The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom which was originally
broadcast on CBS from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on
the air for five seasons and 128 episodes.The series is remembered for
its multiple format and cast changes over the course of its five-year
run. The show is also remembered for Day's statement, in her
autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story (1975), that her husband Martin
Melcher had signed her to do the series without her knowledge, a fact
she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20,
1968 (he also received credit on the series as "executive producer"
during its initial season).Day portrays Doris Martin, a widowed mother
of young sons Billy and Toby (Philip Brown and Todd Starke). When the
series premieres, she has brought her boys home to her father's rural
ranch in Cotina in Mill Valley, north of San Francisco, California,
after living in New York City for most of her adult life.Other
characters during this initial phase of the program include Doris's
father Buck Webb (Denver Pyle) and their naïve hired ranch hand,
LeRoy B. Simpson (James Hampton). Their housekeeper initially is Aggie
Thompson (Fran Ryan, who left after the first 10 episodes to replace
Barbara Pepper as Doris Ziffel in Green Acres). The character left
without explanation and was replaced by Juanita (Naomi Stevens). Lord
Nelson is also included in the opening credits cast as Lord Nelson,
the family's sheepdog. The Doris Day Show Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter