I Dream of Jeannie
Overview
I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy
premise. The show starred Barbara Eden
as a 2,000-year-old genie
, and Larry Hagman
as an astronaut
who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems
, the show originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and through September 1970 with season repeats, on NBC
. The show ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
premise. The show starred Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden
Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...
as a 2,000-year-old genie
Genie
Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
, and Larry Hagman
Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman is an American film and television actor, producer and director known for playing J.R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early life and career:Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas...
as an astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
, the show originally aired from September 1965 to May 1970 with new episodes, and through September 1970 with season repeats, on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. The show ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes.
