I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70) vs Bewitched (1964-72)

"I Dream of Jeannie" was better. Eden was more attractive and a better actress. Hagman was more appealing. Everything about "Jeannie" was superior.

Jeannie. They are both silly concepts but Jeannie was fun. Bewitched tried to be serious inserting commentary on mixed relationships, bigotry etc and Endora really annoyed me.

I also could never understand why Sam married a mortal and agreed not to use magic only to then use it anyway.

Jeannie just played it for laughs and given Nelson came about the bottle accidentally it made more sense that he was not always so tolerant.

The B(oYo)bies were definitely better on Jeannie! If you're (not your) into that sort of thing!

I was a 70's kid and liked both. Did Jeannie has a nosy neighbor like Mrs. Kravitz?

I like both shows but in many ways I preferred IDOJ. Here are a few reasons why:

In terms of magic, Jeannie was more powerful than Samantha, or likely any of the Witches and Warlocks on Bewitched.

Jeannie was more Independent than Samantha.

IDOJ had a much more admiring view of humans/mortals than Bewitched.

Unlike Darrin, Tony Had No Problem With Jeannie's Magical Abilities so long as they didn't cause him any problems. He actually enjoyed them.

IDOJ was more "realistic" than Bewitched in that Tony had a job at a real Government Agency and the show acknowledged the Special Problems of having a public relationship with an anonymous magical being suddenly who suddenly appeared in 20th Century America. Bewitched glosses over these issues completely.

Roger Healy was a much better friend to Tony than Larry Tate was to Darrin.

Dr. Bellows was a much better friend to Tony than Larry Tate was to Darrin.

Dr. Bellows was a much more interesting "threat' to Tony and Jeannie than Gladys Kravitz was to Darrin and Samantha.