1971-03-28, CBS, 28 min.
Special: George Burns, Tina Cole of "My Three Sons" and the Hager twins from "Hee Haw" join the Osmonds on their first TV special. George gives the boys a few tips on putting on a show over and demonstrates his rapid-fire delivery of a song.
Osmond Brothers Songs include:
"He Ain't Heavy," "He's My Brother," Find 'Em, Fool Em, Forget 'Em," "Hello to Everybody."
George Burns sings, "High Society."
Includes one commercial for the sponsor, The Geni Organ.
The Hagers sing, "Lookin' Out My Back Door."
NOTE: In the opening of the show, the announcer mentions that Peter Falk will be a guest. However he does not appear on the broadcast.
1974-08-15, WNBC, 52 min.
July 11, 1974-August 29, 1974; December 19, 1974-May 22, 1975; March 18, 1976-June 17, 1976. Singer Mac Davis hosted three hour-long variety shows. Regulars included mimes Shields and Yarnell.
1974-11-20, WCBS, 52 min.
The talented Osmonds: Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Jimmy, Donny & Marie- are joined by guest stars Andy Williams & Isaac Hayes in an hour broadcast featuring musical styles from Dixieland to classical.
1976-03-15, SYN, 90 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
Co-Host: Barry Newman
1977-09-30, 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.
A salute to The Wizard Of Oz. Dupe Of # 2249.
1979-01-28, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. This was the first broadcast of the series. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
1979-02-18, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
1979-03-18, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
1979-05-06, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
1979-05-20, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
1979-05-27, WABC, 52 min.
January 28, 1979-May 27, 1979. This was the final broadcast of the series. An hour variety show featuring the performing members of the Osmond family: Donny, Marie, Alan, Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy.
The program's staff and production crew join the Osmonds and Johnny Dark for an inside look at what goes into the making of a variety show. Included is a tour of the TV studio conducted by Jay, scenes of rehearsals and rewrite sessions, and outtakes of bloopers and pratfalls from earlier programs.
1981-09-12, NBC, 60 min.
December 12, 1980-September 26, 1981. This hour series was intermittently scheduled in several different time slots during this nine-month run, making it difficult to receive a loyal audience knowing when a neggxt broadcast would air.
Return: More music and variety with Marie and her guests Bob Hope, Nell Carter and Jimmy Osmond. In routines, Hope and Marie sing and dance about traveling; and Marie plays the operator of a hall faced with the mass defection of a ballet troupe. Regulars include Nancy Steen.
Musical Highlights:
- "Celebration" ... Marie, dancers
- Medley of swing tunes ... Nell, Marie, Jimmy
- "Did You Have to Make Me Feel Uncertain" ... Jimmy
