Happy Days Comics Softcover Premium ColorHappy Days (1979) 1 6 (Dell). Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most successful series of the 1970s. The series presented an idealized vision of life in the 1950s and early 1960s Midwestern United States, and it starred Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham, Henry