The Jack Benny Program (season 1)
The Jack Benny Program (season 1) | |
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Country of origin |
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No. of episodes | 4 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | October 28, 1950 – May 20, 1951 |
Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the premiere season (1950–51) of the television version of The Jack Benny Program.
Because Jack Benny, the show's host, creator and star, was unwilling to commit to the still-new technology of television on a weekly basis, the first television "season" of The Jack Benny Program consisted only of a series of four sporadically scheduled special broadcasts. It was not until season 5 that the program would settle into a regular biweekly time slot. The Jack Benny Program would last until 1965, but Jack would still occasionally do one-hour specials. The program was broadcast on CBS (until its final season), and the theme song was Love in Bloom.[1]
Episodes
- Nº = Overall episode number
- Ep = This season's episode number
Nº | Ep | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Premiere Show" | 28 October 1950 |
Special guest: Dinah Shore. | |||
2 | 2 | "Faye Emerson and Frank Sinatra Show" | 28 January 1951 |
Special guests: Faye Emerson, Frank Sinatra, and Frank Fontaine. | |||
3 | 3 | "Claudette Colbert and Basil Rathbone Show" | 1 April 1951 |
Special guests: Claudette Colbert, Basil Rathbone, and Robert Montgomery. | |||
4 | 4 | "Ben Hogan Show" | 20 May 1951 |
Special guest: Ben Hogan. |
References
- List of The Jack Benny Program episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of The Jack Benny Program episodes at TV.com
- The Jack Benny Program at epguides.com
- ↑ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The complete directory to prime time network TV shows, 1946-present, Ballantine Books, 1979, page 294. ISBN 0-345-25525-9 pbk