Sunshine (American TV series)

Sunshine
Elizabeth Cheshire and Cliff De Young
as Jill and Sam Hayden in Sunshine
GenreComedy-drama
Written byCarol Sobieski
Corey Fischer
Directed byGeorge Eckstein
Daniel Haller
Bernard L. Kowalski
StarringCliff DeYoung
Elizabeth Cheshire
Bill Mumy
Opening theme"Sunshine on My Shoulders"
ComposerJohn Denver
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseMarch 6 (1975-03-06) –
May 29, 1975 (1975-05-29)
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Sunshine is a 1975 American television comedy-drama series starring Cliff DeYoung and Elizabeth Cheshire, about a hippie musician raising his young daughter alone after the death of his wife. The series was based on the 1973 made-for-TV movie Sunshine and DeYoung, Bill Mumy, Corey Fischer, and Meg Foster all reprised their roles from the film. The series originally ran for 13 episodes on NBC in the spring of 1975. The show's opening theme was John Denver's hit song "Sunshine on My Shoulders."