1968-09-28, WABC, 52 min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
1968-10-14, WNBC, 52 min.
Bob and his guests in an hour of comedy, music and song.
1968-11-20, NBC, min.
The stars of country music gather for the second annual country music awards and the first ever to be telecast.
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans serve as hosts.
Note: Numerous sources indicate the tape-delayed ceremony aired on November 20th, 1968. However, several newspaper television listings indicate the tape-delayed ceremony aired on October 30th, 1968.
1969-01-18, WABC, 52 min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
1969-02-05, WCBS, min.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
Dupe of #2642.
1969-02-05, WCBS, 52 min.
January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.
1969-03-09, 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.
1969-04-02, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "It's Ladies Nite" 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.
Dupe of #3616
1969-04-02, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "It's Ladies Nite" 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 #3616
Tonight's host: Mike Douglas.
Highlights: The spotlight is on Lena Horne, singer Jeannie C. Riley, comic Totie Fields, jockey Barbara Jo Rubin and Debi Faubion, Junior Miss of 1968. Host Mike Douglas spends his weekday afternoons entertaining ladies via his syndicated weekday afternoon talk show. He finds himself trapped at a ladies matinee and working as a secretary to businesswoman Totie Fields. He joins Lena Horne for a medley of her hits and chats with Debi and Barbara.
Musical highlights:
"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" "Try A Little Tenderness"-
Mike
"Hello Young Lovers" "Softly, As I Leave You"- Lena
"There Never Was A Time"- Jeannie
1969-04-02, WNBC, 52 min.
September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "It's Ladies Nite" 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.
1969-05-05, WNBC, 54 min.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin open this musical special which features the 1968
Grammy winners performing their hits.
Celebrities include The Temptations, Flip
Wilson, Jeannie C. Riley, The King Family, Jose Feliciano, Lou Rawls, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, Mama Cass Elliot, The Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Mason Williams, Davy Jones, Bobby Goldsboro, Tiny Tim, Don Rickles,
Simon & Garfunkel, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom Smothers, Henry Mancini, and the Broadway cast of "Hair."
1969-07-12, 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.
1969-11-20, WABC, 52 min.
February 7, 1969-January 15, 1971. Tom Jones hosted his own musical variety hour, which also featured Big Jim Sullivan and The Ace Trucking Company.
1970-01-22, NBC, 14. min.
Durable daytime game show featuring two contestants and panel of nine celebrities. Regular panelists over the years included George Gobel, Wally Cox, John Davidson, Charlie Weaver (Cliff Arquette), Rose Marie, and Paul Lynde. Host Peter Marshall.
Panelists include Marty Allen, John Davidson, Vincent Price, Jeannie C. Riley, and Ruta Lee. Host Peter Marshall.
1970-03-18, 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.
1970-07-04, PBS, 85 min.
Special Coverage of today's HONOR AMERICA DAY ceremonies held in Washington, D.C.
PBS hosts: Lincoln Trevor, with correspondents Peter Jenson and Vic Murky.
Taped highlights of this morning's National Memorial service, honoring the nation on its 194th birthday. Highlights of original live coverage of an entertainment gala celebrating Honor America Day. Bob Hope and Billy Graham co-host: Guests include Jack Benny, Glen Campbell, Dinah Shore, Richard Nixon, The Young Americans, Red Skelton, Connie Stevens, Fred Waring orchestra, Kate Smith, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Jeannie C. Riley, and Sugar Ray Robinson.
1970-09-22, 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.
1970-11-22, WCBS, 52 min.
June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971.
This was the "Richard Rodgers Tribute" broadcast.
From the Hollywood Bowl a tribute to composer Richard Rodgers who was a guest on the very first Ed Sullivan Show (Toast of the Town, June 20, 1948).
Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.
1971-03-07, 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.
1972-10-16, , min.
The 1972 Country Music Awards are presented. Loretta Lynn wins the entertainer of the year award.
Male Vocalist: Charley Pride
Vocal Group: Statler Brothers
Vocal Duo: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Musician Of The Year: Charlie McCoy
Female Vocalist Of The Year: Loretta Lynn.
1973-10-19, WNBC, 52 min.
Bette Davis is roasted by Dean Martin, Henry Fonda, Howard Cosell, Vincent Price, Pat Buttram, Nipsey Russell, Kay Medford, Jeannie C. Riley, Tom T. Hall, Joyce Haber and Army Archerd.
1974-02-07, NBC, 60 min.
July 26th, 1973- September 6th, 1973.
January 1974- May 16th, 1974.
Taped in Nashville, Tennessee, music country was an hour of country music performed by guest artists. The official title of the program was Dean Martin Presents Music Country.
1980-12-03, CBS, 60 min.
Special: Johnny Cash is joined for his traditional Christmas show by Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, June Carter Cash, Jeannie C. Riley, the Carter Family, and the Tom Tichenor Puppets. Johnny recites "The Christmas Guest" and "Little Grey Donkey." Taped at Nashville's Opryland. Musical Highlights include: "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" by Johnny & Larry, and "Christmas is for Kids" by Mac.
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.
1981-04-29, CBS, 60 min.
Special: It's ladies' night at the Grand Ole Opry as Johnny is joined by Emmylou Harris, Minnie Pearl, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Misty Rowe ("Hee Haw") and - in "I'm Going to Be a Country Girl Again" - a chorus of 28 female singers including Jeannie C. Riley, Wilma Lee Cooper, Helen Cornelius, Skeeter Davis.