• Air date: 09 Sep '56 37 episodes
      Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973. One of the longest-running series on television, the show chalked up seventeen seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. Initially filmed in black and white, the show transitioned to color in 1965. The show's first ten seasons follow Lassie's adventures in a small farming community. Fictional eleven-year-old Jeff Miller, his mother, and his grandfather are Lassie's first human companions until seven-year-old Timmy Martin and his adoptive parents take over in the fourth season. When Lassie's exploits on the farm end in the eleventh season, she finds new adventures in the wilderness with a succession of United States Forest Service Rangers. After traveling without...
  • List of Episodes (37)
    • 1. Bee Hive

      09 Sep '56
    • 2. Friendship

      16 Sep '56
      Cranky old Daniel Mueller fences in a pasture that's a shortcut the kids use going and coming to school and the boys want revenge, but Lassie is privy to his gentle side. Then one night the collie discovers Mueller seriously ill.
    • 3. Quarantine

      23 Sep '56
    • 4. Bone

      30 Sep '56
    • 5. The Watch

      07 Oct '56
    • 6. Hoax

      14 Oct '56
    • 7. The Fish Story

      21 Oct '56
      Jeff and Porky enter a fishing contest to win a new pole, but it's Lassie that catches the fish!
    • 8. Transfusion

      28 Oct '56
    • 9. Local Elections

      04 Nov '56
    • 10. Gossip

      11 Nov '56
      Jeff misunderstands a man who gives him a ride--and the newcomer is branded as an ex-convict.
    • 11. Fish Conservation

      18 Nov '56
    • 12. Challenge

      25 Nov '56
    • 13. Tractor

      02 Nov '56
    • 14. Goats

      09 Dec '56
      To earn money for a motor for his bike, Jeff agrees to take care of Jim Teal's goats while he's fencing in their new pasture. But the rambunctious animals run Jeff-- and Lassie, Porky, and the family--ragged
    • 15. A Place For Everything

      16 Dec '56
    • 16. Party Line

      23 Dec '56
    • 17. Superstition

      30 Dec '56
      Porky is upset when a black cat crosses Lassie's path and then she walks under a ladder, but Jeff and Ellen tell him superstitions are silly--but Jeff may be converted when unfortunate things keep happening.
    • 18. Goodbye Forever

      06 Jan '57
    • 19. Lassie's Vanity

      13 Jan '57
    • 20. Champion

      20 Jan '57
      Jeff persuades Gramps to enter a turkey shoot, even though Gramps doesn't think his eyesight is good enough.
    • 22. Chimp

      03 Feb '57
    • 23. Lassie's Day

      10 Feb '57
    • 24. Rock

      17 Feb '57
    • 25. The Artist

      24 Feb '57
    • 26. Survival

      03 Mar '57