The New Dick Van Dyke Show Third Season Credits

The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974) third season open and close credits and theme music. Aired on CBS from 1971-1974, this season the show was based in Los Angeles (prior seasons the show originated from Arizona).

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• CBS
• 1973
• Dick
• Van
• Dyke
• Hope
• Lange
• TV
• theme

[38ddkelly]

Wasn't this the show that wasn't cancelled due to low ratings, but creativity issues? I think they wanted to do an episode where the son or daughter catches the parents "in the act", and the network said no way.

[Namzso1]

Yes and no. The show had a cushy slot between Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family. Carl Reiner quit after the second season when CBS would not air the "walk in" episode. After Reiner left the show changed formats, and the show failed to gain any audience.

[konga5]

This series never went into syndication ??

[pernelldh]

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution is having television distribution rights. Hoping Warner Home Video would release "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" coming to DVD soon.

[ftsjr]

This wasn't a bad show. But, for some reason, CBS kept changing the night of the week it was scheduled, and it kept losing its audience. If they had left it on Saturday night, it may have had a longer run.

[HepburnFlicks]

@paktype thats not always true. take The Lucy Show for instance. that showactually received higher ratings when it switched formats by moving lucy to LA. in fact, the new dick van dyke show's ratings also improved as a result of the format change

[paktype]

Anytime a show changes formats by having the characters move from anywhere to LA, the show is basically toast. Its a clear sign that the actors and producers have become lazy and just want to shoot the show near where they lived. Laverne & Shirley moved to LA for its last pathetic seasons too.

[kbirdusa]

@Namzso1 Reiner didn't leave before the show changed formats. In fact, although he created the show, he was only a creative consultant during the first two years when it was filmed in Arizona. When production moved to LA for the third season. Reiner came on board full-time as producer. Only when CBS wouldn't air the "walk-in" episode later that year did he quit. Look at the closing credits you've posted - Reiner is credited as the producer.

[fromthesidelines]

Allyn Ferguson, the co-composer of the theme and score (with Jack Elliott, who previously passed away, 10 years ago) just passed away a few years ago...

[wyattphx]

After the network moved production to the west coast for the 3rd season, ratings had actually improved. But Van Dyke was at the end of his 3 yr contract and wanted to go back to living at his ranch outside Cave Creek, AZ (the first 2 seasons had been produced in nearby Carefree, AZ).

[ivegotalongdong]

i don't remember this show, but my parents did watch all in the family and mary tyler moore. was fannie flag the daughter in this show? maybe the 'walk in' eppisode might have kept her straight?

[kymarcin]

This episode's credits list Sorrell Booke, who a few years later would play Boss Hogg on the "Dukes of Hazzard".