The Dick Van Dyke Present is a gold-standard sitcom within the historical past of tv … and it nearly didn’t get off the bottom. Sequence creator Carl Reiner’s authentic pilot, titled Head of the Household, featured a special forged, with Reiner taking part in Rob Petrie as a substitute of Dick Van Dyke, and it didn’t encourage CBS to green-light a full season. Producer Sheldon Leonard reworked the concept into The Dick Van Dyke Present, with Van Dyke within the lead function, which wasn’t an instantaneous slam-dunk, both; it was practically canceled by CBS after a single season.
Fortunately for followers, The Dick Van Dyke Present ran for 5 seasons between 1961 and 1966 and ultimately discovered its viewers, turning into successful present now thought to be one of many biggest TV comedies of all time.