My Little Margie
My Little Margie is an American television sitcom starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox and produced in Los Angeles, California, at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach Jr., and Roland D. Reed.
Not to be confused with 1961 ABC sitcom Margie starring Cynthia Pepper.My Little Margie
Frank Fox
Nate Watt
Hal Yates
United States
English
4
126
Roland D. Reed
Hal Roach
Hal Roach, Jr.
Guy V. Thayer, Jr.
25 minutes
Roland Reed TV Productions
Rovan Films
June 16, 1952 –
August 24, 1955
My Little Margie premiered on CBS as a summer replacement for I Love Lucy[1] on June 16, 1952, under the sponsorship of Philip Morris cigarettes (when the series moved to NBC for its third season in the fall of 1953, Scott Paper Company became its sponsor).
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.
Syndication[edit]
After the series was canceled in 1955, Official Films distributed it in syndication.[4] My Little Margie has aired on local TV stations, often paired with I Married Joan. Both series aired on CBN during the 1980s and then on ION. AMGTV currently carries both series daily.
Comic books[edit]
From July 1954 to November 1964, Charlton Comics published 54 issues of My Little Margie.