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The Life of Riley

1953 · TV Series · 30 min

★ 6.7(3)unSUB Rating

Comedy

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.

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Details
Years
1953
Release date
1953-01-02
Language
English
Runtime
30 min
TMDB rating (input)
6.7/10 (3 votes)

Themes

  • blue collar
  • sitcom
  • 1950s

Cast & crew

Directed by Abby Berlin

Episodes6 seasons · 219 episodes

Season 126 episodes
  • S1E1Babs' School Election30m
  • S1E2Riley's Gift from the Boss30m
  • S1E3Riley's New Suit30m
  • S1E4The Cake Contest30m
  • S1E5Riley's Kiss in the Dark30m
  • S1E6Riley Proves His Manhood30m
  • S1E7Riley's Sister Cissy30m
  • S1E8Riley and the Bean Contest30m
  • S1E9Riley the Scoutmaster30m
  • S1E10Riley Invades the Fight Game30m
  • S1E11Riley's Lost Weekend30m
  • S1E12Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby30m
  • S1E13Riley's Family Reunion30m
  • S1E14Riley's Business Venture30m
  • S1E15Riley Camps Out30m
  • S1E16Riley Steps Out30m
  • S1E17Riley's Operation30m
  • S1E18Riley the Executive Type30m
  • S1E19Riley Engages an Escort30m
  • S1E20Riley Cultivates Babs30m
  • S1E21Riley's Uncle Baxter30m
  • S1E22Riley Outwits Cupid30m
  • S1E23Riley Gets Engaged30m
  • S1E24Riley Punishes Junior30m
  • S1E25Riley Meets a Rival30m
  • S1E26Riley the Typical Worker30m
Season 239 episodes
  • S2E1Riley's Stomach Ache30m
  • S2E2Riley, the Animal Lover30m
  • S2E3Riley Faces Fatherhood30m
  • S2E4Peg's Birthday Present30m
  • S2E5Riley's Surprise Package30m
  • S2E6Riley's Old Flame30m
  • S2E7Riley Hears Bells30m
  • S2E8Riley's Surprise Party30m
  • S2E9Junior's Vacation30m
  • S2E10Riley's Burning Ambition30m
  • S2E11Riley's Haunted House30m
  • S2E12Riley's Separation30m
  • S2E13Riley the Worrier30m
  • S2E14Riley's Second Honeymoon30m
  • S2E15Riley Teaches Junior Boxing30m
  • S2E16Riley Balances the Budget30m
  • S2E17Riley's Love Letters30m
  • S2E18Junior's Double Date30m
  • S2E19Riley's Uranium Mine30m
  • S2E20Riley Brightens the Corner30m
  • S2E21Babs' Used Car30m
  • S2E22Riley and the Boss' Niece30m
  • S2E23Riley and the Cop30m
  • S2E24The Circus Comes to Town30m
  • S2E25Riley in a Rut30m
  • S2E26Riley, Surprise Witness30m
  • S2E27Riley and the Beaux Arts Ball30m
  • S2E28Riley Holds the Bag30m
  • S2E29Riley Takes Up Art30m
  • S2E30Riley's Good Deed30m
  • S2E31Riley, the Heir30m
  • S2E32Riley Takes Out Insurance30m
  • S2E33Riley Faces Mother's Day30m
  • S2E34Riley, the Newsboy30m
  • S2E35Riley and the Foreman's Gift30m
  • S2E36Riley Takes a Roomer30m
  • S2E37Riley's Anniversary30m
  • S2E38Riley Meets the Press30m
  • S2E39Riley in Brooklyn30m
Season 341 episodes
  • S3E1Junior's Secret30m
  • S3E2Riley in the Wild Blue Yonder30m
  • S3E3Riley and the Suggestion Contest30m
  • S3E4Destination Brooklyn30m
  • S3E5The Dog Watch30m
  • S3E6Babs and Junior Try Home Economics30m
  • S3E7The Duck Hunting Trip30m
  • S3E8Junior, the Chief Magistrate30m
  • S3E9Riley Buys a Statue30m
  • S3E10Riley Versus Numerology30m
  • S3E11Riley, the Friendly Neighbor30m
  • S3E12Riley's Wild Oats30m
  • S3E13Puppy Love30m
  • S3E14The Car Pool30m
  • S3E15Job Opening30m
  • S3E16Brotherly Love30m
  • S3E17Unwelcome Guests30m
  • S3E18Come Back, Little Junior30m
  • S3E19Riley Buys a Wrestler30m
  • S3E20Light-fingered Babs30m
  • S3E21Family Activities Planned30m
  • S3E22The Auction30m
  • S3E23A Bride for Otto30m
  • S3E24Sister Cissy Returns30m
  • S3E25Night Shift30m
  • S3E26Chicken Ranch30m
  • S3E27Up to the Jury30m
  • S3E28The Gymnasium30m
  • S3E29Singing Cowboy30m
  • S3E30Look Peg, I'm Dancing30m
  • S3E31Meet the Neighbor30m
  • S3E32Babs Gets Engaged30m
  • S3E33Babs Graduation from College30m
  • S3E34Brotherhood of the B.P.L.A.30m
  • S3E35The Blockade30m
  • S3E36The Diet30m
  • S3E37Out to Pasture30m
  • S3E38Top Secret30m
  • S3E39Riley Unites the Family30m
  • S3E40School Board Critic30m
  • S3E41The Stupid Cupid30m
Season 439 episodes
  • S4E1Letter of Introduction30m
  • S4E2The Big Sacrifice30m
  • S4E3The Marines Have Landed30m
  • S4E4Love Comes to Waldo Binney30m
  • S4E5Darling, Am I Growing Old30m
  • S4E6Do It Yourself30m
  • S4E7Wedding Plans for Babs30m
  • S4E8Dudley the Burglar30m
  • S4E9Pay the Penalty30m
  • S4E10Ghost Town30m
  • S4E11The Famous Chester A. Riley, Junior30m
  • S4E12Riley, the Tycoon30m
  • S4E13Repeat Performance30m
  • S4E14Middle-Age Blues30m
  • S4E15Waldo's Mother30m
  • S4E16A Shower for Babs30m
  • S4E17Head of the Family30m
  • S4E18Riley and the Widow30m
  • S4E19Babs's Wedding30m
  • S4E20Riley's Raffle30m
  • S4E21Junior Quits School30m
  • S4E22The Tree That Grew in Brooklyn30m
  • S4E23Babs' New Job30m
  • S4E24The Train Trip30m
  • S4E25The Contestant30m
  • S4E26The Song Writer30m
  • S4E27His Brother-In-Law's Keeper30m
  • S4E28Partnership30m
  • S4E29Riley's Allergy30m
  • S4E30Stage Door Riley30m
  • S4E31Riley's Club for Service Wives30m
  • S4E32Waterfront30m
  • S4E33Expectantly Yours30m
  • S4E34Junior Gets a Car30m
  • S4E35From Rags to Riches30m
  • S4E36House for Sale30m
  • S4E37Babs Moves Out30m
  • S4E38Riley Trades His House30m
  • S4E39When Women Were Women30m
Season 539 episodes
  • S5E1A Wire for Gillis30m
  • S5E2The First Quarrel30m
  • S5E3Buttering Up a Millionaire30m
  • S5E4The New Job30m
  • S5E5Destination Del Mar Vista30m
  • S5E6Uncle Bixby Takes Over30m
  • S5E7Friends Are Where You Find Them30m
  • S5E8Juvenile Delinquent30m
  • S5E9Riley's Lonely Night30m
  • S5E10A Man's Pride30m
  • S5E11Riley Hires a Nurse30m
  • S5E12Blessed Event30m
  • S5E13Benefit for Egbert30m
  • S5E14Honeybee's Mother30m
  • S5E15World's Greatest Grandson30m
  • S5E16Double, Double Date30m
  • S5E17Riley Wins a Trip30m
  • S5E18Aloha Riley, Goodbye30m
  • S5E19Change in Command30m
  • S5E20Strolling Through the Park30m
  • S5E21Deep in the Heart of...30m
  • S5E22Candid Camera30m
  • S5E23Foreign Intrigue30m
  • S5E24All-American Brain30m
  • S5E25Getting Riley's Goat30m
  • S5E26A Young Man's Fancy30m
  • S5E27Babs's Dream House30m
  • S5E28A Watch for Gillis30m
  • S5E29Junior's Future30m
  • S5E30A Day at the Beach30m
  • S5E31A House Divided30m
  • S5E32Return to Blue View30m
  • S5E33The High Cost of Riley30m
  • S5E34Babs Comes Home30m
  • S5E35Father-In-Law Versus Father-In-Law30m
  • S5E36The Stray Dog30m
  • S5E37Vacation Plans30m
  • S5E38Homeless Otto30m
  • S5E39Summer Job for Junior30m
Season 635 episodes
  • S6E1Gossip30m
  • S6E2Riley's Ups and Downs30m
  • S6E3The New Den30m
  • S6E4Gillis' Childhood Friend30m
  • S6E5Down for the Count30m
  • S6E6The Gruesome Twosome30m
  • S6E7Happy Birthday, Little Chester30m
  • S6E8Babs and the Latin30m
  • S6E9Anchors Aweigh30m
  • S6E10Framed30m
  • S6E11Nobody Down Here Likes Me30m
  • S6E12Baby Chester's First Words30m
  • S6E13A Trip for Peg30m
  • S6E14Going Steady30m
  • S6E15A Guest from England30m
  • S6E16Little Awful Annie30m
  • S6E17Music Hath Charms30m
  • S6E18Movie Struck30m
  • S6E19Bowling Beauties30m
  • S6E20The Letter
  • S6E21Ten O'Clock Scholar
  • S6E22The Oily Birds
  • S6E23Mrs. Aircraft Industries
  • S6E24After You're Gone
  • S6E25A Test for Gillis
  • S6E26Riley's Burst Bubble
  • S6E27Teenage Troubles
  • S6E28The Otis Yonder Story
  • S6E29The Barracks Bag
  • S6E30The Price of Fame
  • S6E31Annie's Radio Romance
  • S6E32Dudley Comes to Town
  • S6E33Live Modern
  • S6E34Help for Honeybee
  • S6E35Here Comes Constance