Genre: | Sitcom |
Starring: | Jack Lemmon Cynthia Stone |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Episodes: | 13 |
Camera: | Multi-camera |
Runtime: | 15 mins. |
Channel: | CBS |
Related: | The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show |
Heaven for Betsy is an American sitcom that aired live on CBS twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday for fifteen minutes from September 30, 1952 to December 23, 1952.
The series stars real-life husband and wife Jack Lemmon and Cynthia Stone.[1] It was based on The Couple Next Door, a sketch that Lemmon and Stone performed regularly in the variety series The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show.[2]
Pepsodent sponsored the program.[3]
The series revolves around newlyweds Pete Bell, an assistant buyer in the toy department of a suburban New York department store, and Betsy Bell, a secretary turned homemaker, who always had to get Pete out of jams.
Jacin Productions packaged and produced Heaven for Betsy. Richard Linkroum was the director, and Russ Beggs was a writer. The program was sponsored by Lever Brothers products Pepsodent and Shadow Wave. It originated at WCBS.[5]