[6] The characters and the actors who portrayed them were: Competition for Mixed Doubles on Fridays included Break the Bank on ABC, Key to the Missing on DuMont, and This Is Show Business on CBS.
After it was moved to Saturdays, ABC competed with Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club, while DuMont had Spin the Picture.
[7] A review of the premiere episode in the trade publication Variety called Mixed Doubles "an entertaining light drama with good possibilities.
"[6] The review complimented the focus on characters rather than use of cliches and noted that Morse's writing and direction differentiated the couples well.
[6] Larry Wolters, writing in the Chicago Daily Tribune, commended Idelson as "the best performer of the lot" on the show.