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'''''Love That Jill''''' is a forgotten 13-episode [[United States|American]] situation [[comedy]] starring husband-and-wife duo Robert Sterling (1917-2006) and Ann Jeffreys (1923-2017) which aired on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television]] network from January 20 to April 14, 1958. In the story line, Jeffreys plays Jill Johnson, the owner of a modeling agency who comes into business conflict but personal romance with Sterling's character, Jack Gibson. Jimmy Lydon (as Jill's secretary, Richard) and Barbara Nichols (as Ginger) had secondary cast roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051291/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|title=''Love That Jill''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
'''''Love That Jill''''' is a forgotten 13-episode [[United States|American]] situation [[comedy]] starring husband-and-wife duo Robert Sterling (1917-2006) and Ann Jeffreys (1923-2017) which aired on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television]] network from January 20 to April 14, 1958. In the story line, Jeffreys plays Jill Johnson, the owner of a modeling agency who comes into business conflict but personal romance with Sterling's character, Jack Gibson. Jimmy Lydon (as Jill's secretary, Richard) and Barbara Nichols (as Ginger) had secondary cast roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051291/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl|title=''Love That Jill''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
Series guest stars included Chuck Connors (1921-1992), just before his ''The Rifleman'' western series premiered on ABC, Robert Anderson, and Gerald Mohr (1914-1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051291/fullcredits|title=''Love That Jill'' Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
Series guest stars included Chuck Connors (1921-1992), just before his ''The Rifleman'' western series premiered on ABC, Robert Anderson (1920-1996), who starred in the 1958 film ''[[The Left-Handed Gun'', character actor Gerald Mohr (1914-1968), and Eric Feldary (1912-1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051291/fullcredits|title=''Love That Jill'' Full Cast & Crew|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
''Love That Jill'' replaced ''The Ray Anthony Show'' at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday evenings midway in the 1957-58 season. It ran opposite ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', which at the time was airing its last episodes on the [[CBS]] network. Five months after ''Love That Jill'' vacated the airwaves, [[CBS]] offered, also on Monday evenings, ''The Ann Sothern Show'' starring Sterling's first wife, Ann Sothern (1909-2001).
''Love That Jill'' replaced ''The Ray Anthony Show'' at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday evenings midway in the 1957-58 season. It ran opposite ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'', which at the time was airing its last episodes on the [[CBS]] network. Five months after ''Love That Jill'' vacated the airwaves, [[CBS]] offered, also on Monday evenings, ''The Ann Sothern Show'' starring Sterling's first wife, Ann Sothern (1909-2001).