The Dinah Shore Show
The Dinah Shore Show | |
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Genre | Multi-camera |
Running time | 15 minutes (approx. 12-13 minutes excluding ads) |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | November 27, 1951 July 18, 1957 | –
The Dinah Shore Show is an American variety show which was broadcast by NBC from November 1951 to July 1957, sponsored by General Motors' Chevrolet division. For most of the program's run, it aired from 7:30 to 7:45 Eastern Time on Tuesday and Thursday nights, rounding out the time slot which featured the network's regular evening newscast (John Cameron Swayze's Camel News Caravan), which, like all such programs of the era, was then only 15 minutes in length.
Overview
The program, broadcast live, was hosted by namesake actress and singer
During this program's final season, it was reduced to appearing on Thursday nights only, with the Tuesday night slot going to
Reception
In 1951, media critic John Crosby commented, "The Dinah Shore Show is a triumph of simplicity", "it is the most intelligently thought out show that has yet come east from Hollywood" (at the time, Hollywood-produced shows were generally held in far lower regard than New York City-produced shows), and said "it's a very pretty show to watch".[1]
Hal Webman, in the December 8, 1951, edition of Billboard Magazine, praised writer, producer, director Alan Handley for picking "just the right camera angles with which properly to make Dinah appear so agreeable visually", for giving the episode reviewed a "whirlwind pace" and noted he "mercifully confined the Chevrolet commercials to one extremely effective filmed bit, and thus maintained the steady drive, flow and pacing of the entertainment portions of the show".[2]
Publisher Bob Lanigan in the March 9, 1952, edition of Brooklyn Eagle said "time has justified the original bouquets thrown at Dinah" and commented on the "elaborate and highly individual production numbers which would do justice to any high-budget, one-hour TV variety show".[3]
References
- ^ Crosby, John (December 24, 1951). "Dinah Shore's TV Show Is Triumph Of Simplicity". St. Petersburg Times. p. 11. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Webman, Hal (December 8, 1951). "Dinah Sure Never Was Finah In Hitting Her Own TV Pace". Billboard. p. 3. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%205%2FBrooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201952%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201952%20Grayscale%20-%201879.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
External links
- The Dinah Shore Show at IMDb
- Ten public domain episodes on the Internet Archive: January 1 1952, First song: "Just One of Those Things", First song: "It's A Lovely Day Today", First song: "Undecided", First song: "On the Sunny Side Of The Street", October 8 1953, First song: "Red Canary", March 17 1953, November 26 1953, December 3 1953,