The sitcom premiered in 1957 and became an all-American family classic over its six-season run Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, ...

Several of the boys have taken a liking to the old "Leave it to Beaver" TV show. I'm talking the squeaky clean, monochromatic, "Jerry Mathers as the Beaver" version. Watching episodes with them, you ...

The child actor who became one of America's most recognizable faces as Theodore Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver is celebrating his 78th birthday ...

From left: Jerry Mathers as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver, Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver, Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver and Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver on 'Leave It to Beaver' CBS dropped the series ...

Audiences watched the Cleaver siblings grow up (and get into trouble!) on Leave It to Beaver. CBS dropped the series after its first season, but ABC subsequently picked it up for its sophomore year.