The Dave Garroway Show (TV program)

*The Dave Garroway Show*
The Dave Garroway Show
	Dave Garroway
Genre	Variety
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 2, 1953 –; June 25, 1954

Last updated September 06, 2023

The Dave Garroway Show is an American television variety program that was broadcast on NBC from October 2, 1953, to June 25, 1954.^[1]

Vincent Terrace's Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 described the show as "A casual program of music, songs, and chatter."^[2] The 30-minute program was broadcast on Friday nights.^[1]

As the title indicated, Dave Garroway was the host. For the nine months that the program aired on Friday evenings, he was also host of the Today morning program.^[3] Other regulars on the program were Jack Haskell, Jill Corey, Cliff Norton, and Shirley Hammer, along with dancers Ken Spaulding and Diane Sinclair.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 200. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
↑ Forman, Murray (2012). One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount: Popular Music on Early Television. Duke University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0822350118 . Retrieved 13 June 2017.

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[tt-1] 1 2 3 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 200. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[etvs-2] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[3] Forman, Murray (2012). One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount: Popular Music on Early Television. Duke University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0822350118 . Retrieved 13 June 2017.

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