1959-03-21, WNBC, 25 min.
September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.
Perry welcomes his guests: Nanette Fabray, The Everly Brothers and songwriter Billy Rose.
1966-01-28, WABC, 52 min.
September 19, 1963-April 1, 1966. In 1963 Dean hosted a prime-time hour variety series on ABC, which lasted three seasons. Regulars included Karen Morrow, Molly Bee, Chuck McCann, the Chuck Cassey Singers and Rowlf the Muppet, the first of the puppet creations of Jim Henson to be featured on national TV.
1966-08-01, WNBC, 57 min.
June 6, 1966-August 29, 1966 (NBC); May 30, 1969-September 5, 1969 (ABC). Singer John Davidson as host to two prime-time variety hours. The first was titled "The Kraft Summer Musical Hall" and featured George Carlin, the Lively Set, the King Cousins, and Jackie and Gayle. The second show was known as "The John Davidson Show." The 1969 show was taped in London and featured Rich Little, Mireille Mathieu and Amy McDonald.
1967-11-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
1967-11-22, NBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
1967-11-22, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "Nashville Sound" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Guests: The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, Eddy Arnold, Ray Charles, Johnny Mercer, The Everly Brothers.
Duplicate Of #3566. Hostess: Dinah Shore.
Music City USA- The Nashville Sound is the theme.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy
1968-01-26, WABC, 52 min.
January 5, 1968-April 26, 1968; September 27, 1968-January 31, 1969. This hour-long variety show was staged at a different military base each week and was hosted by a guest star.
Dean Jones is guest host, broadcast from The USS Constellation in San Diego, California.
1968-07-28, WCBS, 52 min.
June 23, 1968-September 8, 1968. In 1967 Glen Campbell began appearing regularly on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," and in 1968 he hosted their summer replacement series, "The Summer Brothers Smothers Show." Regulars on that show included Pat Paulsen.
In the finale, the entire cast join in a 17 song salute to rock and roll.
1968-10-27, WCBS, 52 min.
February 5, 1967-June 8, 1969. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" was a breath of fresh air, but to CBS the Smothers Brothers seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong things to say.
After the telecast of October 27, 1968 (from which a David Steinberg "sermonette" had generated much critical mail), CBS took the then unusual step of demanding that a tape of each upcoming show be prescreened for network affiliates by closed circuit.
1969-06-15, WCBS, 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.
Duplicate of #2337.
1969-06-15, 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.
1969-08-04, WCBS, 52 min.
June 16, 1969-September 1, 1969. An hour-long variety series, was a summer replacement for "The Carol Burnett Show," and featured "Burnett" regulars Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner.
1969-09-10, NBC, min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.
Host: Don Ho. Guests: Everly Brothers, Pat Henry.
1969-11-10, WABC, 45 min.
September 22, 1969-January 12, 1970. Music series featuring appearances by guest artists. The forty-five-minute series was hosted by comedian David Steinberg. Performers included Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross, and Lily Tomlin.
1970-01-05, WABC, 45 min.
September 22, 1969-January 12, 1970. Music series featuring appearances by guest artists. The forty-five-minute series was hosted by comedian David Steinberg. Performers included Chris Bokeno, Larry Hankin, Paul Reid Roman, Christopher Ross, and Lily Tomlin.
1970-11-05, WNBC, 52 min.
September 16, 1965-May 24, 1974. A variety hour hosted by Dean Martin. Several of the shows were celebrity "roasts," set at a banquet table, in which the guest of honor was showered with insults by other celebs. Regulars of the series included pianist Ken Lane (1965-1972), Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, The Golddiggers, Marian Mercer (1971-1972), Tom Bosley (1971-1972), Rodney Dangerfield (1972-1973), Dom DeLuise (1972-1973), and Nipsey Russell (1972-1974).
1970-12-09, ABC, 60 min.
Petula Clark joins Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, and the Everly Brothers in an hour of music that ranges from Beatles to Bacharach.
For a touch of comedy, David Frost takes a lighthearted look at pollution and joins Petula in a satire of his own TV interview show.
Directed by Dwight Hemion ("Music Hall").
Highlights:
"Come Together," "Great Day," "The Fool On The Hill," Petula
"I Don't Know Why," Dean Martin
"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" Peggy Lee
"Games People Play," Petula, Everly Brothers
"She's a Woman," "Bill, I Love You So," "Over and Over Again"
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home," Petula Clark
Petula, Peggy Lee Medley: "Hey, Good Lookin," "Things"
1970-12-23, WABC, 52 min.
June 7, 1969-September 27, 1969; January 21, 1970-May 5, 1971. This was the Christmas Show broadcast. 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.
1971-02-28, 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.
1972-05-15, WCBS, 27 min.
1971 (Syndicated). On this half-hour musical series host Johnny Mann, together with the Johnny Mann Singers and assorted guests, sang the praises of the good old U.S.A.
1978-08-04, WNBC, 78 min.
"The Midnight Special" provided taped in-concert popular music. The emphasis was on rock and roll and, when the series first went on the air everyone was a guest star - there was no regular host. This program is a repeat of the show from August 19, 1972.