The Hathaways

The Hathaways is a 26-episode situation comedy, which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles "parents" to a trio of performing common chimpanzees. Weston portrayed Walter Hathaway, a flabby real estate agent. Cass is his zany bride Elinore, "mother" and booking agent to the Marquis Chimps, named Candy, Charlie, and Enoch. The chimps had earlier appeared on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show, a Jack Benny special in 1959 and several commercials in 1960.^[1]

The Hathaways
From left, Charlie, Enoch, Peggy Cass as Elinore Hathaway, and Candy, 1962
Starring	Peggy Cass Jack Weston Mary Grace Canfield Harvey Lembeck Barbara Perry
Theme music composer	Herbert W. Spencer
Composer	Herbert W. Spencer
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer	Robert Sparks
Producer	Ezra Stone
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Screen Gems, in association with Gloucester Productions, Inc.
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 6, 1961 (1961-10-06) – March 30, 1962 (1962-03-30)

Ratings for the Screen Gems series were so low that ABC had largely to self-sponsor the program (although the series was sponsored on alternate weeks, throughout most of the season, by Ralston Purina). The writers included Tom Adair and James B. Allardice; story consultants were Hugh Wedlock and Howard Snyder, who co-wrote the premiere episode with Dick Wesson.^{[citation needed]}