Even George Burns and Mickey Rooney couldn't defeat CBS' top stars.

https://episode30.com/2025/12/09/when-rookie-sitcoms-tried-to-take-down-andy-griffith-lucy-and-dick-van-dyke/

What a shame The Bing Crosby Show didn't have the post Lucy Show slot on CBS instead. I would think it could have still gotten the Lucy viewers who were fleeing Many Happy Returns. Only name in that cast I recognized was Elinor Donahue.

The premise of Many Happy Returns is off-putting.