The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company.
It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, an ex-Marine and a young politician in fictitious New City, California. Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts, as she balefully observes Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement. Cleo's real name was Bernadette. Much of Cleo's dialog consists of wisecracks. The popularity of the basset hound breed increased markedly with the run of the show. During the last season of The People's Choice, Croft began her eight-year role as Clara Randolph on ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The versatile Croft had also been a semi-regular on Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy and a regular on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The People's Choice | 1955-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | How Sock Met Mandy | 1955-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Unseating of Councilman Sock | 1955-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Sock Plays Cupid | 1955-10-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Sock vs. Crutcher | 1955-11-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Sock's New Secretary | 1955-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Nature Study | 1955-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Sock Hires Mandy | 1955-11-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Parting of Sock and Mandy | 1955-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Sock and the Beauty Contest | 1955-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Sock's Teenage Trouble | 1955-12-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Christmas Story | 1955-12-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | An Adventure of Sock | 1955-12-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aunt Gus Leaves Sock | 1956-01-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Sock and Augie | 1956-01-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Sock, the Marriage Broker | 1956-01-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Sock, the Dedicated Councilman | 1956-01-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Sock Proposes to Mandy | 1956-02-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Sock, the Businessman | 1956-02-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Domestic Relations | 1956-02-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Sock, the City Father | 1956-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Sock, the Escort | 1956-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Sock Strikes It Rich | 1956-03-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Sock and the Mayor's Romance | 1956-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Sock and the Syrene | 1956-03-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | Sock and the Movie Offer | 1956-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 27 | Sock vs. Stone Kenyon | 1956-04-05 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 28 | Wedding Bells | 1956-04-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 29 | Sock and Captain Turner | 1956-04-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 30 | Sock and the Proxy Marriage | 1956-04-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 31 | Sock, the Budget Balancer | 1956-05-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 32 | Sock, the Fund Raiser | 1956-05-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 33 | Sock and the Lonely Hearts Club | 1956-05-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 34 | Sock and Mandy's Career | 1956-05-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 35 | Sock and the Mayor's Election | 1956-05-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 36 | Sock and the Peoples' Pageant | 1956-06-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 37 | Sock and Pierre's Job | 1956-06-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Sock Loses a Bet | 1956-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Mayor Proposes | 1956-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Wedding Plans | 1956-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Bachelor Party | 1956-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Sock Gives Gus Away | 1956-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Sock, the Acting Mayor | 1956-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Sock Takes a Boarder | 1956-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Sock and the Law | 1956-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Sock Takes the Plunge | 1956-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Mandy's Male Animal | 1956-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Sock, the Greek God | 1956-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Sock and the Hex | 1957-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | How Sock Met Rollo | 1957-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Sock's Secret Honeymoon | 1957-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Sock's Bivouac | 1957-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Sock's Master Plan | 1957-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Sock Gets the Works | 1957-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Aunt Gus Tells All | 1957-02-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Sock's Tight Squeeze | 1957-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Almost a Father | 1957-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Patsy | 1957-03-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Domestics | 1957-03-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Sock's Out-of-Town Job | 1957-03-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | One-Ring Circus | 1957-03-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | Sock Goes for the Dough | 1957-04-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | The Ink Blots | 1957-04-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | Sock and Mandy, Paperhangers | 1957-04-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Late Husband | 1957-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | The Queen and Me | 1957-05-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | Boomerang | 1957-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 31 | The Hot Certificate | 1957-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 32 | The Sophisticates | 1957-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 33 | Sock, the Matchmaker | 1957-06-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Nickel Pickle | 1957-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Giveaway | 1957-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Caveman | 1957-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Retiring Mayor | 1957-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Reluctant House Guest | 1957-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Legal Eagle | 1957-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Barkerville | 1957-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | The Model House | 1957-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Movies Are Badder Than Ever | 1957-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Runaway Dog | 1957-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Good Provider | 1957-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | The Helpmate | 1957-12-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Sock's Old Flame | 1957-12-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | The Cookie Jar | 1958-01-02 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | The Wrong Indians | 1958-01-09 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Sheriff | 1958-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The Salted Cellar | 1958-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Sleeping Beauty | 1958-01-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Distaff Stuff | 1958-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | The Male Ego | 1958-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | The Family Way | 1958-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | The Veteran | 1958-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Cleo, Secret Dog | 1958-03-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | The Practical Joker | 1958-03-20 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Little White Lies | 1958-03-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | The Tycoon | 1958-04-03 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 27 | Sock's Lifesaver | 1958-04-10 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 28 | Uncle Willie | 1958-04-17 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 29 | Ladies' Aide | 1958-04-24 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 30 | Rollo Makes Good | 1958-05-01 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 31 | The First Anniversary | 1958-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 32 | Rollo's Wedding | 1958-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 33 | Missing Moolah | 1958-05-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 34 | Daisies Won't Tell | 1958-05-29 | 30 min |
