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Starring Doris Day with John Dehner - Recurring Guest Star: Peter Lawford
Season 5 (CBS) (1972-73)
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############# The Doris Day Show #############
############## season 5 1972-73 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
CBS Mondays 9:30 pm Eastern

Format Four (1971-1973) (season 4&5)
Finally, and possibly influence by "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Doris is a single woman again (the children and dog
disappeared - with no explanation), still reporting and dating a dashing doctor. A complete change in format and cast.
The working and romantic life of a beautiful young bachelorette, Doris Martin, General News Reporter for Today's World Magazine..

5.01 [105] The Doris Day Show: NO MORE ADVICE ... PLEASE
11-Sep-1972 CBS Mon
written by Laurence Marks
directed by Marc Daniels
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ...... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Don Chastain ....... Eric Stewart
Luis de Córdova .... Jules
Melissa Whittaker
Synopsis:
Looking for a liberated lady? This lady has charm, candor and a successful career as a magazine editor. The fifth-season
opener has Peter Lawford returning as a love interest - and stuck on the sidelines while Doris interviews a handsome bachelor.

5.02 [106] The Doris Day Show: THE GREAT TALENT RAID
18-Sep-1972 CBS Mon

5.03 [107] The Doris Day Show: JUST A MISS UNDERSTANDING
25-Sep-1972 CBS Mon
written by Charlotte Brown
directed by Lee Phillips
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ...... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Jack De Mave
Joe Hoover

5.04 [108] The Doris Day Show: THE PRESS SECRETARY
02-Oct-1972 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Julie Adams

5.05 [109] The Doris Day Show: PEEPING TOM
09-Oct-1972 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Larry Hovis

5.06 [110] The Doris Day Show: FORGIVE AND FORGET
16-Oct-1972 CBS Mon
written by Laurence Marks
directed by Bill Wiard
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ...... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Ginny Golden
Noah Keen
Jo de Winter
Murray Pollack

5.07 [111] The Doris Day Show: DEBT OF HONOR
23-Oct-1972 CBS Mon
written by Phil Sharp
directed by Peter Lawford
Guest cast:
Ed Begley Jr. ...... Wally
Dick Schaal ........ Greg
Sid Melton
Synopsis:
Friends in need are rare indeed. At least that's how Doris is starting
to feel as she tries to borrow eleven hundred dollars.

5.08 [112] The Doris Day Show: JIMMY THE GENT
06-Nov-1972 CBS Mon
written by Laurie Samara and Courtney Andrews
directed by Marc Daniels
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ....... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Elvia Allman
Walter Burke
Florida Freibus

5.09 [113] The Doris Day Show: THE MUSIC MAN
13-Nov-1972 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Paul Hampton ......... Johnny Reb
Synopsis:
It's a teeny-bopper's daydream, but Doris isn't interested. The rock
star she's interviewing is falling in love with her.

5.10 [114] The Doris Day Show: DETECTIVE STORY
20-Nov-1972 CBS Mon

5.11 [115] The Doris Day Show: THE CO-OP
27-Nov-1972 CBS Mon

5.12 [116] The Doris Day Show: ANNIVERSARY GIFT
11-Dec-1972 CBS Mon
Written by Arthur Julian
Directed by Roger Duchowny
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ....... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Kay Stewart
Rick Hurst
Dick Van Patten

5.13 [117] The Doris Day Show: THE NEW BOSS
18-Dec-1972 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Edward Andrews

5.14 [118] The Doris Day Show: FOLLOW THAT DOG
01-Jan-1973 CBS Mon

5.15 [119] The Doris Day Show: THE HOAX
08-Jan-1973 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Andy Griffith

5.16 [120] The Doris Day Show: THE LAST HUZZAH
15-Jan-1973 CBS Mon

5.17 [121] The Doris Day Show: HOSPITAL BENEFIT
22-Jan-1973 CBS Mon
written by Laurence Marks
directed by Roger Duchowny
Guest cast:
Peter Lawford ....... Dr. Peter Lawrence
Lee Meriwether
Noah Keen
Peggy Rea
Betty McGuire

5.18 [122] The Doris Day Show: IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
29-Jan-1973 CBS Mon

5.19 [123] The Doris Day Show: FAMILY MAGAZINE
05-Feb-1973 CBS Mon

5.20 [124] The Doris Day Show: A SMALL CURE FOR BIG ALIMONY
12-Feb-1973 CBS Mon
Written by Arthur Julian;
Directed by Lee Phillips
Guest Cast:
Norma Crane,
Lee Bergere,
Marcel Hillaire
Cy's hopes to no longer have to pay alimony are dimmed when his ex-wife's boyfriend is tempted by Doris.

5.21 [125] The Doris Day Show: THE MAGNIFICENT FRAUD
19-Feb-1973 CBS Mon
Guest cast:
Kay E. Kuter ........ Professor

5.22 [126] The Doris Day Show: MEANT FOR EACH OTHER
26-Feb-1973 CBS Mon

5.23 [127] The Doris Day Show: WELCOME TO BIG SUR
05-Mar-1973 CBS Mon

5.24 [128] The Doris Day Show: BYLINE ... ALIAS DORIS
12-Mar-1973 CBS Mon

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