Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her powerful voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage." Among the many standards introduced by Merman in Broadway musicals are "I Got Rhythm", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "It's De-Lovely", "Friendship", "You're the Top", "Anything Goes", and "There's No Business Like Show Business", which later became her theme song. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ethel Merman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Ethel Merman
  • Popularity: 6.227
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-01-16
  • Place of Birth: Astoria, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Ethel Agnes Zimmermann
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Ethel Merman Movies

  • 1980
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    Airplane!

    Airplane!

    7.3 1980 HD

    An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

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  • 1930
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    The Cave Club

    The Cave Club

    1 1930 HD

    Begins with night club life in the Stone Age and evolves to the modern world of 1930.

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  • 1954
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    There's No Business Like Show Business

    There's No Business Like Show Business

    6 1954 HD

    Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to...

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  • 1963
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    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    7 1963 HD

    A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is...

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  • 1934
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    We're Not Dressing

    We're Not Dressing

    6.6 1934 HD

    Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to...

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  • 1979
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    Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

    Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

    6.6 1979 HD

    Winterbolt is trying to make the North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and others to...

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  • 1976
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    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    4.1 1976 HD

    A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

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  • 1938
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    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    6.6 1938 HD

    Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls...

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  • 1938
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    Happy Landing

    Happy Landing

    5.3 1938 HD

    Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

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  • 1953
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    Call Me Madam

    Call Me Madam

    6.3 1953 HD

    Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.

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  • 1985
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    Muppet Treasures

    Muppet Treasures

    1 1985 HD

    Fozzie and Kermit have come across a priceless collection of great moments in the career of the Muppets. This collection features many Muppet TV...

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  • 2005
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    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

    Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

    7.2 2005 HD

    Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great...

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  • 1967
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    The Mountains of the Moon

    The Mountains of the Moon

    1 1967 HD

    A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it is inhabited by a bloodthirsty tribe. Luckily...

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  • 1965
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    The Art of Love

    The Art of Love

    5.3 1965 HD

    Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

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  • 1932
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    Time on My Hands

    Time on My Hands

    2 1932 HD

    In this surrealist entry, a fisherman deals with rebellious worms; a diver flirts with a Betty Boop-like mermaid who becomes Ethel Merman, singing...

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  • 1936
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    Strike Me Pink

    Strike Me Pink

    6.6 1936 HD

    Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

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  • 1932
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    Let Me Call You Sweetheart

    Let Me Call You Sweetheart

    4 1932 HD

    Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the title song.

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  • 1932
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    You Try Somebody Else

    You Try Somebody Else

    2.8 1932 HD

    Ethel Merman sings the title song with a Bouncing Ball. Animated sequence: a cat burglar, just out of jail, raids Betty Boop's icebox.

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  • 1936
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    Anything Goes

    Anything Goes

    5.4 1936 HD

    A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However,...

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  • 1930
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    Her Future

    Her Future

    6 1930 HD

    A defendant pleads her case in court and promises to stay out of trouble from now on through singing.

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  • 1935
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    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    5.375 1935 HD

    Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions...

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  • 1995
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    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

    8 1995 HD

    From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...

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  • 1938
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    Straight, Place and Show

    Straight, Place and Show

    6 1938 HD

    The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his...

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  • 1930
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    Follow the Leader

    Follow the Leader

    5.2 1930 HD

    A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her...

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  • 1934
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    Kid Millions

    Kid Millions

    6.5 1934 HD

    A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

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  • 2023
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    It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

    It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

    1 2023 HD

    Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist Daniel Kremer seamlessly edits Michelangelo...

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  • 1990
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    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    1 1990 HD

    Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and...

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  • 1986
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    The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

    The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

    5 1986 HD

    For the first time in their careers, all the Muppets (except the ones that couldn't make it, like the Doozers, Gorgs and most of the Fraggles) have...

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  • 1967
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    Annie Get Your Gun

    Annie Get Your Gun

    1 1967 HD

    TV Movie musical of wild west sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

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  • 1999
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    Television: The First Fifty Years

    Television: The First Fifty Years

    1 1999 HD

    Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter...

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  • 1943
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    Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

    6.1 1943 HD

    A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a...

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  • 1931
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    Be Like Me

    Be Like Me

    7 1931 HD

    Ethel runs a run down saloon in Nicaragua. Word arrives that the soldiers are pulling out, and most of the American miners and all of the women must...

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  • 1932
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    Ireno

    Ireno

    6 1932 HD

    Singer Irene is in Reno for a divorce, though her friend Bob tries to convince her it's all a mistake. Then husband Cliff shows up.

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  • 1931
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    Devil Sea

    Devil Sea

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Roaming

    Roaming

    5 1931 HD

    A medicine show singer finds her love.

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  • 1931
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    Old Man Blues

    Old Man Blues

    5 1931 HD

    A woman sundered from her sweetheart sings the title song as a duet with a personified Old Man Blues, in fog-shrouded woodland.

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  • 1933
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    Song Shopping

    Song Shopping

    3.5 1933 HD

    Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.

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  • 1978
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    A Special Sesame Street Christmas

    A Special Sesame Street Christmas

    8 1978 HD

    Leslie Uggams hosts this take on A Christmas Carol, where she and fellow guest stars, Anne Murray, Imogene Coca, and Dickie Smothers try to get Oscar...

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  • 2005
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    Judy Garland Duets

    Judy Garland Duets

    1 2005 HD

    Judy performs beloved musical numbers with Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, and more in this series of classic duets from The Judy Garland Show.

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  • 1968
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    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    The Dean Martin Christmas Show

    7.6 1968 HD

    A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

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  • 2013
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    Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

    7.2 2013 HD

    This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1991
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    Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    1 1991 HD

    A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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  • 2017
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    This Is Bob Hope...

    This Is Bob Hope...

    8 2017 HD

    During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the...

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  • 2003
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    Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show

    Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show

    1 2003 HD

    Relive the dazzling show stopping songs, dances and production numbers from some of your favorite Broadway musicals. Great Broadway Musical Moments...

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  • 1953
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    The Ford 50th Anniversary Show

    The Ford 50th Anniversary Show

    8 1953 HD

    The program was the first so-called "Television Spectacular". Ford presented the show without commercial interruption. It is believed to be the first...

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  • 1985
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    The Best of Broadway

    The Best of Broadway

    1 1985 HD

    Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original...

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  • 1963
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    Marilyn

    Marilyn

    6 1963 HD

    This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox...

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  • 1954
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    Anything Goes

    Anything Goes

    6 1954 HD

    On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man...

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  • 1968
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    Around the World of Mike Todd

    Around the World of Mike Todd

    6 1968 HD

    "Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in producing 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Numerous...

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  • 1972
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    Journey Back to Oz

    Journey Back to Oz

    5.3 1972 HD

    Dorothy and Toto return to the Land of Oz to find the Scarecrow as ruler of the Emerald City. Unfortunately for the new mayor, the wicked Mombi is...

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  • 2017
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    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    1 2017 HD

    Documentary about the star-studded pre-inaugural gala that took place on January 19, 1961 to celebrate John F. Kennedy's election.

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  • 1979
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    The Muppets Go Hollywood

    The Muppets Go Hollywood

    6.3 1979 HD

    Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet...

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  • 1979
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    Musical Comedy Tonight

    Musical Comedy Tonight

    1 1979 HD

    First of three programs about musical theatre hosted by writer-composer-lyricist Sylvia Fine.

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  • 1972
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    S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

    S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin

    1 1972 HD

    A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin

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  • 2003
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    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    7 2003 HD

    Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. ...

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 2009
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    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    1 2009 HD

    A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1963
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    5.3 1963 HD

    Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks...

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  • 1966
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    Batman

    Batman

    7.3 1966 HD

    Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret...

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  • 1966
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    That Girl

    That Girl

    6.1 1966 HD

    That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who...

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.1 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1976
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    The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

    8 1976 HD

    Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970....

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  • 1966
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    Tarzan

    Tarzan

    6.7 1966 HD

    Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of...

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    4 1956 HD

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was...

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  • 1963
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    Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

    1 1963 HD

    The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was...

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  • 1955
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    The Chevy Show

    The Chevy Show

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1968
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    Cilla

    Cilla

    10 1968 HD

    A mostly live weekly entertainment show starring Cilla Black and her special guests.

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1959
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    Startime

    Startime

    6 1959 HD

    Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was...

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  • 1963
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    The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show

    8 1963 HD

    The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season....

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1968
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    That's Life

    That's Life

    6 1968 HD

    That's Life is a musical comedy series that appeared on the ABC television network in 1968–69, starring Robert Morse and E. J. Peaker as Bobby...

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  • 1951
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    The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

    7.4 1951 HD

    The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third...

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  • 1953
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    The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

    4 1953 HD

    The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the...

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  • 1954
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    The Best of Broadway

    The Best of Broadway

    1 1954 HD

    The Best of Broadway is a 60-minute television anthology series telecast live on CBS from 1954 to 1955 for a total of 9 episodes.

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1957
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    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    6.5 1957 HD

    DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also...

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  • 1967
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    The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

    7.5 1967 HD

    The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1959
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    The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

    6 1959 HD

    “The Bell Telephone Hour” was a musical variety show that aired on “NBC” TV from 12 January 1959 to 14 June 1968 that...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    4.9 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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