The Betty Hutton Show
Richard Miles, Dennis Joel and Betty Hutton in a scene from the show, 1959.
Also known as	Goldie
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Stanley Roberts
Written by	Ed Jurist Laurence Marks Stanley Roberts Terry Ryan
Directed by	H. Bruce Humberstone Robert Sidney Jodie Copelan
Starring	Betty Hutton Gigi Perreau Richard Miles Dennis Joel David White
Theme music composer	Jerry Fielding
Opening theme	"Goldie"
Composer	Jerry Fielding
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producers	William Harmon Marvin Marx L.B. "Doc" Merman
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	Hutton Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 1, 1959 (1959-10-01) – June 30, 1960 (1960-06-30)

The Betty Hutton Show is an American sitcom that aired from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960,^[1] on CBS's Thursday schedule (8–8:30 pm Eastern). The show was sponsored by General Foods' Post Cereals, and was produced by Desilu and Hutton Productions.

The series, which was originally entitled Goldie,^[2] would retain its original title during its syndication run.

Hutton stars as Goldie, a showgirl-turned-manicurist. One of Goldie's regular customers is a millionaire, Mr. Strickland. After he suddenly dies, Goldie discovers that he has left everything he owns, including his $60 million fortune and his three children, to her.^[3] The children were a 12-year-old boy and girl and boy teenagers.^[4]

Guest stars included Don Grady, Dennis Hopper, Phil Harris, and Cesar Romero.^[5]

In addition to being the star, Hutton "insisted on creative control of everything from writing to directing to designing", which resulted in the resignations of three producers and two directors.^[6] Becker wrote, "by the season's midpoint, Hutton was largely producing the show alone".^[6]

Stanley Roberts created The Betty Hutton Show., and William Harmon was a producer. Directors included Jodie Copeland, Jerry Hopper, Richard Kinon, and Robert Sidney. Writers included Ralph Goodman, Ed Jurist, Bob Kaufman, Kip King, Philip Lloyd, Laurence Marks, Marvin Marx, and Jack Wilson. Jerry Fielding composed the theme song.^[5]

Thirty episodes were filmed in black and white with a laugh track.^[5] Hutton owned the company that produced the program, which was filmed by Desilu.^[4] Post Cereals sponsored the program.^[6]

Although Hutton was a popular actress, the show only lasted for thirty episodes before being cancelled, mainly because it was scheduled opposite ABC's popular series The Donna Reed Show.^{[citation needed]} In a short review of the first episode, John P. Shanley wrote in The New York Times, "Miss Hutton worked conscientiously but the show was just another trifling addition to television's roster of mediocre situation comedies."^[7]

Christine Becker, in her book It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television, wrote that the show's premise of combining sudden single parenthood with inheriting millions of dollars "was decidedly unconventional at a time when domestic sitcoms were supposed to feature an approximation of the cohesive, middle-class suburban nuclear family so desired by sponsors and networks."^[6]

Four episodes of the show were released on DVD by Alpha Video on July 31, 2007.

• The Betty Hutton Show at IMDb
• Episodes on the Internet Archive: "Goldie Goes Broke" (November 5, 1959), "Art For Goldie's Sake" (December 3, 1959), "Roy Runs Away" (January 21, 1960), "The Seaton Story" (March 10, 1960), "Gullible Goldie" (March 31, 1960)