Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Sandra Warner and Fess Parker as Pat and Eugene Smith.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Hal Stanley, based on the 1939 theatrical movie
Starring	Fess Parker Sandra Warner Red Foley
Theme music composer	Irving Taylor Hal Stanley
Opening theme	"Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"
Composer(s)	Jimmie Haskell
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	25
Production
Producer(s)	Hal Stanley
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	24 mins.
Production company(s)	Starstan-Fespar Productions
Distributor	Screen Gems Columbia Pictures Television Colex Enterprises Columbia Tri-Star Television Sony Pictures Television (current)
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 29, 1962 (1962-09-29) – March 23, 1963 (1963-03-23)
Chronology
Preceded by	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American sitcom that aired on ABC starring Fess Parker. The series, which aired from October 1962 to March 1963, was based on the 1939 Frank Capra film of the same name, starring James Stewart in the title role.

Fess Parker as Eugene Smith, an honest but unsophisticated U.S. senator from an unidentified small-populated state. According to the story line, Eugene Smith is elected to a Senate vacancy after the death of an incumbent. The series also features Sandra Warner as Parker's wife, Pat Smith; country music singer Red Foley as the senator's Uncle Cooter, Rita Lynn as Smith's secretary, Miss Kelly, and Stan Irwin as Smith's chauffeur, Arnie.

The series, a Screen Gems Production (Screen Gems was owned by Columbia Pictures, which produced the film), aired at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. It followed ABC's short-lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, a Western comedy and variety show, and preceded the long-running The Lawrence Welk Show. Its competition on CBS was the legal drama The Defenders and NBC's The Joey Bishop Show.