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- ↑ Donna Reed: Back Where She Wants to Be Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1978: f1.
- ↑ Donna Reed back on TV in NBC drama The Globe and Mail 8 Jan 1979: P.14.
- ↑ TV REVIEW: Any where Else Is 'Best Place to Be' Rosenberg, Howard. Los Angeles Times 26 May 1979: c2.
