1970-04-29, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. The first, "The Johnny Cash Show," was introduced as a summer series and returned later as a midseason replacement. In addition to Cash it featured June Carter Cash (his wife), Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, the Statler Brothers and the Tennessee Three. The second show, "Johnny Cash and Friends," was a summer series and featured Cash, June Carter Cash, Steve Martin, Jim Varney and Howard Mann.
1970-10-20, WCBS, 52 min.
June 15, 1969-September 7, 1969; December 17, 1969-July 13, 1971 (CBS); 1971-1992 (Syndicated). "Hee Haw" was a fast-paced mixture of songs, skits, blackouts, and corny jokes. A syndicated version of the show appeared; by 1977 it was the nation's number-one-rated non-network show. The series was co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark (by the late 1980s, Owens and Clark appeared only occasionally, having made room for various guest hosts). A large stable of regular performers have been featured, including Louis M. ("Grandpa") Jones, Junior Samples, Jeannine Riley, Lulu Roman, David Akeman ("Stringbean"), Sherry Miles, Lisa Todd, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp, Diana Scott, Cathy Baker and Barbi Benton.
1970-11-19, WNBC, 52 min.
September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.
1971-01-31, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971. Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1971-03-16, WCBS, 52 min.
September 15, 1970-July 6, 1971. Don Knotts headlined this variety series featuring Elaine Joyce, Frank Welker, John Dehner, Kenneth Mars, Eddy Carroll, Francis DeSales, Mickey Deems, Brad Logan, Fay DeWitt, Gary Burghoff and Bob Williams.
1972-11-05, WNBC, 57 min.
A rare Al Hirt special broadcast from 11:30 PM to 12:30 AM on a Sunday night. An easy hour of music from New Orleans. Al Hirt & guests join in a jam session.
1974-03-14, NBC, 60 min.
Wayne Newton is featured in this hour of country music. Other performers include Buck Owens, Tom T. Hall, Conway Twitty, Lynn Anderson, Jerry Reed, Ray Stevens, Mac Davis, Deborah Hawkins, Donna Fargo, Barbara Mandrell, The Cates Sisters, Red Steagall, Bryan Bowers, and Doug Kershaw.
1975-11-29, WABC, 52 min.
September 20, 1975-January 17, 1976. This hour-long variety show was hosted by Howard Cosell. Among Cosell's regulars was Bill Murray.
1976-01-22, WCBS, 52 min.
Mary Tyler Moore sings and dances to rock, pop and classical pieces in a show that is drawn from the Bible & fleshed out with allegory about man's creation, fall and rebirth.
1976-01-22, CBS, 52 min.
Mary Tyler Moore sings and dances to rock, pop and classical pieces in a show that is drawn from the Bible & fleshed out with allegory about man's creation, fall, and rebirth.
Duplicate Of #5343
1978-01-22, WNBC, 156 min.
Hosts Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton and Roy Clark are among the more than 25 performers on this three-hour salute to country music.
Included are tributes to Patsy Cline (featuring Loretta Lynn), Jimmie Rodgers (Ernest Tubb), Hank Williams (Glen, Dolly and Roy) and Bob Wills (Merle Haggard and Wills' group). Also: the Carter Family does a medley of hits.
1978-12-05, PBS, 57 min.
1974-1981.
Re-run from 1974.
A series of 60-minute and 90-minute concerts by popular musical acts, produced at WTTW-TV Chicago.
1979-03-07, SYN, 35 min.
1963-1982 (SYNDICATED). Mike Douglas hosted one of television's longest-running talk shows (19 years). Each week Douglas was joined by a different co-host. In 1967, "The Mike Douglas Show" became the first syndicated talk show to win an Emmy Award.
Broadcast from 1963-1978 in Philadelphia
Broadcast from 1978-1982 in Los Angeles
Guests: Glen Campbell, Little Richard, Doug Kershaw.
1981-04-01, CBS, 120 min.
Special: Nashville's Grand Ole Opry provides the appropriate setting for a country-music jamboree. Its highlights include a duet pairing Crystal Gayle and 81-year-old songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; a tribute to Bob Wills, performed by Chet Atkins; and a medley of Hank Williams tunes sung by Minnie Pearl, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bill Anderson, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams Jr., the Statler Brothers, Bobby Bare, Faron Young and Jeannie C. Riley. Other performers include: Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Statlers, Doug Kershaw, Larry Gatlin, Steve Gatlin, Rudy Gatlin, Loretta Lynn, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, George Jones, and Alabama.