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​'''''The Ray Milland Show''''', originally titled '''''Meet Mr. McNutley''''') is a 75-episode  [[United States|American]] situation comedy which aired from 1953 to 1955 on [[CBS]] [[Television]], with Ray Milland (1907-1986)  in the role of fastidious Professor Ray McNutley, the head of the English Department at the fictitious Lynnhaven College for girls. Phyllis Avery 1924-2011)portrayed McNutley's wife, Peggy.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/MeetMrMcNutley.htm|title=Meet Mr. McNutley: The Ray Milland Show|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref>​

​'''''The Ray Milland Show''''', originally titled '''''Meet Mr. McNutley''''') is a 75-episode  [[United States|American]] situation comedy which aired from 1953 to 1955 on [[CBS]] [[Television]], with Ray Milland (1907-1986)  in the role of fastidious Professor Ray McNutley, the head of the English Department at the fictitious Lynnhaven College for girls. Phyllis Avery 1924-2011)portrayed McNutley's wife, Peggy.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/MeetMrMcNutley.htm|title=Meet Mr. McNutley: The Ray Milland Show|publisher=Classic Television Archives|accessdate=December 21, 2019}}</ref>​

 

The half-hour series aired on Thursday evenings opposite [[Groucho Marx]]'s [[NBC]] program, ''You Bet Your Life''.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', appendix.</ref> The show aired concurrently on radio during its first season.<ref>{{cite book | author=John Dunning|| title=On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1998 | isbn=0-19-507678-8 }}</ref> Both the television and radio versions of the program were sponsored by [[General Electric]], and originally presented under the umbrella title of ''The General Electric Comedy Theatre.''

The half-hour series aired on Thursday evenings opposite [[Groucho Marx]]'s [[NBC]] program, ''You Bet Your Life''.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', appendix.</ref> The show aired concurrently on radio during its first season.<ref>{{cite book | author=John Dunning|| title=On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1998 | isbn=0-19-507678-8 }}</ref> Both the television and radio versions of the program were sponsored by [[General Electric]], and originally presented under the umbrella title of ''The General Electric Comedy Theatre.''

==First season==​

==First season==​

In the premiere episode on September 17, 1953, McNutley, as an "absent-minded professor," goes on a [[hunting]] trip, having forgotten that he has hired a young female assistant to work with him. He falls into a duck pond fully clothed. In another early episode, the absent-minded professor is a scoutmaster. While hiking, he falls into a bear trap on a lake and become the object of an all-night search. Later episodes, however, do not stress the absent-minded angle.<ref name=ctva/>​

In the premiere episode on September 17, 1953, McNutley, as an "absent-minded professor," goes on a [[hunting]] trip, having forgotten that he has hired a young female assistant to work with him. He falls into a duck pond fully clothed. In another early episode, the absent-minded professor is a scoutmaster. While hiking, he falls into a bear trap on a lake and become the object of an all-night search. Later episodes, however, do not stress the absent-minded angle.<ref name=ctva/>​

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