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*The Governor & J.J.*
The Governor & J.J.
	Jessie Royce Landis and Julie Sommars, 1970.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Leonard Stern; Arne Sultan
Starring	Dan Dailey; Julie Sommars; James T. Callahan; Neva Patterson; Nora Marlowe
Theme music composer	Jerry Fielding
Composer	Jerry Fielding
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Leonard Stern
Producers	Arne Sultan; David Davis
Production locations	CBS Studio Center, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Talent Associates-Norton Simon
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	23 September 1969 –; 30 December 1970

The Governor & J.J. is a television series that ran from September 1969 to December 1970 on CBS in the United States and in Canada, where it ran on CBC Television. Selected episodes were rerun by CBS during the summer of 1972. It was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Television Distribution now owns the distribution rights to the program.

The series starred Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars. It focused on William Drinkwater (Dailey), a governor in an unnamed Midwestern state, who, in lieu of his late wife, had a "first lady" in his 20-something year-old daughter, Jennifer Jo (Sommars). J.J., as Jennifer Jo was called, had a regular job as an assistant curator at a zoo in the capital city and had a love for animals. She was bright and opinionated and could debate political issues with her father as well as anyone else. Despite their difference in opinions (she was more liberal, and he was more conservative), William really loved J.J., and she proved herself to be charming and efficient in her duties being "first lady" for her father. J.J. often gained support and advice from Maggie McLeod (Neva Patterson), the governor's secretary; George Callison (James T. Callahan), the governor's press secretary; and from Sara Andrews (Nora Marlowe), the housekeeper at the governor's mansion.

Broadcast history

Viewership and ratings per season of *The Governor & J.J.*
Season	Timeslot ()	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ref.
1	Tuesday at 9:30 pm	26	September 23, 1969 (1969-09-23)	March 31, 1970 (1970-03-31)	N/A
2	Wednesday at 8:30 pm	13	September 23, 1970 (1970-09-23)	December 30, 1970 (1970-12-30)	N/A

Trivia

The series won three Golden Globe Awards in 1970 for Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series for Sommars and Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical TV Series for Dailey.

Francis De Sales guest-starred as Senator Loomis in the 1970 episode "Charley's Back in Town".

The series sometimes featured guest appearances by then current governors, including Robert Docking of Kansas and Deane C. Davis of Vermont.

In real life, Sommars has been involved in politics, mostly behind the scenes with the Republican Party.

When the program was canceled by CBS, it was replaced in its Wednesday timeslot by To Rome with Love, which had moved from Tuesdays to make room for All in the Family. To Rome with Love was canceled at the end of the 1970-71 season. CBS aired reruns of the series in the summer of 1972.

Episodes

Season 1: 1969–70

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"The Second 1st Lady"	Leonard Stern	Arne Sultan & Leonard Stern	September 23, 1969 (1969-09-23)
2	2	"There Go the Judge"	Leonard Stern	Allan Burns	September 30, 1969 (1969-09-30)
3	3	"Romeo and J.J."	Alan Rafkin	Joanna Lee	October 14, 1969 (1969-10-14)
4	4	"One Little Indian"	Jay Sandrich	Earl Barret & Leonard Stern & Arne Sultan	October 21, 1969 (1969-10-21)
5	5	"Cat on a Hot Tin Mansion"	Leonard Stern	Arne Sultan & Leonard Stern	October 28, 1969 (1969-10-28)
6	6	"The Butterfly Man of Alcazar"	Jay Sandrich	Roland Wolpert	November 4, 1969 (1969-11-04)
7	7	"Come Fly Without Me"	Leonard Stern	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret & Leonard Stern	November 11, 1969 (1969-11-11)
8	8	"Rhyme with Reason"	Alan Rafkin	Chris Hayward & Earl Barret	November 18, 1969 (1969-11-18)
9	9	"My Good Friend, What's His Name?"	Jay Sandrich	Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan & Leonard Stern	November 25, 1969 (1969-11-25)
10	10	"Springtime for Maggie"	Lee Philips	Gene Thompson	December 2, 1969 (1969-12-02)
11	11	"State of Reunion"	Jay Sandrich	Barbara Avedon	December 9, 1969 (1969-12-09)
12	12	"Bunky's Buddy"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	December 16, 1969 (1969-12-16)
13	13	"The Governor's Portrait"	Nicholas Colasanto	Harry Winkler	December 23, 1969 (1969-12-23)
14	14	"Profile in Discourage"	Lee Philips	Richard Morgan	December 30, 1969 (1969-12-30)
15	15	"Once Upon a War"	Alan Rafkin	Earl Barret	January 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)
16	16	"Never Judge a Book by Its Naked Cover"	Alan Rafkin	Alden Schwimmer	January 13, 1970 (1970-01-13)
17	17	"The Last Weekend"	Alan Rafkin	Earl Barret & Arne Sultan	January 20, 1970 (1970-01-20)
18	18	"The Tic Toc Tale"	Dan Dailey	Earl Barret & Arne Sultan	January 27, 1970 (1970-01-27)
19	19	"Luv the Guv"	George Tyne	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03)
20	20	"Bye, George"	Alan Rafkin	Earl Barret & Arne Sultan	February 17, 1970 (1970-02-17)
21	21	"Abe Lincoln Slept Here"	Jay Sandrich	Mort R. Lewis	February 24, 1970 (1970-02-24)
22	22	"Son of the Bride"	Dan Dailey	Barbara Avedon	March 3, 1970 (1970-03-03)
23	23	"The Governor Gets the Chair"	Jay Sandrich	Bill Manhoff	March 10, 1970 (1970-03-10)
24	24	"The Return of Doctor Livingston"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	March 17, 1970 (1970-03-17)
25	25	"Charley's Back in Town"	Jay Sandrich	George Kirgo	March 24, 1970 (1970-03-24)
26	26	"Second Opinion"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	March 31, 1970 (1970-03-31)

Season 2: 1970

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
27	1	"And the World Begat the Bleep"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	September 23, 1970 (1970-09-23)
28	2	"Ben and Her"	Alan Rafkin	Bill Manhoff	September 30, 1970 (1970-09-30)
29	3	"Read That Leg to Me Again"	Alan Rafkin	Earl Barret & Arne Sultan	October 7, 1970 (1970-10-07)
30	4	"File Safe"	George Tyne	Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan & Leonard Stern	October 14, 1970 (1970-10-14)
31	5	"Run Ballerina, Run"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	October 21, 1970 (1970-10-21)
32	6	"Fawcett Is Running"	Alan Rafkin	Jay Terry	October 28, 1970 (1970-10-28)
33	7	"Maid for Sara"	Dan Dailey	Arthur Sultan & Frank Red Benson	November 11, 1970 (1970-11-11)
34	8	"Check the Check"	Alan Rafkin	Arne Sultan & Earl Barret	November 18, 1970 (1970-11-18)
35	9	"The Making of the Governor"	Charles Walters	Burt Prelutsky	November 25, 1970 (1970-11-25)
36	10	"A Day in the Life"	Alan Rafkin	Roger Price	December 9, 1970 (1970-12-09)
37	11	"Twice in a Lifetime"	Alan Rafkin	Story by : Arthur Sultan Teleplay by : Earl Barret	December 16, 1970 (1970-12-16)
38	12	"P.S. I Don't Love You"	Dan Dailey	Douglas Morrow	December 23, 1970 (1970-12-23)
39	13	"From Here to Maternity"	Earl Barret	Earl Barret & Arne Sultan	December 30, 1970 (1970-12-30)