1968-12-01, 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.
1969-03-07, WABC, 51 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.
1969-08-12, WCBS, 52 min.
July 15, 1969-September 16, 1969. This 1969 variety show, starring Liberace, originated in London and featured guest stars and two regulars, Richard Wattis and Georgina Moon, who portrayed Liberace's butler and maid in a regular sketch sequence each week.
On this broadcast, most of Liberace's guests are British. There's Terry-Thomas jabbering away with Liberace, and singing a bit with Engelbert Humperdinck who booms out numbers like "Marry Me," cute Jack Wild from "Oliver" mimics his host and offers "Consider Yourself" from the movie. Sergio Franchi's sister, Dana Valery, completes the vocal list, and Liberace manages to include a Chopin and Franz Liszt medley in his concert spot.
Highlights:
"Beer Barrel Polka," "Love is Blue," "Georgy Girl".......Liberace
"Lonely is a Man Without Love," "Marry Me,"................Engelbert
"Five Foot Two"............................................Terry-Thomas, Liberace
"I Will Wait for You"............................................................Dana
"Consider Yourself"......................................................Jack Dancers
"You Gotta Have a Gimmick"....Terry-Thomas, Engelbert, Liberace
1969-10-11, WABC, 52 min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
1969-10-25, WABC, 52 min.
January 4, 1964-February 7, 1970. This hour-long variety series was a midseason replacement for "The Jerry Lewis Show."
1969-12-02, WABC, 52 min.
Hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck, this broadcast was a special and not part of the regular series.
1970-01-21, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. This was the first broadcast of the series. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-01-27, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-02-04, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-02-11, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-02-18, WABC, min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert
Humperdinck.
Duplicate of 2407. Opening only.
1970-02-18, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-02-25, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-03-04, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-03-11, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-03-18, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-03-25, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-01, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-08, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-15, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-22, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-04-29, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-05-13, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-05-27, WABC, 52 min.
January 21, 1970-September 19, 1970. An hour-long variety series taped in London and hosted by British pop star Engelbert Humperdinck.
1970-05-31, WNEW, 60 min.
Shelley Berman hosts this variety special.
1970-10-04, 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.
1970-10-22, 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).
1970-12-07, WNBC, 52 min.
Bob's Christmas Special which includes a sketch about Santa Claus and Women's Lib.
1971-01-04, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1969-May 20, 1971. Hour-long variety series hosted by Jim Nabors. Nabors brought with him a couple of his "Gomer Pyle" costars- Frank Sutton, Ronnie Schell and Karen Morrow.
1971-04-07, WNBC, 52 min.
Rex Harrison is the host of an all-star benefit for the World Wildlife Fund, taped in November 1970.
1972-05-07, WNBC, 52 min.
The plot takes a backseat in this musical love story starring Tom Jones and Jennifer O'Neil with many guest appearances.
1976-12-28, NBC, 60 min.
October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970s, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
Johnny's guests are Engelbert Humperdinck, Gabriel Kaplan, and Suzanne Pleshette. This program is a 60-minute excerpt.
1977-01-28, WCBS, 52 min.
February 1, 1976-August 29, 1977. In 1976, Sonny Bono and Cher were reunited in "The Sonny & Cher Show." Regulars included Ted Zeigler, Shields and Yarnell, Billy Van, and Gailard Sartain.
1977-12-07, NBC, 30 min.
Final thirty minutes only (excerpt)
1978-01-18, CBS, 90 min.
The 1978 Entertainer Of The Year Awards.
Host: Jackie Gleason.
1978-02-17, WABC, 52 min.
January 23, 1976-January 19, 1979. The first variety hour hosted by a brother-and-sister team. Additional regulars included Jim Connell and Hank Garcia.
1978-10-19, WABC, 52 min.
September 20, 1978-December 27, 1978. The only live prime-time entertainment show of the 1978-1979 season, this hour variety series was hosted by Dick Clark. Scheduled guests include Sid Caesar, Telly Savalas, Donna Summer, Engelbert Humperdinck and escape artist Rick Baker. Music includes "MacArthur Park" and "Last Dance" (Donna), and "After the Lovin'" (Engelbert). Also: Rick tries "The World's Greatest Escape."