At this distance it's hard to know if The Ray Milland Show was an imitation of The Halls of Ivy or not. Halls of Ivy starred Ronald Colman as the president of a small college while Milland was a teacher at a small college. Milland's show came on television before The Halls of Ivy, but Halls had been a radio show before. The main differences were that Halls used gentle, intelligent humor while the Milland Show was more broad and goofy. Interestingly, in the second and final season the Milland Show became much more like The Halls of Ivy. Neither lasted.
Review of The Ray Milland Show
