Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Tonsils | 1949-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Babs and Simon Step Out | 1949-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Egbert's Chemistry Set | 1949-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The French Professor | 1949-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Nervous Breakdown | 1949-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Assistant Manager | 1949-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Riley's Birthday Gift | 1949-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc. | 1949-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Junior Falls for Teacher | 1949-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Night School | 1949-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Prom Dress | 1949-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Junior's Birthday Party | 1949-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Boarder | 1949-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Peg's Birthday | 1950-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Junior Drops Out | 1950-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Riley's Firstborn | 1950-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Insurance | 1950-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Gambler | 1950-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Acting Lessons | 1950-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Valentine's Day | 1950-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Home Sweet Home | 1950-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | South American Job | 1950-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Riley's Quarrel | 1950-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Junior and the Bully | 1950-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Banned Book | 1950-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Five Dollar Bill | 1950-03-28 | 30 min |
| Production | Irving Brecher | Producer |
