text: Laverne & Shirley ( also known as `` Laverne De Fazio & Shirley Feeney '' in the first season ) is an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from January 26 , 1976 , to May 10 , 1983 .
simplified: Laverne & Shirley was an American situation comedy which aired from January 1976 to May 1983 on ABC Network .