| The Hank McCune Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Directed by | Charles Maxwell |
| Starring | Hank McCune |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Samuel Z. Arkoff Dick Farrell Hank McCune |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | United Television Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 9 – December 2, 1950 |
The Hank McCune Show is an American television sitcom. Filmed without a studio audience, the series is notable for being the first television program to incorporate a laugh track. [1]
The series began as a local Los Angeles program in 1949. NBC placed it on its national primetime schedule at the start of the 1950–51 season. It debuted at 7:00pm Eastern Time on September 9 and was cancelled three months later. It was briefly resurrected as a syndicated program in 1953–54, [2] but without a laugh track. [3]
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The premise foreshadowed that of The Larry Sanders Show in that it contained a show within a show. Former radio comedian McCune portrayed a television variety show host named after himself, and each week the character managed to blunder his way into a variety of comic predicaments.
The supporting cast included Larry Keating, Charles Maxwell, Frank Nelson, and Florence Bates.
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