Recently I bought a 17-disc DVD box set titled The Loretta Young Show: Best of the Complete Series (100th Birthday Edition). The cardboard outer box holds two plastic cases, one titled The Best of Seasons One - Four (a 9-disc set) and the other titled The Best of Seasons Five - Eight (an 8-disc set). You can read the DVDTalk site's review of the set which gives more details about its contents.
There are some indexes of the series online that have more information than what is provided here, and which I used to help create this post. The main episode guide that I used was the one at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). I also referred to the episode list at EpGuides.com (for example, when I noticed that the IMDB had a mistake on one of the airdates). Another site with a lot of information was the Classic TV Archive (CTVA).
The website of the University of Wisconsin-Madison lists the Wisconsin Historical Society's film holdings of the series. The site notes: "While a total of approximately 257 episodes of The Loretta Young Show aired on NBC over its eight year run, this collection contains only 250 of the original episodes from all eight seasons. Also includes two unaired pilots (or episodes) created after the cancellation of the series. The bulk of the collection is 16 mm black and white prints. However, the collection also contains 35 mm black and white prints for two episodes ["Queen Nefertiti" and "The Road"] and the two unaired pilots. Some episodes also contain original commercials for products such as Lilt, Tide, and Camay. Each reel runs approximately twenty to thirty minutes each. The visual quality of these prints is very good in general, but varies between individual reels." The 7 episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society's collection are "Saigon" (s4/e3; 9/9/56), "Rhubarb in Apartment B-7" (s4/e14; 12/2/56), "Emergency" (s4/e25; 3/24/57), "The Accused" (s5/e11; 1/12/58) [not the same episode as s6/e29; 4/26/59], "Faraway Island" (s5/e13; 1/26/58), "The Near Unknown" (s6/e1; 10/5/58), and "Off-Duty Affair" (s7/e16; 1/17/60).
Under the "Acquisition Information" on the site, it reads "Presented by Christopher Lewis and Linda Lewis." Christopher Lewis was Loretta Young's son, and Linda Lewis was his wife. The DVD set states on the cover that it was "authorized by the Loretta Young Estate." So, it may be that the estate donated the films to the university, and that the prints used in the DVD set are the same ones. Years ago I had bought several individual DVDs of The Loretta Young Show that were also authorized by the estate, and it may be that the episodes in this 17-disc set are simply using the same prints as they used before. They were released by the same company, the Timeless Media Group, between 2004 and 2007. You can see what those earlier DVDs look like below:
On paper, all of that may sound great -- authorized release, university-held prints -- but unfortunately the reality of this DVD set leaves a lot to be desired.
Perhaps because they were worried about copyright theft, the makers of the DVD have placed watermarks reading "The Loretta Young Show" in the bottom right corner of the screen on most of the episodes. The watermark usually fades away after a minute, but then may return briefly at the midway point of the story. You will see this same watermark on some copies of the episodes that have been posted online, like the YouTube channel The Loretta Young Show. (I don't know if that is an authorized channel or not. The opening sequence of their episodes is slightly different than what is on the DVDs, and appears to be a modern addition.) Some episodes have also been posted on Archive.org by an uploader called Moongleam, where the opening and closing of each episode has been removed, perhaps to avoid copyright violation. (In addition, I noticed a blurred box shape briefly in the corner of one episode there, which may have been their attempt at removing the DVD's watermark.)
At the beginning of the discs on the DVD set, a disclaimer reads: "This program has been reproduced from carefully selected archival films. State of the art technology has been used to present the highest quality production. However, some imperfections in image and sound quality are unavoidable." It would seem that adding a watermark was an avoidable imperfection which viewers are nonetheless forced to look at. Color title cards have also been inserted in the middle of the episodes to denote the next act in the play (although I suspect that's where more commercials were located originally). I appreciate that the copyright holder wants to prevent bootlegging of their property, but there could have been more subtle ways to identify the content if someone else tried to pass it off as their own.
Another problem is the quality of the prints themselves. The aforementioned university holdings indicate that some episodes retain their original commercials. I've only watched a few episodes on the DVD set, but so far I've seen none which have the commercials. In each episode, Loretta walks into the room in one shot and addresses the viewer, and then the very next shot is a close-up of her face as she briefly introduces the particular episode. I believe that the commercial would have occurred between those two shots, and sometimes the break is apparent. (In one episode, in fact, she is wearing a different outfit after that split-second break!)
The prints themselves look worn, like the kind that may have been in syndication for decades, and were acceptable back then on old TVs, but look a lot worse today. The use of better prints can affect one's evaluation of a program's merit. For example, back in 2016, I wrote on my Facebook wall: "Got the 'official first season' set of One Step Beyond yesterday and watched the first 5 or 6 episodes. I knew that these would be superior prints to the other DVD sets I have and they indeed were. Having always seen lousy prints of the series, I've always associated it in my mind as a low-budget Z-grade show, but watching these cleaner prints makes it feel like more of an A-list show, like Alfred Hitchock Presents." (Because of my own interest in One Step Beyond, I have noted below any episodes of The Loretta Young Show in which One Step Beyond's host John Newland acted and/or directed.)
According to the DVDTalk review I mentioned earlier, "The show's original 35mm film negatives were apparently destroyed by NBC during contract negotiations with Loretta and Tom Lewis." Thus, an "official" release of The Loretta Young Show like One Step Beyond received, using superior prints, is not possible, thanks to (allegedly) NBC's short-sighted and evil act. It's too bad, because I think if the picture quality was upgraded, the series' reputation would likewise be enhanced. The episodes are generally really good, but the grainy prints make the series seem like you're watching a bad B-movie running through an old high school film projector.
This negative impression isn't helped by the lack of historical notes accompanying this set. The episode numbers and airdates that I will provide below are not included with the DVDs. The episodes are not always in broadcast order. Sometimes the episode titles on the discs and the DVD menu are shortened versions (lacking "The") or don't match up exactly with TV logs found online. It's a small thing, but it would be nice to know if the story is really titled "Long Nights" (like on the DVD) or "The Long Night" (everywhere else).
Despite these criticisms, I do very much recommend this set because it's the best place to obtain these episodes. I do wish that an upgrade, though, containing all of the existing episodes, will someday become available. The Loretta Young Show was an enjoyable series, and worth preserving properly.
To answer my question that started this post, the 17-disc DVD set that I bought contains a total of 145 half-hour episodes. This means that there were 112 episodes of the series that are missing from this set (assuming my math is right). Some of those missing episodes were ones that featured other stars instead of Loretta, which could explain their exclusion here. (I have noted those celebrity guest hosts in the list below.)
I have listed below the contents on every disc of the 17-disc DVD set, and have retained the spelling of the episode titles as found there. (If online sources differ, I have noted that.) And all of the episodes that are missing from this set are listed below, too. "Season 1, Episode 1" is abbreviated as "s1/e1" below, and so on on.
I have also included a log of The New Loretta Young Show (a non-anthology series where she played a continuing character) at the end of this post.
Should new information come to light, I will update this page accordingly. This blog post was last updated on August 7, 2026.
THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW
BEST OF SEASONS 1-4
(9-disc set)
Disc 1:
s1/e1 (9/20/53): TRIAL RUN
s1/e21 (2/7/54): A FAMILY OUT OF US
s1/e3 (10/4/53): PRISONER AT ONE O'CLOCK
s1/e4 (10/11/53): GIRL ON A FLAG POLE
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and CTVA title is "The Girl on a Flag Pole.")
s1/e5 (10/18/53): TURN OF A CARD
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Turn of the Card.")
s1/e6 (10/25/53): EARTHQUAKE
s1/e7 (11/1/53): THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
s1/e8 (11/8/53): KID'S STUFF
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Kid Stuff.")
s1/e9 (11/15/53): THE BRONTE STORY (written by DeWitt Bodeen; featuring Hugh Beaumont and Alan Napier)
s1/e12 (12/6/53): LAUGHING BOY
Bonus material:
- "Loretta Young Biography" (3.5 minutes; same as the beginning of the "In Her Own Words" segment on Best of Seasons 5-8's disc 7)
- "Interview with Loretta Young's Children" (16 minutes; 2007)
Disc 2:
s1/e11 (11/29/53): LOVE STORY
s1/e10 (11/21/53): THANKGIVING AT BEAVER RUN
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Thanksgiving in Beaver Run.")
s1/e13 (12/13/53): THE FAITH OF CHATA'
(Note: Apostrophe at the end is on the title on the DVD, but not present in Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title.)
s1/e14 (12/20/53): THE NIGHT DAD CAME HOME
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "The Night My Father Came Home.")
s1/e15 (12/27/53): HOTEL IRRITANT
s1/e16 (1/3/54): INGA #1
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Inga.")
s1/e17 (1/10/54): LADY KILLER
s1/e18 (1/17/54): SECRET ANSWER
s1/e2 (9/27/53): THE MIRROR
s1/e20 (1/31/54): HOLLYWOOD STORY
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Hollywood Story." The series title changed from Letter to Loretta to The Loretta Young Show after this episode.)
Disc 3:
s1/e22 (2/14/54): ACT OF FAITH (featuring Eddie Albert)
s1/e19 (1/24/54): BIG LITTLE LIE
s1/e23 (2/28/54): NEW YORK STORY
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The New York Story.")
s1/e29 (4/11/54): MAN'S ESTATE
(Note: CTVA title is "A Man's Estate.")
s1/e24 (3/7/54): NOBODY'S BOY
s1/e25 (3/14/54): COUNT OF TEN (featuring Eddie Albert, Jesse White & Marion Ross)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Count of Ten.")
s1/e26 (3/21/54): CLARA SCHUMANN STORY
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Clara Schumann Story.")
s1/e27 (3/28/54): SON, THIS IS YOUR FATHER (featuring Alan Hale, Jr.)
s1/e28 (4/4/54): FIRST MAN TO ASK HER (featuring Jock Mahoney)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The First Man to Ask Her.")
s1/e30 (4/18/54): FOREST RANGER
(Note: CTVA title is "The Forest Ranger.")
(Note: Discs 1-3 contain Season One's episodes #1-30. A few of the episodes are out of sequence on the discs, notably episode #2 which is on Disc 2, episode #19 which is on Disc 3, and episode #21 which is on Disc 1.)
Season One episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"The Enchanted Schoolteacher" (s1/e31; 4/25/54)
"The Judgment" (s1/e32; 5/2/54)
"Oh, My Aching Heart" (s1/e33; 5/9/54)
"Dear Midge" (s1/e34; 5/16/54) (featuring William Frawley)
"Something Always Happens" (s1/e35; 5/23/54) (featuring Lamont Johnson)
"Lady in Wet Paint" (s1/e36; 5/30/54) [final episode of Season One]
(Note: IMDB and EpGuides title is "Lady in War Paint.")
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Disc 4:
s2/e2 (9/5/54): DR. JULIET
s2/e3 (9/12/54): DOUBLE TROUBLE (featuring Hugh O'Brian)
s2/e4 (9/19/54): THE LAMP
s2/e5 (9/26/54): YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY
s2/e6 (10/3/54): REASONABLE DOUBT
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.")
s2/e8 (10/17/54): ON YOUR HONOR, YOUR HONOR
s2/e9 (10/31/54): GIRL SCOUT STORY
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Girl Scout Story.")
s2/e10 (11/7/54): NO HELP WANTED (featuring Jock Mahoney)
s2/e12 (11/21/54): SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE (featuring Gene Barry)
s2/e13 (11/28/54): OUR SACRED HONOR
Disc 5:
s2/e33 (4/17/55): FEELING NO PAIN (featuring Hugh O'Brian)
s2/e17 (12/26/54): THREE MINUTES TOO LATE (featuring Hugh O'Brian & Parley Baer)
s2/e15 (12/12/54): EVIL FOR EVIL
s2/e18 (1/2/55): THE GIRL WHO KNEW (featuring Chuck Conners & Hugh Beaumont)
s2/e19 (1/9/55): THE FLOOD
s2/e21 (1/23/55): THE REFINEMENT OF AB (featuring Hugh Beaumont)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "The Refinement of 'AB'." EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Refinement of 'Ab'.")
s2/e20 (1/16/55): DECISION (featuring Jock Mahoney)
s2/e22 (1/30/55): 600 SECONDS
s2/e23 (2/6/55): THE CASE OF MRS. BANNISTER
(Note: CTVA title is "The Case of Mr. Bannister.")
s2/e24 (2/13/55): DICKIE
Disc 6:
s2/e25 (2/20/55): OPTION ON A WIFE (featuring Jock Mahoney)
s2/e26 (2/27/55): TALE OF THE CAYUSE (featuring Jock Mahoney)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Tale of a Cayuse." EpGuides titles in "Tales of A Cayuse.")
s2/e27 (3/6/55): CASE BOOK
s2/e29 (3/20/55): INGA #2 (featuring Dennis Hopper)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Inga II.")
s2/e28 (3/13/55): DATELINE KOREA (featuring Hugh Beaumont)
s2/e30 (3/27/55): MINK COAT (featuring Jock Mahoney)
s2/e31 (4/3/55): LET COLUMBUS DISCOVER YOU
s2/e32 (4/10/55): HE ALWAYS COMES HOME (featuring Richard Arlen & Elinor Donahue)
s2/e34 (4/24/55): THE LITTLE TEACHER
s2/e35 (5/1/55): I REMEMBER THE RANI [final episode of Season Two]
(Note: Discs 4-6 contain Season Two's episodes #2-6, 8-10, 12, 13, 15, 17-35. A few of the episodes are out of sequence on the discs, notably episode #33 which is on Disc 5 instead of Disc 6.)
Season Two episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"Guest in the Night" (s2/e1; 8/29/54) (featuring Hugh O'Brian)
"For Father, Darling" (s2/e7; 10/10/54)
(Note: CTVA notes title is a.k.a. "Case of Father Darling.")
"It's a Man's Game" (s2/e11; 11/14/54)
"Big Jim" (s2/e14; 12/5/54) (featuring Bobby Driscoll)
"Time and Yuletide" (s2/e16; 12/19/54)
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Most of Season Three is not included in this DVD set. The missing episodes are:
"Fear Me Not" (s3/e1; 8/28/55) (guest host, Rosalind Russell)
"Week-End in Winnetka" (s3/e2; 9/4/55) (guest host, Rosalind Russell; featuring Virginia Bruce & Elinor Donahue)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and CTVA title is "Weekend in Winnetka.")
"Reunion" (s3/e3; 9/11/55) (guest host, Joseph Cotten; featuring Nina Foch)
"My Uncle O'Moore" (s3/e4; 9/18/55) (guest host, Barbara Stanwyck; featuring Teresa Wright)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "My Uncles O'More." CTVA title is "My Uncles O'Moore.")
"Gino" (s3/e5; 9/25/55) (guest host & featuring Ricardo Montalban)
"Moment of Decision" (s3/e6; 10/2/55) (guest host, Merle Oberon; featuring Diana Lynn)
"The Waiting Game" (s3/e7; 10/9/55) (guest host, Barbara Stanwyck; featuring King Donovan & Joanne Dru)
"The Last Spring" (s3/e8; 10/16/55) (guest host, Van Johnson; featuring John Hodiak)
"Katy" (s3/e9; 10/23/55) (guest host, Van Johnson)
"Slander" (s3/e10; 10/30/55) (guest host, Irene Dunne)
"Tropical Secretary" (s3/e11; 11/6/55) (guest host, Irene Dunne; featuring Phyllis Kirk & Rod Cameron)
"The Bracelet" (s3/e12; 11/13/55) (guest host & featuring Merle Oberon)
"Across the Plaza" (s3/e13; 11/27/55) (guest host, Dinah Shore)
"A Pattern of Deceit" (s3/e14; 12/4/55) (guest host, Claudette Colbert)
"Man in the Ring" (s3/e15; 12/11/55) (guest host, Ann Sothern; featuring Scott Brady & Hugh Beaumont)
"A Shadow Between" (s3/e16; 12/18/55) (guest host, Joan Fontaine)
"A Ticket for May" (s3/e18; 1/1/56) (featuring Dorothy Malone)
"The Challenge" (s3/e20; 1/15/56) (featuring Barbara Hale)
"Song of Rome" (s3/e21; 1/22/56) (featuring Anna Maria Alberghetti)
"Tightwad Millionaire" (s3/e24; 2/19/56) (featuring Barbara Billingsley)
"Father Hoppe" (s3/e26; 3/4/56) (featuring Mercedes McCambridge)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and EpGuides title is "Father Happe.")
"The Wise One" (s3/e28; 3/25/56)
"Hapless Holiday" (s3/e30; 4/8/56)
"Case 258" (s3/e31; 4/15/56) (featuring Frank Lovejoy & Alan Hale, Jr.)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "Code 258, or Case #258." IMDB and EpGuides title is "Code 258.")
"The Cardinal's Secret" (s3/e32; 4/22/56) (featuring Ricardo Montalban) [final episode of Season Three]
Disc 7:
s3/e17 (12/25/55): CHRISTMAS STOPOVER
s3/e19 (1/8/56): INGA #3
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "Inga III.")
s3/e22 (1/29/56): THE SECRET (featuring John Newland)
s3/e23 (2/12/56): THE PEARL
s3/e25 (2/26/56): GESUNDHEIT
s3/e27 (3/18/56): HIS INHERITANCE (featuring John Newland & Denver Pyle)
s3/e29 (4/1/56): BUT FOR GOD'S GRACE (featuring Hugh Beaumont & Tommy Kirk)
s4/e1 (8/26/56): DOUBLE PARTNERS
s4/e2 (9/2/56): THE QUESTION
s4/e4 (9/16/56): LITTLE LEAGUE (featuring Tommy Kirk)
Disc 8:
s4/e6 (9/29/56): NOW A BRIEF WORD
s4/e7 (10/7/56): THE YEARS BETWEEN (featuring & directed by John Newland)
s4/e9 (10/21/56): GOODBYE, GOODBYE (featuring John Newland)
s4/e10 (10/28/56): THE GREAT DIVIDE
s4/e12 (11/11/56): THE END OF THE WEEK (directed by John Newland)
s4/e13 (11/18/56): INGA #4
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Inga IV.")
s4/e15 (12/9/56): SOMEBODY ELSE'S DREAM
s4/e16 (12/16/56): THREE AND TWO, PLEASE
s4/e17 (12/30/56): IMPERFECT BALANCE (based on a story by Heinrich Boll)
s4/e18 (1/6/57): QUEEN NEFERTITI
(Note: This is one of two episodes for which the Wisconsin Historical Society has a 35mm print.)
Disc 9:
s4/e19 (1/13/57): MY FAVORITE MONSTER (featuring & directed by John Newland)
s4/e20 (1/27/57): MISS ASHLEY'S DEMON
s4/e22 (2/17/57): TENSION (featuring & directed by John Newland)
s4/e23 (2/24/57): WEDDING DAY
s4/e26 (3/31/57): THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
s4/e27 (4/7/57): SO BRIGHT A LIGHT (directed by John Newland)
s4/e29 (4/21/57): THE LEGACY (featuring & directed by John Newland)
(Note: EpGuides and IMDB title is "Legacy.")
s4/e31 (5/5/57): THE COUNTESS
s4/e32 (5/12/57): MIND OF THEIR OWN
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "A Mind of Their Own.")
s4/e33 (5/19/57): ROYAL PARTNERS I
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and IMDB title is "Royal Partners: Part 1." CTVA title is "Royal Partners, Part 1." EpGuides title is "Royal Partners (1)."
s4/e34 (5/26/57): ROYAL PARTNERS II [final episode of Season Four]
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and IMDB title is "Royal Partners: Part 2." CTVA title is "Royal Partners, Part 2." EpGuides title is "Royal Partners (2)."
Season Four episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"Saigon" (s4/e3; 9/9/56) (featuring Steve Forrest)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
"Incident in Kawi" (s4/e5; 9/23/56)
"New Slant" (s4/e8; 10/14/56) (featuring Rod Cameron)
"Take Care of My Child" (s4/e11; 11/4/56) (directed by John Newland; featuring Hugh Beaumont)
"Rhubarb in Apartment B-7" (s4/e14; 12/2/56) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
"The Bad Apple" (s4/e21; 2/3/57)
"Louise" (s4/e24; 3/10/57) (featuring Herbert Marshall)
"Emergency" (s4/e25; 3/24/57) (directed by John Newland; featuring Anna Maria Alberghetti)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
"Rummage Sale" (s4/e28; 4/14/57)
"The Man on Top" (s4/e30; 4/28/57) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
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THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW
BEST OF SEASONS 5-8
(8-disc set)
Disc 1:
s5/e1 (10/20/57): A DOLLAR'S WORTH
s5/e3 (11/3/57): INNOCENT CONSPIRACY
s5/e5 (11/24/57): LITTLE WITNESS
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Little Witness.")
s5/e7 (12/8/57): FRIENDS AT A DISTANCE
s5/e10 (1/5/58): THE DEMON AND MRS. DEVON
s6/e29 (4/26/59): THE ACCUSED (directed by John Newland)
(Note: There are two episodes associated with the title "The Accused" -- one in Season 5 and one in Season 6. The DVD set places this episode among the Season 5 episodes, but it is evidently the Season 6 episode on this disc. See note below.)
s5/e15 (2/9/58): DEAR MILKMAN (featuring Nancy Kulp)
Disc 2:
s5/e17 (2/23/58): A GREATER STRENGTH
s5/e19 (3/9/58): THE ORIENTAL MIND
s5/e21 (3/23/58): TIME FOR DECISION (featuring & directed by John Newland)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Time of Decision.")
s5/e23 (4/6/58): TO OPEN A DOOR
s5/e25 (4/20/58): DANGEROUS VERDICT (directed by John Newland)
s5/e27 (5/4/58): SOUTH AMERICAN UNCLE
s5/e28 (5/11/58): STRANGE ADVENTURE
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "A Strange Adventure.")
Season Five episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"The Defense" (s5/e2; 10/27/57)
"Understanding Heart" (s5/e4; 11/10/57) (hosted by Anita Louise; featuring Gary Merrill)
"Blizzard" (s5/e6; 12/1/57)
"Man in a Hurry" (s5/e8; 12/15/57)
"Power Play" (s5/e9; 12/29/57) (featuring Anita Louise)
"The Accused" / "Mail Van Murder" (s5/e11; 1/12/58)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.) [see note below]
"The Hidden One" (s5/e12; 1/19/58)
"Faraway Island" (s5/e13; 1/26/58) (featuring John Newland)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
"My Two Hands" (s5/e14; 2/2/58) (featuring Gary Merrill & Nancy Gates)
"The Bargain" (s5/e16; 2/16/58) (featuring Wally Cox)
"Conflict" (s5/e18; 3/2/58) (featuring John Newland; based on a story by Carlton E. Morse)
"Windfall" (s5/e20; 3/16/58) (featuring Hume Cronyn)
"Air Stewardess" (s5/e22; 3/30/58)
"Thanks to You" (s5/e24; 4/13/58) (featuring Hume Cronyn)
"Second Rate Citizen" (s5/e26; 4/27/58)
Some notes on "The Accused":
- The IMBD title for s5/e11 (1/12/58) and s6/e29 (4/26/59) is "The Accused." The IMDB gives the same plot and cast for both, but has John Knight as the director and James Eastwood as the writer of the Season Five version, and John Newland as the director and Lowell S. Hawley as the writer of the Season Six version. The Newland/Hawley version is the one on the DVD set according to the end credits on screen.
- The Wisconsin Historical Society site has only the Season Six version in their holdings, listing "The Accused" (Season Five, 1/12/58) as one of the seven episodes of the series that is missing from their collection.
- Both the CTVA and Epguides sites title the Season Five (1/12/58) episode as "Mail Van Murder," not "The Accused." This may actually be the correct title of the Season Five episode. CTVA lists a different cast for "Mail Van Murder," but gives no writer or director credits. Loretta Young is not included in the cast list for the episode, so she might not have appeared in it. Another site lists "Mail Van Murder" as an episode of the U.K. Scotland Yard series, which was directed by John Knight (as the IMDB had also said) and had the same cast list as the CTVA had given. According to its IMDB entry, this U.K. episode was edited into The Loretta Young Show as the Season Five episode titled "The Accused."
- The Wisconsin Historical Society site, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB all agree that the title of s6/ep29 (4/26/59) was "The Accused," which is the episode included in the DVD set.
- Loretta Young had previously starred in a movie titled "The Accused," which was unrelated to this story.
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Disc 3:
s5/e29 (5/18/58): A DAY OF REST [final episode of Season Five]
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Day of Rest.")
s6/e1 (10/5/58): THE NEAR UNKNOWN
(Note: This is one of seven episodes listed as missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
s6/e4 (10/26/58): A VISIT TO SAN PAULO
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "A Visit to Sao Paolo.")
s6/e6 (11/9/58): THE 20 CENT TIP
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The 20-Cent Tip." CTVA title is "The Twenty Cent Tip.")
s6/e3 (10/19/58): IN THE GOOD OL' SUMMERTIME
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA and IMDB title is "In the Good Old Summertime.")
s6/e8 (11/23/58): THE WOMAN BETWEEN (featuring & directed by John Newland)
s6/e19 (2/8/59): BLACK LACE VALENTINE
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Black Lace Valentine.")
Disc 4:
s6/e10 (12/7/58): THE HAPPY WIDOW
s6/e15 (1/11/59): SISTER ANN (featuring Claude Akins)
s6/e17 (1/25/59): INCIDENT IN INDIA (directed by John Newland)
s6/e21 (2/22/59): THE PORTRAIT
s6/e26 (4/5/59): MR. WILSON'S WIFE #1 (featuring Claude Akins)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and IMDB title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1." CTVA title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife, Part 1." EpGuides title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife (1).")
s6/e23 (3/8/59): THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN TOWN (featuring Betty Lou Gerson)
s6/e24 (3/21/59): TENDERIZER
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Tenderizer.")
Season Six episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"For Better or For Worse" (s6/e2; 10/12/58)
(CTVA and EpGuides title is "For Better or Worse")
"Out of Control" (s6/e5; 11/2/58) (featuring Frank Lovejoy & Nick Adams)
"I Want to Get Married" (s6/e7; 11/16/58) (featuring Alan Hale, Jr.)
"The Last Witness" (s6/e9; 11/30/58) (featuring Eddie Albert)
"Strange Money" (s6/e11; 12/14/58) (featuring Julie Adams)
"Most Honorable Day" (s6/e12; 12/21/58)
"Operation Snowball" (s6/e13; 12/28/58) (featuring Virginia Mayo)
"The Break-Off" (s6/e14; 1/4/59) (directed by John Newland)
"This Is the Moment" (s6/e16; 1/18/59)
"Seed from the East" (s6/e18; 2/1/59)
"Marriage Crisis" (s6/e20; 2/15/59) (directed by John Newland; starring Elizabeth Montgomery & Jack Lord)
"810 Franklin Street" (s6/e22; 3/1/59) (featuring Jackie Coogan)
"Each Man's Island" (s6/e25; 3/29/59) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
"Strictly Personal" (s6/e28; 4/19/59)
"Trouble in Fenton Valley" (s6/e30; 5/10/59) (featuring Claude Akins) [final episode of Season Six]
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Disc 5:
s6/e27 (4/12/59): MR. WILSON'S WIFE #2 (featuring Claude Akins)
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society and IMDB title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2." CTVA title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife, Part 2." EpGuides title is "Mr. Wilson's Wife (2).")
s7/e1 (9/20/59): THE ROAD
(Note: This is one of two episodes for which the Wisconsin Historical Society has a 35mm print.)
s7/e2 (9/27/59): ONE BEAUTIFUL MOMENT
s7/e4 (10/11/59): MASK OF VIOLENCE
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "Mask of Violence." IMDB and EpGuides title is "Mask of Evidence." CTVA title is "Mask of Evidence (Violence).")
s7/e7 (11/8/59): A NEW STEP
s7/e9 (11/22/59): LADY IN A FISH BOWL
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Lady in the Fish Bowl." CTVA notes: "This is the story that became Cabaret.")
s7/e12 (12/13/59): ALIEN LOVE
Disc 6:
s7/e15 (1/10/60): LITTLE MISS TALL TALES
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "Little Mister, Tall Tales." CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Little Monster, Tall Tales.")
s7/e17 (1/24/60): MRS. MINTON
s7/e20 (2/21/60): SECOND SPRING
s7/e22 (3/13/60): THE TROUBLE WITH LAURY'S MEN
s7/e27 (5/8/60): FAITH, HOPE & MRS. FLAHERTY
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty," which would appear to be the correct title.)
s7/e28 (5/15/60): THE ETERNAL NOW #1
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "The Eternal Vow: Part 1." CTVA title is "The Eternal Vow, Part 1." EpGuides title is "The Eternal Vow (1).")
s7/e29 (5/22/60): THE ETERNAL NOW #2
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society title is "The Eternal Vow: Part 2." CTVA title is "The Eternal Vow, Part 2." EpGuides title is "The Eternal Vow (2).")
Season Seven episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"The Strangers That Came to Town" (s7/e3; 10/4/59)
"Circle of Panic" (s7/e5; 10/25/59) (featuring Frank Lovejoy & Ed Prentiss)
(Note: IMDB and EpGuides title is "Circles of Panic.")
"The Red Dress" (s7/e6; 11/1/59) (featuring Nina Foch)
"Ten Men and a Girl" (s7/e8; 11/15/59) (featuring Jackie Coogan & Dick Sargent)
"Vengeance is Thine" (s7/e10; 11/29/59)
"The Penthouse" (s7/e11; 12/6/59)
"Shower of Ashes" (s7/e13; 12/27/59) (featuring Everett Sloane)
"The Grenade" (s7/e14; 1/3/60)
"Off-Duty Affair" (s7/e16; 1/17/60) (featuring Charles Aidman)
(Note: This is one of seven episodes missing from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection.)
"The Hired Hand" (s7/e18; 2/7/60) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
"Slight Delay" (s7/e19; 2/14/60)
"Crisis in 114" (s7/e21; 3/6/60) (featuring Everett Sloane)
"The Trial" (s7/e23; 3/20/60)
"Plain, Unmarked Envelope" (s7/e24; 4/3/60)
"The Best Season" (s7/e25; 4/17/60)
"The Unwanted" (s7/e26; 5/1/60)
"The Misfit" (s7/e30; 6/5/60) (narrated & directed by Everett Sloane) [final episode of Season Seven]
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Disc 7:
s8/e1 (9/18/60): LONG NIGHTS
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Long Night.")
s8/e3 (10/2/60): FAIR EXCHANGE
s8/e6 (10/23/60): LOVE BETWEEN THE ACTS
s8/e8 (11/6/60): THE SEDUCER (featuring John Newland)
s8/e10 (11/20/60): CONDITIONAL SURRENDER (featuring John Newland)
(Note: CTVA title is the same as on the DVD, "Conditional Surrender." Wisconsin Historical Society, EpGuides and IMDB title is "Unconditional Surrender.")
s8/e12 (12/11/60): THESE FEW YEARS
Bonus material:
- "In Her Own Words" (34 minutes; audio interview)
- "Movie Trailers" (14 minutes) for "The House of Rothschild," "Come To the Stable," "The Accused," "The Crusades," "The Unguarded Hour" and "The Bishop's Wife."
Disc 8:
s8/e17 (2/5/61): QUIET DESPERATION (directed by Richard Donner)
s8/e15 (1/15/61): SUBTLE DANGER
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "This Subtle Danger.")
s8/e24 (4/2/61): DOESN'T EVERYBODY?
s8/e26 (4/23/61): EMERGENCY IN 114
s8/e30 (5/28/61): FORBIDDEN GUESTS
(Note: Wisconsin Historical Society, CTVA, EpGuides and IMDB title is "The Forbidden Guests.")
s8/e31 (6/4/61): NOT IN OUR STARS [final episode of Season Eight]
Bonus material:
- "Loretta Young's Home Movies" (27 minutes)
- "Beverly Washburn Interview" (16 minutes; 2007) (she was a child actress in the series, including the episode "Girl Scout Story")
Season Eight episodes that are not included in this disc set are the following:
"At the Edge of the Desert" (s8/e2; 9/25/60) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
"Linda" (s8/e4; 10/9/60)
"Switchblade" (s8/e5; 10/16/60) (narrated & directed by Everett Sloane)
"The Glass Cage" (s8/e7; 10/30/60) (featuring Audrey Totter)
"No Margin for Error" (s8/e9; 11/13/60) (featuring Ricardo Montalban, Marian Ross & Olan Soule)
"The Night the Doorbell Rang" (s8/e11; 11/27/60)
"My Own Master" (s8/e13; 12/18/60) (featuring Cloris Leachman & Billy Mumy)
"Enter at Your Own Risk" (s8/e14; 1/8/61)
"The Lie" (s8/e16; 1/22/61) (featuring Billy Mumy)
"The Golden Chord" (s8/e18; 2/12/61)
(Note: IMDB and EpGuides title is "The Golden Cord.")
"Double Edge" (s8/e19; 2/19/61)
"The Choice" (s8/e20; 2/26/61) (directed by Richard Donner)
"When Queens Ride By" (s8/e21; 3/12/61) (directed by Richard Donner; based on a story by Agnes Sligh Turnbull)
"The Preliminaries" (s8/e22; 3/19/61) (directed by Richard Donner)
"Woodlot" (s8/e23; 3/26/61) (directed by Richard Donner; featuring Charles Bronson & Ellen Burstyn)
"The Man Who Couldn't Smile" (s8/e25; 4/9/61) (featuring Ricardo Montalban)
"13 Donner Street" (s8/e27; 4/30/61)
"Those at the Top" (s8/e28; 5/9/61)
"The Wedding" (s8/e29; 5/9/61) (featuring Cloris Leachman)
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Unaired pilots:
The films of these two programs are held in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. They are not included in the above DVD set.
"The Spark" (1961)
Hourlong drama produced immediately after the end of The Loretta Young Show.
Available to watch on YouTube.
"Day at the Beach" (1963)
Available to watch on YouTube.
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THE NEW LORETTA YOUNG SHOW
This was a follow-up series which is not part of the above DVD set. A box set was released by VCI Entertainment in 2006, although I don't have it myself. Episodes of the series have been posted on YouTube, although I don't know if those are authorized uploads or not.
The University of Wisconsin site describes the series as follows: "Twenty-six episodes from the half-hour dramatic comedy television series The New Loretta Young Show, starring Loretta Young. The series, which aired on CBS from 1962 to 1963 starred Young as Christine Massey, a recently widowed writer with seven children and a career with a New York magazine."
More information about the series can be found at the CTVA site.
Episode 1 (9/24/62): HOUSE WARMING
Episode 2 (10/1/62): SECOND LOOK
Episode 3 (10/8/62): FIRST ENCOUNTER
Episode 4 (10/15/62): NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON
Episode 5 (10/22/62): PONY-TAILS AND POLITICS
Episode 6 (10/29/62): FIRST ASSIGNMENT
Episode 7 (11/5/62): TWO OF A KIND
Episode 8 (11/12/62): LOVE WILLOW
Episode 9 (11/19/62): THE CHEAT
Episode 10 (11/26/62): POSSESSIVE WOMAN
Episode 11 (12/3/62): SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
Episode 12 (12/10/62): DECISION AT MIDNIGHT
Episode 13 (12/17/62): ROMANCE FOR EVERYONE
Episode 14 (12/24/62): ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH
Episode 15 (12/31/62): A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET
Episode 16 (1/7/63): WELCOME STRANGER
Episode 17 (1/14/63): SUSPICION
Episode 18 (1/21/63): 13 DUGAN'S ALLEY
Episode 19 (1/28/63): IT GIVES A LOVELY LIGHT
Episode 20 (2/4/63): THE RING MASTER
Episode 21 (2/11/63): FACSIMILE
Episode 22 (2/18/63): HEY RUBE
Episode 23 (2/25/63): CRISIS AT 8 P.M.
Episode 24 (3/4/63): INTERESTING JEOPARDY
Episode 25 (3/11/63): IT'S SPRING AGAIN
Episode 26 (3/18/63): WHEN YOU ARE NEAR [final episode]
