My Little Margie (3x14) "What's Cooking?"

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox & George Carleton Brown and produced in Los Angeles, California at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach, Jr. and Roland D. Reed.

My Little Margie premiered on CBS as the summer replacement for I Love Lucy on June 16, 1952, under the sponsorship of Philip Morris cigarettes. Its success prompted NBC, at the sponsor's request, to give it a regular berth - Saturday at 7:30 pm(et) - on its fall schedule, where it lasted for two months. In January 1953, it returned to CBS [Thursdays, 10pm(et)], where it remained until July. Two months later, it was back on NBC (for new sponsor Scott Paper Company) on Wednesday nights at 8:30, where its final broadcast was on August 24, 1955. In an unusual move, the series -- with the same leads -- aired original episodes on CBS Radio, concurrently with the TV broadcasts, from December 1952 through August 1955. Only 23 radio broadcasts are known to exist in recorded form.
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[fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on December 2, 1953 under the sponsorship of Scott Paper Company on NBC.

[4MaryAnna]

This is my first time viewing this show and imo,what a pain in the you-know-what this Margie is,and certainly not funny like Lucy is.

[denny906]

The opening shot of the outside apartment building is actually located in the Park La Brea housing project in Los Angeles just a few steps from the world famous La Brea Tar Pits.

[CarlDuke]

Thanks for putting on episodes of the show. It is one of the first programs I remember, though I'm not sure if I saw it in its original form or reruns. Margie, Vern, Freddie, Mr. Honeywell, Roberta, Mrs. Odetts.