1. PREMIERED 1956

    The NBC Comedy Hour

    NBC, 1956

1956

THE NBC COMEDY HOUR

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    Television series
  2. PREMIERED
    January 8, 195670 years ago
  3. FINALE
    June 10, 1956
  4. NETWORK
    NBC
  5. COUNTRY
    United States
  6. LANGUAGE
    English
  7. SEASONS
    1
  8. EPISODES
    18
  9. GENRE
    Comedy television series
  10. STARRING
    Jonathan Winters
  11. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 71 on January 8, 2027, in 67 days
  12. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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