<P> The series was created and produced by Sidney Sheldon in response to the great success of rival network ABC 's Bewitched series , which had debuted in 1964 as the second-most watched program in the United States . Sheldon , inspired by the movie The Brass Bottle , which had starred Tony Randall , Barbara Eden , and Burl Ives as the jinn Fakrash , conceived of the idea for a beautiful female genie . Both I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched were Screen Gems productions . The show debuted at 8 pm , Saturday , September 18 , 1965 , on NBC . </P>
<P> The series was created and produced by Sidney Sheldon in response to the great success of rival network ABC 's Bewitched series , which had debuted in 1964 as the second-most watched program in the United States . Sheldon , inspired by the movie The Brass Bottle , which had starred Tony Randall , Barbara Eden , and Burl Ives as the jinn Fakrash , conceived of the idea for a beautiful female genie . Both I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched were Screen Gems productions . The show debuted at 8 pm , Saturday , September 18 , 1965 , on NBC . </P>
who wrote i dream of jeannie theme song
who wrote i dream of jeannie theme song
Sidney Sheldon
Sidney Sheldon