Archival Television Audio - When TV Variety Was King

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When TV Variety Was King

     The following list of Debut Variety Television Broadcasts, originally aired live or on videotape, are lost or unobtainable as video; however, the soundtrack survives in the peerless ARCHIVAL TV AUDIO collection containing 12,000 audio airchecks.

     These pristine quality soundtracks were recorded on 1/4" audiotape at the time of the original broadcast. The networks, local stations, archives and the public failed to preserve most of these programs. In many cases, their historic audio broadcast record survives only because a handful of dedicated individuals audiotape recorded their television set, preserved their collection and willed it not to be discarded.

     Most network and local stations threw out, erased or destroyed 70% of all television broadcasts which aired during the first three decades of television history. Some of the following programs survive but are inaccessible to the public. They can all be found in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc.

TELEVISION VARIETY SERIES PREMIERES
( * denotes a non-variety series)

October 9, 1959	The Bell Telephone Hour
August 7, 1975	Ben Vereen Comin At Ya
October 8, 1959	The Big Party
July 27, 1972	Bobby Darin Amusement Company
January 19, 1973	The Bobby Darin Show
September 15, 1968	The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
January 23, 1973	The Brady Bunch Hour
October 9, 1956	*Break the $250,000 Bank
February 16, 1975	Cher
Februrary 28, 1978	Chuck Barris Rah Rah Show
July 5, 1970	Comedy Tonight (Robert Klein)
December 29, 1969	Dick Cavett Show
September 20, 1978	Dick Clark Live Wednesday
June 5, 1976	Dinah and Her Best Friends
May 1, 1968	Dom DeLuise Show
September 15, 1970	Don Knotts Show
August 25, 1976	Easy Does It
July 5, 1970	Evening at Pops (Arthur Fiedler)
January 21, 1970	Engelbert Humperdinck Show
July 11, 1958	*ESPN
June 23, 1968	The Summer Brothers Smothers Show
January 4, 1959	*GE College Bowl
January 29, 1969	The New Glen Campbell Show
June 19, 1965	Fanfare (Al Hirt)
June 20, 1968	Golddiggers
June 17, 1969	Golddiggers
June 25, 1970	Happy Days (Louis Nye variety show)
June 15, 1969	Hee Haw
September 15, 1968	Here Come the Stars
June 28, 1973	Helen Reddy Show
September 26, 1963	Here's Edie (Edie Adams)
July 31, 1974	Hudson Brothers Show
September 21, 1962	Jack Paar Program
September 29, 1962	Jackie Gleason American Scene Magazine
June 16, 1976	The Jacksons
September 21, 1963	The Jerry Lewis Show (ABC)
September 25, 1969	Jim Nabors Show
September 26, 1969	Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters
June 16, 1969	Jimmy Rodgers Show
July 30, 1975	Jim Stafford Show
October 1, 1962	*Joe Franklin Show
July 6, 1975	Joey and Dad
April 17, 1967	Joey Bishop Show (Late-night)
August 1, 1972	John Byner Comedy Hour
June 6, 1966	John Gary Show
June 22, 1966	John Gary Show
June 7, 1969	Johnny Cash Show
September 13, 1971	Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Be Counted
December 13, 1967	Jonathan Winters Show
September 29, 1963	Judy Garland Show
September 13, 1972	Julie Andrews Hour
June 25, 1963	Keefe Brasselle Show
June 16, 1976	Kelly Monteith Show
July 15, 1972	Ken Berry's Wow
April 18, 1964	*Kiner's Korner (Premiere program from Shea Stadium)
March 12, 1969	The King Family
January 19, 1972	Kopykats
October 8, 1958	Kraft Music Hall Starring Milton Berle
April 24, 1968	Kraft Music Hall: Eddie Arnold
July 3, 1968	Kraft Music Hall: Ed McMahon
June 12, 1968	Kraft Music Hall: John Davidson
September 10, 1962	*Leave it to the Girls
June 15, 1969	Liberace
June 25, 1963	The Lively Ones
June 11, 1974	The Mac Davis Show
March 20, 1958	Make Me Laugh
July 20, 1971	Make Your Own Kind of Music
August 10, 1975	Manhattan Transfer
June 15, 1977	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show
September 24, 1978	Mary
June 7, 1972	Melba Moore - Clifton Davis Show
August 18, 1969	Merv Griffin Show (CBS)
September 26, 1976	Music Hall America
September 22, 1969	Music Scene
September 13, 1973	NBC Follies
September 11, 1972	The New Bill Cosby Show
August 3, 1964	*The New Les Crane Show
July 24, 1964	On Parade
January 5, 1968	Operation Entertainment
January 23, 1971	Pearl Bailey Show
September 14, 1954	*Project 20: Three, Two, One, Zero...
September 14, 1970	Red Skelton Show (NBC)
February 2, 1976	Rich Little Show
September 13, 1977	Richard Pryor Show
September 12, 1966	Roger Miller Show
January 7, 1966	Sammy Davis Jr. Show
September 20, 1975	Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
September 20, 1977	Sha Na Na
January 26, 1958	Sid Caesar Invites You
January 27, 1961	Sing Along with Mitch
June 25, 1962	Steve Allen Show (Syndicated)
September 13, 1965	Steve Lawrence Show
Feburary 7, 1969	This is Tom Jones
April 2, 1962	Tonight Show (Second Interregnum after Paar, before Carson)
October 1, 1962	Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
December 4, 1974	Tony Orlando & Dawn
September 30, 1962	Voice of Firestone (Return Premiere)
September 16, 1962	*WNDT Premiere of Channel 13 (NY) Public Broadcasting
August 2, 1974	Your Hit Parade (Return Premiere)

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