stole My Watch?
Season 5 • Episode 15
Rob accuses his friend of taking his missing watch.
Wednesday, April 15
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.
Wednesday, April 15
I Do Not Choose to Run
Season 5 • Episode 16
Rob can't make up his mind when asked to be a candidate for the city council.
Wednesday, April 15
The Making of a Councilman
Season 5 • Episode 17
Rob agrees to run for office but realizes he'd prefer to vote for his opponent.
Thursday, April 16
The Man From Emperor
Season 4 • Episode 5
Rob is offered a job as humor consultant on a magazine for men-about-town.
Thursday, April 16
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.
Thursday, April 16
Remember the Alimony
Season 5 • Episode 20
Rob and Laura remember the time they completed an application for a $10 divorce.
Friday, April 17
Romance, Roses and Rye Bread
Season 4 • Episode 6
Sally Rogers is romanced by her "secret" admirer -- the owner of Monker's Delicatessen.
Friday, April 17
Dear Sally Rogers
Season 5 • Episode 21
As a gag, Sally advertises for a husband on a national television show.
Friday, April 17
Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy
Season 5 • Episode 22
Buddy is either seeking therapy or having an affair.
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