As webmaster of this site, I get plenty of feedback and questions regarding The Donna Reed Show, but the most frequently asked question is where one can purchase episodes on DVD.

As of this writing, the only official DVD release came back in 2003 when a single-disc release was given away by General Mills in boxes of cereal of all things!

The single-disc release did not come with artwork and contained the episodes “Four on the Floor” from 1964 and “No More Parties” from 1965. Why these two episodes were chosen is a mystery because neither one is anything spectacular or of particular importance.

The disc is out-of-print, but copies do turn up occasionally at online auction sites. You can expect to pay anywhere from $10-25 depending on how fierce the bidding gets.

Upon doing a web search, you may come across sites offering DVD sets of The Donna Reed Show for sale. Be warned—there is no official DVD release other than the aforementioned single-disc from 2003. The sets being offered are bootleg DVDs, which means they are homemade unofficial releases.

A few people have transferred their old VHS tapes of the show from Nick-at-Nite to DVD and are offering those for sale. The quality is generally what you would expect from homemade VHS. There are the usual tracking problems, fuzzy picture if the tapes were recorded in SLP mode and occasional drop-outs.

One seller I have encountered does indeed have 130 episodes for sale, but many of them on the set are incomplete. The shows start nearly halfway in with an on-screen prompt stating “Due to the length of tonight’s news program, we now join The Donna Reed Show already in progress” etc.

There are rumors that the show will soon see an official release. As soon as this in indeed confirmed, it will be posted on the main page of my site so everyone can pre-order safely and securely from Amazon.com.