Editing Leave It to Beaver (section)

{{Short description|American television sitcom (1957–1963)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Beavertitlea.jpg
| caption              = Season one title screen
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sitcom]] 
* [[Children's television series]]
}}
| creator              = [[Joe Connelly (producer)|Joe Connelly]]<br />[[Bob Mosher]]
| starring             = {{Plainlist|[[Hugh Beaumont]]<br />[[Barbara Billingsley]]<br />[[Tony Dow]]<br />[[Jerry Mathers]]}}
| theme_music_composer = David Kahn<br />Melvyn Leonard<br />Mort Greene
| opentheme            = "The Toy Parade"
| composer             = [[Pete Rugolo]] {{small|(1957–62)}}<br />[[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] {{small|(1962–63)}}
| company              = [[Revue Studios]]<br />[[NBCUniversal Television Distribution|MCA TV]]<br />[[George Gobel|Gomalco Productions]]<br />(1957–1961)<br />(seasons 1–4)<br />Kayro Productions<br />(1961–1963)<br />(seasons 5–6)<br>[[Universal Television]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 6
| num_episodes         = 234
| list_episodes        = List of Leave It to Beaver episodes
| executive_producer   =
| producer             = Joe Connelly<br />Bob Mosher
| location             = [[Republic Studios]]<br />[[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]<br />Los Angeles
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| camera               = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1957|10|4}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1958|7|16}}
| network2             = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|1958|10|2}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|1963|6|20}}   
| related              = ''[[The New Leave It to Beaver#Still the Beaver|Still the Beaver]]''<br />''[[The New Leave It to Beaver]]''<br />[[Leave It to Beaver (film)|''Leave It to Beaver'' (1997 film)]] 
}}

'''''Leave It to Beaver''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] that follows the misadventures of a suburban boy, his family and his friends. It starred [[Barbara Billingsley]], [[Hugh Beaumont]], [[Tony Dow]] and [[Jerry Mathers]].

[[CBS]] first broadcast the show on October 4, 1957, but dropped it after one season. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] picked it up and aired it for another five years, from October 2, 1958, to June 20, 1963. It proved to be a scheduling challenge for both networks, moving through four time slots (Wednesday through Saturday evenings) over the course of its run.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/show/1422/summary.html |title=Leave It to Beaver |website=TV.com |access-date=October 8, 2007 |archive-date=December 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227032438/http://www.tv.com/show/1422/summary.html }}</ref> The series was produced by [[Gomalco Productions]] from 1957 to 1961, and then by Kayro Productions from 1961 to 1963. It was distributed by [[Revue Studios]].

While ''Leave It to Beaver'' never broke into the [[Nielsen Ratings]] top 30 in its six-season run, it proved to be much more popular in [[rerun]]s. It also led to an unsuccessful 1997 [[Leave It to Beaver (film)|film of the same name]].