The Leslie Uggams Show

The series was given the challenging time slot of 9:00 P.M. on Sunday nights which in the early to mid 60's had proven to be unsuccessful for such variety shows as The Judy Garland Show and The Garry Moore Show since the chief competition for both programs was the venerable western series Bonanza. When Moore's show was cancelled in January, 1967, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour^[3] premiered and immediately became a huge hit for CBS managing to more than hold its own against Bonanza. However, in the spring of 1969, CBS pulled that variety series due to its controversial content and scheduled Uggams's show for the 1969-1970 fall season. Scheduled opposite Bonanza, which was still a massive hit for NBC, and a series of fairly recent (by the standards of the era) movies on ABC, The Leslie Uggams Show had difficulty developing an audience^[4] and was cancelled in December 1969.^[1][5] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour took over the Sunday night slot on CBS starting on 21 December 1969,^[6] with Hee Haw taking over Campbell's vacated Wednesday night slot.^[7]

Cast

• Leslie Uggams.....Host
• Dennis Allen.....Regular
• Johnny Brown.....Regular
• Lillian Hayman.....Regular
• Lincoln Kilpatrick....Regular
• Allison Mills.....Regular
• Roger Carroll.....Announcer
• Nelson Riddle.....Orchestra Leader

Episodes

References

External links

• The Leslie Uggams Show at
  IMDb