The Danny Thomas Show (titled Make Room for Daddy for it’s first three seasons) is a TV series that aired on ABC from September 29, 1953 to April 25, 1957 and CBS from October 7, 1957 to April 27, 1964 for a total of eleven seasons.

Cast & Character Origins

Characters	From	Date	Episode
José Jiménez	The Steve Allen Show	November 23, 1959	S05E08: “Mickey Rooney, Mel Torme, June Christy, The Nutty Squirrels”

Guest Characters

Characters	From	Date	Episode	Crossover Type
Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo	I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	January 5, 1959	S06E14: “Lucy Upsets the Williams Household”	A
Buddy Sorrell	The Dick Van Dyke Show	October 21, 1963	S11E04: “The Woman Behind the Jokes”	A

Outgoing Crossovers

Characters	Guest On	Date	Episode	Crossover Type
Danny Williams, Kathy Williams, Rusty Williams, Linda Williams	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	December 1, 1958	S02E02: “Lucy Makes Room for Danny”	A
Danny Williams, Kathy Williams, Charley Halper	The Joey Bishop Show	October 11, 1961	S01E04: “This Is Your Life”	A
Rusty Williams	The Joey Bishop Show	January 5, 1965	S04E14: “Rusty Arrives”	A
Rusty Williams	The Joey Bishop Show	January 19, 1965	S04E16: “Rusty’s Education”	A
Rusty Williams	The Joey Bishop Show	February 2, 1965	S04E18: “Joey Entertains Rusty's Fraternity”	A
José Jiménez	Batman	October 20, 1966	S02E14: “The Yegg Foes in Gotham”	A
Terry Williams, Uncle Tonoose	Make Room for Granddaddy	September 23, 1970	S01E01: ”Make Room for Grandson”	A
Uncle Tonoose	Make Room for Granddaddy	November 11, 1970	S01E08: “Tonoose, the Exile”	A
Uncle Tonoose	Make Room for Granddaddy	March 18, 1971	S01E24: “Monument for Uncle Tonoose”	A

(Note: The Danny Thomas Hour is an anthology show and any given episode is not necessarily canonical to the others)

Spinoffs & Outgoing Cast

Characters	New Show	Date	Episode
Andy Taylor, Opie Taylor	The Andy Griffith Show	October 3, 1960	S01E01: "The New Housekeeper"
Joey Mason, Stella Mason, Mrs. Mason	The Joey Bishop Show	September 20, 1961	S01E01: “On the Spot”
José Jiménez	The Bill Dana Show	September 22, 1963	S01E01: “You Got to Have Heart”
Danny Williams, Kathy Williams, Rusty Willams, Linda Williams, Charlie Halper	Make Room for Granddaddy	September 23, 1970	S01E01: ”Make Room for Grandson”

(Note: The Joey Mason character’s name changed to Joey Barnes in The Joey Bishop Show)

Specials & TV Movies

Name	Date
The Danny Thomas Reunion Special	February 14, 1965
Make Room for Granddaddy	1969

(Note: The Danny Thomas Reunion Special seems to also be known as The Danny Thomas TV Family Reunion. The Make Room For Granddaddy special aired on CBS and did well enough to be picked up by the network to series but Danny Thomas disagreed with the proposed time slot. Granddaddy was eventually picked up to series by ABC.)