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- CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsBob DenverAlan Hale Jr.Jim BackusFour men and three women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm.
- CreatorSylvester L. Weaver Jr.StarsSid CaesarImogene CocaFelisa VanoffBest remembered by its posterior title, Your Show of Shows, this live variety show included comedy sketches with TV pioneers Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
- CreatorEarl BarretArne SultanCarl KleinschmittStarsSandy DuncanMarian MercerTom BosleyThe first incarnation of a TV series starring Sandy Duncan was "Funny Face" (1971) which was successful enough for CBS to invest in a second season the folllowing year. "When the series returned in the fall of 1972, it underwent a major renovation. This included renaming the program from Funny Face to The Sandy Duncan Show, as well as having new cast members, an additional producer, different writers, a slightly revised format, as well as filming it with three cameras in front of a live audience. In The Sandy Duncan Show, Sandy now worked for the advertising firm of Quinn & Cohen, where her supervisor was one of the partners, Bert Quinn (Tom Bosley); the other partner was Leonard Cohen (Alfie Wise). Two of her neighbors, Kay Fox (Marian Mercer) and Alex Lembeck (M. Emmet Walsh) were also close friends. Motorcycle police officer Alex constantly worried about Sandy's status as a single woman living alone, which he saw as being inherently dangerous; and as such, appointed himself as her chaperone/protector. Sandy had a very sweet and slightly naive nature and was prone to try to help anyone whom she felt needed help, including total strangers, so Alex's fears were not totally misplaced." This quote is from Wikipedia.
- CreatorEd. WeinbergerStarsSherman HemsleyClifton DavisAnna Maria HorsfordRev. Rueben Gregory, finds dealing with the headstrong, opinionated, and unethical Deacon Ernest Frye--who works as a lawyer when not tending to church business--won't make his job easy.
- CreatorWilliam AsherSidney SheldonStarsPatty DukeJean ByronWilliam SchallertTeenager Patty Lane and her worldly identical cousin Cathy navigate family and high school life.
- DirectorErik OdeStarsGermaine DamarWalter GillerKarl Schönböck
- StarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack LarsonThe Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the "Daily Planet."
- StarsTony OrlandoTelma HopkinsJoyce Vincent WilsonNineteen-seventies' era comedy/variety television show, starring Tony Orlando (and Dawn).
- StarsDaryl DragonToni TennilleJohn BynerA weekly variety show hosted by the husband and wife recording duo The Captain and Tennille.
- StarsMichael JacksonMarlon JacksonTito JacksonThe Jacksons is an American variety show featuring the Jackson siblings. It was the first variety show where the entire cast were siblings. As with the Jackson 5 regular performances, Michael Jackson was the lead performer in musical and dance performances.
- StarsDennis WeaverClint HowardBeth BrickellThe adventures in the Florida Everglades of game warden Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, their son Mark, and Mark's tame bear Ben.
- CreatorGeorge BurdittMartin RipsMichael RossStarsJohn RitterMary CadoretteAlan CampbellJack Tripper's co-habitation with Vicky Bradford is complicated by her hostile father's interference as Jack's landlord.
- StarsErnest ThomasHaywood NelsonShirley Hemphill"What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children.
- StarsFrank SinatraJohn AngeloJesse WhiteFrank Sinatra hosts a variety show.
- StarsAndy WilliamsThe OsmondsJay OsmondHaving hosted summer programs for three seasons before this, Andy Williams' program finally became a regular, year-round show. In addition to Andy, the program also featured numbers by a wide variety of performers, though still avoiding rock or other 'youth' genres. Many new performers were introduced on this show, including a singing family from Utah, The Osmonds.
- CreatorJohn AylesworthFrank PeppiattStarsRoy ClarkGunilla HuttonBuck OwensTelevised comedy/variety show with a country bent.
- CreatorJohn AylesworthFrank PeppiattStarsBarbara MandrellLoretta LynnMickey GilleyLulu runs a roadside diner and features singing. Misty plays the "dumber" but more popular sister. Sometimes she sang as well. Half hour of light fun and country performers.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsBarbara EdenFannie FlaggJenn ThompsonSitcom based on the 1978 film of the same name.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsMaureen McCormickEve PlumbJerry HouserThe story of Marcia and Jan's lives as newlyweds with their husbands.
- StarsFlorence HendersonRobert ReedAnn B. DavisThe Brady family sings, dances, and performs comedy skits.
- StarsJerry LewisBill RichmondHenry CordenJerry Lewis hosted the variety show that primarily consisted of skits often featuring characters he made known in his movies. Occasionally guests like the Osmond Brothers worked musical numbers into the show's stories.
- CreatorFred HamiltonStarsDean MartinJerry LewisAl GoodmanThis was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
- StarsBob HopeLes BrownLes Brown and His Band of RenownThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
- StarsJoan RiversSoupy SalesSteve LawrenceJohn Rivers interviews different people about different subjects using her humor
- CreatorPeyoStarsDon MessickDanny GoldmanLucille BlissThe Smurfs are tiny blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a peaceful forest. They repeatedly try to outwit Gargamel, an evil sorcerer, his apprentice, Scruple, and his mangy cat, Azrael.
- StarsMichael BellB.J. WardFrank WelkerThe Snorks are playful, multicolored underwater creatures that use their built-in snorkels to dart about and make music.
- StarsChuck McClendonJulie McWhirterDanny BonaduceThe adventures of a futuristic version of the Partridge Family.
- StarsJoel CooperDonald FulliloveMike MartinezThe animated musical adventures of the Jackson brothers.
- StarsDonny OsmondPaul FreesJames A. OsmondIn the early 1970s, white America could not allow the success of the Jackson 5 to go unchallenged. The Osmonds were their answer. It was not a great answer.
- StarsJack LescoulieThe June Taylor DancersRay BlochLive variety show with Jackie Gleason.
- CreatorHoward LeedsStarsRichard ChristieMarla PenningtonJerry SupiranThe zany adventures of a suburban family, their next-door neighbors, and an innovative robot designed to look like a human child.
- StarsBing CrosbyDick TufeldMitchell Ayres OrchestraVarious guest hosts present a musical variety show.
- StarsGroucho MarxGeorge FennemanMelinda MarxGroucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
- CreatorDick ClairJenna McMahonStu SilverStarsGail EdwardsBarrie YoungfellowPaul KreppelThis series featured a group of waitresses (and a pianist, Sonny) who work at a fancy restaurant at the top of a skyscraper.
- CreatorMark RothmanDan GuntzelmanSteve MarshallStarsGeorge WynerPat CarrollLou RichardsHildy Granger lives in a town near Lake Tahoe. Her husband's the Sheriff and after his death, she's made his successor. And she tries to balance her work with raising her two children. One of her deputies, Max is irate that he wasn't named Sheriff and is constantly trying to upstage her.
- StarsBud CollyerDolores RosedaleBern BennettClassic game show where couples (and sometimes families) competed to win prizes by completing stunts within a time limit.
- CreatorDon FeddersonEdmund L. HartmannStarsBrian KeithKathy GarverAnissa JonesBill's comfortable lifestyle must change when he receives a group of unexpected long-term guests.
- StarsEve PlumbMike LookinlandSusan OlsenThe Brady kids form a pop group and go on adventures with their newfound friends: two pandas, a shaggy dog and a magical bird.
- CreatorDavid W. DuclonStarsSoleil Moon FryeGeorge GaynesCherie JohnsonYoung Punky Brewster is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket. When she befriends Henry Warnimont, her new family life begins.
- CreatorDavid W. DuclonStarsDavid MendenhallVince EdwardsShavar RossThe adventures of Punky Brewster and her pet Glomer, who was a magical leprechaun gopher.
- CreatorLloyd J. SchwartzSherwood SchwartzStarsFlorence HendersonRobert ReedEve PlumbA look at the lives of the Brady family all grown up, and the next generation.
- StarsSid CaesarCarl ReinerHoward MorrisA sketch-comedy television series, featuring Sid Caesar as the main star. It was based on Caesar's previous comedy shows, "Admiral Broadway Revue" and "Your Show of Shows", but often featured lengthier sketches than either of them. The series used most of the same cast and writers as the previous shows. The unavailable Imogene Coca (Caesar's long-time comedy partner) was replaced by Nanette Fabray. Several sketches were parodies of film genres, and others were satirical portrayals of the acting profession.
- StarsJimmy DuranteEddie JacksonJack RothA half-hour variety show, hosted by the veteran vaudevillian Jimmy Durante. The show aired on NBC from October 1954, to June 1956.
- CreatorJoe GlaubergGarry MarshallDale McRavenStarsRobin WilliamsPam DawberRalph JamesA wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
- StarsRoy RogersDale EvansSons of the PioneersA Western-themed variety show, hosted by the married couple of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Rogers. It regularly featured the singing group Sons of the Pioneers, actor Pat Brady (Rogers' long-serving "sidecick"), and comedian Cliff Arquette (portraying his then-popular character, Charley Weaver). The series only lasted for 13 episodes, as the popularity of the hosts had declined by the early 1960s. The show was never particularly popular.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsClayton MooreJay SilverheelsLyle BettgerWealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.
- StarsImogene CocaJames MillhollinDee J. ThompsonGrindl is an employee of Foster Temporary Service, and her boss Anson Foster accepts a variety of jobs for his employees. Grindl works at everything from babysitting to theater ticket-taker, always finding unique ways to accomplish her tasks.
- StarsJerry MahoneyKnucklehead SmiffPaul WinchellThe Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, was a variety program which aired on NBC prime time from 1950 to 1954, starring ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummy, Jerry Mahoney. (1950)
- CreatorEd JamesStarsRobert YoungLauren ChapinJane WyattThe popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.
- CreatorEarl Hamner Jr.StarsJon WalmsleyMary Beth McDonoughEric ScottThe life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
- StarsDanny ThomasRusty HamerMarjorie LordDanny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
- StarsHarriet NelsonBrenda SykesSusan SennettAfter their two sons leave home, Ozzie and Harriet rent their rooms to two beautiful college girls.
- StarsDanny ThomasMarjorie LordAngela CartwrightAn aging entertainer and his wife take on care of their 6-year-old grandson.
- CreatorDee LaDukeBrown JohnsonDebby BeeceStarsDavid BrisbinKelly BrownDebi KalmanA group of friends work together with their boss at a dude ranch and go through many fun moments and mishaps along the way.
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene RyanA nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.
- CreatorSheldon LeonardAaron RubenDanny ThomasStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsWidower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
- CreatorLouis F. EdelmanStarsJoey BishopJoe BesserAbby DaltonJoey Bishop stars as Joey Barnes, a New York talk show host, in this half-hour filmed series about the misadventures of a Hollywood public-relations man.
- CreatorSidney SheldonStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanBill DailyA United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.