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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
|show_name = To Rome with Love
| image = To Rome With Love.jpg
|image = [[File:To Rome With Love.jpg]]
| caption =
|caption =
| genre = [[Sitcom]]
|genre = [[Situation comedy|Sitcom]]
| director = [[Earl Bellamy]]<br>[[Frederick de Cordova]]<br>[[James Sheldon]]
|director = [[Earl Bellamy]]<br>[[Frederick de Cordova]]<br>James Sheldon
| starring = [[John Forsythe]]<br>[[Kay Medford]]<br>[[Peggy Mondo]]<br>[[Vito Scotti]]<br>[[Walter Brennan]]
| composer = [[Frank De Vol]]
|starring = [[John Forsythe]]<br>[[Kay Medford]]<br>Peggy Mondo<br>[[Vito Scotti]]<br>[[Walter Brennan]]
|composer = [[Frank De Vol]]
| country = United States
|country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
|language = [[English language|English]]
|num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 48
|num_episodes = 48
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = [[Don Fedderson]]
|list_episodes =
| producer = Edmund L. Hartmann
|executive_producer = [[Don Fedderson]]
|producer = Edmund L. Hartmann
| creator = Joan O'Brien
|creator = Joan O'Brien
| runtime = 25 minutes
|runtime = 25 minutes
| company = Don Fedderson Productions
|company = Don Fedderson Productions
| channel = [[CBS]]
|channel = [[CBS]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1969|09|28}}
|first_aired = {{Start date|1969|09|28}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1971|02|24}}
|last_aired = {{End date|1971|09|01}}
|status = Ended
}}
}}


'''''To Rome with Love''''' is an American [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] that aired on [[CBS]] from September 1969 to September 1971.
'''''To Rome with Love''''' is an American [[sitcom]] that aired on [[CBS]] from September 28, 1969, to February 24, 1971.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
''To Rome with Love'' is the story of a widowed [[Professors in the United States|college professor]], Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native [[Iowa]] following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor at the [[American Overseas School of Rome]].
''To Rome with Love'' is the story of widowed [[Professors in the United States|college professor]] Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native [[Iowa]] following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor at the [[American Overseas School of Rome]]. The [[culture shock]] of his children in reacting to their new environment, and to an extent, his own, provided the main humor in the series. Family situations provided most of the rest. Early on, much of this came from Endicott's single sister, Harriet, who followed them to [[Rome]], apparently for the sole purpose of dissuading them from living there and cajoling them into returning to Iowa. Harriet soon departed, but her place was taken shortly afterward by Andy Pruitt, Endicott's father-in-law and the children's grandfather. He came to Rome for a brief visit, but wound up staying indefinitely.

The [[culture shock]] of his children in reacting to their new environment, and, to an extent, his own, provided the main humor in the series. Family situations provided most of the rest. Early on, much of this came from Endicott's single sister, Harriet, who followed them to [[Rome]], apparently for the sole purposes of dissuading them from living there and to cajole them into returning to Iowa. Harriet soon departed, but her place was taken shortly afterward by Andy Pruitt, Endicott's father-in-law and the children's grandfather. He came to Rome for a brief visit, but wound up staying indefinitely.
==Broadcast history==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Time slot (ET)
|-
| [[1969–70 United States network television schedule|1969–70]] || Sunday at 7:30 pm
|-
| [[1970–71 United States network television schedule|1970–71]] || Tuesday at 9:30 pm <small>(Episodes 1–15)</small><br/>Wednesday at 8:30 pm <small>(Episodes 16–22)</small>
|}

==Episode list==
===Season 1: 1969–70===
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Pilot
| DirectedBy = [[Fred de Cordova]]
| WrittenBy = [[Edmund Hartmann]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|9|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Hello, Aunt Harriet
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = The Roman from Iowa
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Goodbye Aunt Harriet
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = The Telephone
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|2}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = We Want to Go Home
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|9}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = A Palazzo Is Not a Home
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|16}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = The Long Road Home
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|23}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = A Secret Day
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|11|30}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = An Affair of Honor
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = And One More Spring
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1969|12|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Anything Can Happen in Rome
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|4}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = A Gown for Alison
| DirectedBy = [[James Sheldon]]
| WrittenBy = Elick Moll
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = One Coin in the Fountain
| DirectedBy = James Sheldon
| WrittenBy = [[Philip Rapp]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = To Go Home Again
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|1|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = The Pied Piper of Rome
| DirectedBy = Charles Barton
| WrittenBy = Blanche Hanalis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|2|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = My Daughter Penny
| DirectedBy = [[Charles Barton (director)|Charles Barton]]
| WrittenBy = Blanche Hanalis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|2|8}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Beautiful People
| DirectedBy = Charles Barton
| WrittenBy = [[John McGreevey]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|3|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Birds, Bees and Romans
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|3|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Pretty Little Girl
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|3|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Father's Choice
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|3|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = A Friend for Penny
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|4|5}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Spring Vacation
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|4|26}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = West of Rome
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|5|3}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Our Friend Gino
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|5|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = We Remember Mama
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|5|17}}
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===Season 2: 1970–71===
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| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Here Comes Andy
| DirectedBy = [[Earl Bellamy]]
| WrittenBy = [[Robert Pirosh]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = A Day in the Country
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Baby of the Family
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|9|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Roman Affair
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|6}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = A Boy to Remember
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Rome Is Where You Find It
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Lire from Heaven
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|10|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Grandpa in Charge
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = The Catnip Club
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|17}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = The Rose Garden
| DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|11|24}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = The Boy Next Door
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|1}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = The Runaways
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|8}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Fly Away Home
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|15}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Doctor Andy
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1970|12|29}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Making the Scene
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|1|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Bonzai or Bonsai
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|1|13}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Beauty and the Judge
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|1|20}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Age of Life
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|1|27}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Mike and the Countess
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|3}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = The Stray Cat
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|10}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = Yankee Trader
| DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|17}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Boy Meets Penny
| DirectedBy = Earl Bellamy
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|2|24}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = CDAD00
}}
}}


==Reception==
==Reception==
Originally airing on Sunday nights, the show never garnered the ratings CBS had hoped for. Also, [[Kay Medford]] as Aunt Harriet did not catch on with viewers and as a result, she was phased out of the series shortly after the premiere. Nevertheless, the network agreed to renew the show for a second season. ''To Rome With Love'' was switched to Tuesdays at 9:30 in September 1970.
Originally airing on Sunday nights, the show went up against [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Land of the Giants]]'' and [[NBC]]'s ''[[Walt Disney anthology series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' and never garnered the ratings CBS had hoped for. Also, [[Kay Medford]] as Aunt Harriet did not catch on with viewers and, as a result, was phased out of the series shortly after its premiere. Nevertheless, the network agreed to renew the show for a second season. ''To Rome With Love'' was switched to Tuesdays at 9:30 in September, 1970.

In order to give Forsythe a strong co-star, [[Walter Brennan]] joined the cast as Michael Endicott's father-in-law, Andy Pruitt. However, the second season did even worse than the first. In January, 1971, in an attempt to salvage the series, CBS shifted the show to Wednesdays to make room for a new CBS sitcom: ''[[All In The Family]]''. The move did not help, and the series was canceled in the spring of 1971.


==Crossover episodes==
In order to give Forsythe a strong co-star, [[Walter Brennan]] joined the cast as Michael Endicott's father-in-law, Andy Pruitt. However, the second season did even worse than the first. In January, 1971, in an attempt to salvage the series, CBS shifted the show to Wednesdays to make room for a new CBS sitcom: ''[[All In The Family]]''. The move did not help and the series was canceled in the spring of 1971.
"Roman Affair" (Season 2, Episode 4) features [[Anissa Jones]] and [[Johnny Whitaker|Johnnie Whitaker]] as their ''[[Family Affair]]'' characters Buffy and Jody, respectively. "Rome Is Where You Find It" (Season 2, Episode 6) features [[William Demarest]], [[Don Grady]] and [[Tina Cole]] as Uncle Charley, Robbie Douglas and Katie Douglas respectively from ''[[My Three Sons]]''. All 3 series were produced by [[Edmund Hartmann]] and [[Don Fedderson]],


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0063958|title=To Rome With Love}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0063958|title=To Rome With Love}}
* {{tv.com show|to-rome-with-love|To Rome With Love}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fnZgo_PT4s ''To Rome With Love'' opening credits on YouTube]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fnZgo_PT4s ''To Rome With Love'' opening credits on YouTube]


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Latest revision as of 21:15, 7 November 2024

To Rome with Love
GenreSitcom
Created byJoan O'Brien
Directed byEarl Bellamy
Frederick de Cordova
James Sheldon
StarringJohn Forsythe
Kay Medford
Peggy Mondo
Vito Scotti
Walter Brennan
ComposerFrank De Vol
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes48
Production
Executive producerDon Fedderson
ProducerEdmund L. Hartmann
Running time25 minutes
Production companyDon Fedderson Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 28, 1969 (1969-09-28) –
February 24, 1971 (1971-02-24)

To Rome with Love is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 28, 1969, to February 24, 1971.

Synopsis

[edit]

To Rome with Love is the story of widowed college professor Michael Endicott, who decided to leave his native Iowa following the death of his wife and accept a new position as an instructor at the American Overseas School of Rome. The culture shock of his children in reacting to their new environment, and to an extent, his own, provided the main humor in the series. Family situations provided most of the rest. Early on, much of this came from Endicott's single sister, Harriet, who followed them to Rome, apparently for the sole purpose of dissuading them from living there and cajoling them into returning to Iowa. Harriet soon departed, but her place was taken shortly afterward by Andy Pruitt, Endicott's father-in-law and the children's grandfather. He came to Rome for a brief visit, but wound up staying indefinitely.

Broadcast history

[edit]
Season Time slot (ET)
1969–70 Sunday at 7:30 pm
1970–71 Tuesday at 9:30 pm (Episodes 1–15)
Wednesday at 8:30 pm (Episodes 16–22)

Episode list

[edit]

Season 1: 1969–70

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Pilot"Fred de CordovaEdmund HartmannSeptember 28, 1969 (1969-09-28)
22"Hello, Aunt Harriet"UnknownUnknownOctober 5, 1969 (1969-10-05)
33"The Roman from Iowa"UnknownUnknownOctober 12, 1969 (1969-10-12)
44"Goodbye Aunt Harriet"UnknownUnknownOctober 19, 1969 (1969-10-19)
55"The Telephone"UnknownUnknownNovember 2, 1969 (1969-11-02)
66"We Want to Go Home"UnknownUnknownNovember 9, 1969 (1969-11-09)
77"A Palazzo Is Not a Home"UnknownUnknownNovember 16, 1969 (1969-11-16)
88"The Long Road Home"UnknownUnknownNovember 23, 1969 (1969-11-23)
99"A Secret Day"UnknownUnknownNovember 30, 1969 (1969-11-30)
1010"An Affair of Honor"UnknownUnknownDecember 14, 1969 (1969-12-14)
1111"And One More Spring"UnknownUnknownDecember 28, 1969 (1969-12-28)
1212"Anything Can Happen in Rome"UnknownUnknownJanuary 4, 1970 (1970-01-04)
1313"A Gown for Alison"James SheldonElick MollJanuary 11, 1970 (1970-01-11)
1414"One Coin in the Fountain"James SheldonPhilip RappJanuary 18, 1970 (1970-01-18)
1515"To Go Home Again"UnknownUnknownJanuary 25, 1970 (1970-01-25)
1616"The Pied Piper of Rome"Charles BartonBlanche HanalisFebruary 1, 1970 (1970-02-01)
1717"My Daughter Penny"Charles BartonBlanche HanalisFebruary 8, 1970 (1970-02-08)
1818"Beautiful People"Charles BartonJohn McGreeveyMarch 1, 1970 (1970-03-01)
1919"Birds, Bees and Romans"UnknownUnknownMarch 8, 1970 (1970-03-08)
2020"The Pretty Little Girl"UnknownUnknownMarch 15, 1970 (1970-03-15)
2121"Father's Choice"UnknownUnknownMarch 29, 1970 (1970-03-29)
2222"A Friend for Penny"UnknownUnknownApril 5, 1970 (1970-04-05)
2323"Spring Vacation"UnknownUnknownApril 26, 1970 (1970-04-26)
2424"West of Rome"UnknownUnknownMay 3, 1970 (1970-05-03)
2525"Our Friend Gino"UnknownUnknownMay 10, 1970 (1970-05-10)
2626"We Remember Mama"UnknownUnknownMay 17, 1970 (1970-05-17)

Season 2: 1970–71

[edit]
No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
271"Here Comes Andy"Earl BellamyRobert PiroshSeptember 15, 1970 (1970-09-15)
282"A Day in the Country"UnknownUnknownSeptember 22, 1970 (1970-09-22)
293"Baby of the Family"UnknownUnknownSeptember 29, 1970 (1970-09-29)
304"Roman Affair"UnknownUnknownOctober 6, 1970 (1970-10-06)
315"A Boy to Remember"UnknownUnknownOctober 13, 1970 (1970-10-13)
326"Rome Is Where You Find It"UnknownUnknownOctober 20, 1970 (1970-10-20)
337"Lire from Heaven"UnknownUnknownOctober 27, 1970 (1970-10-27)
348"Grandpa in Charge"UnknownUnknownNovember 10, 1970 (1970-11-10)
359"The Catnip Club"UnknownUnknownNovember 17, 1970 (1970-11-17)
3610"The Rose Garden"Earl BellamyUnknownNovember 24, 1970 (1970-11-24)
3711"The Boy Next Door"UnknownUnknownDecember 1, 1970 (1970-12-01)
3812"The Runaways"UnknownUnknownDecember 8, 1970 (1970-12-08)
3913"Fly Away Home"UnknownUnknownDecember 15, 1970 (1970-12-15)
4014"Doctor Andy"UnknownUnknownDecember 29, 1970 (1970-12-29)
4115"Making the Scene"UnknownUnknownJanuary 5, 1971 (1971-01-05)
4216"Bonzai or Bonsai"UnknownUnknownJanuary 13, 1971 (1971-01-13)
4317"Beauty and the Judge"UnknownUnknownJanuary 20, 1971 (1971-01-20)
4418"Age of Life"UnknownUnknownJanuary 27, 1971 (1971-01-27)
4519"Mike and the Countess"UnknownUnknownFebruary 3, 1971 (1971-02-03)
4620"The Stray Cat"UnknownUnknownFebruary 10, 1971 (1971-02-10)
4721"Yankee Trader"Earl BellamyUnknownFebruary 17, 1971 (1971-02-17)
4822"Boy Meets Penny"Earl BellamyUnknownFebruary 24, 1971 (1971-02-24)

Reception

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Originally airing on Sunday nights, the show went up against ABC's Land of the Giants and NBC's The Wonderful World of Disney and never garnered the ratings CBS had hoped for. Also, Kay Medford as Aunt Harriet did not catch on with viewers and, as a result, was phased out of the series shortly after its premiere. Nevertheless, the network agreed to renew the show for a second season. To Rome With Love was switched to Tuesdays at 9:30 in September, 1970.

In order to give Forsythe a strong co-star, Walter Brennan joined the cast as Michael Endicott's father-in-law, Andy Pruitt. However, the second season did even worse than the first. In January, 1971, in an attempt to salvage the series, CBS shifted the show to Wednesdays to make room for a new CBS sitcom: All In The Family. The move did not help, and the series was canceled in the spring of 1971.

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"Roman Affair" (Season 2, Episode 4) features Anissa Jones and Johnnie Whitaker as their Family Affair characters Buffy and Jody, respectively. "Rome Is Where You Find It" (Season 2, Episode 6) features William Demarest, Don Grady and Tina Cole as Uncle Charley, Robbie Douglas and Katie Douglas respectively from My Three Sons. All 3 series were produced by Edmund Hartmann and Don Fedderson,

Cast

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References

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