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Colgate Comedy Hour (1950-55)
Colgate Variety Hour (Fall 1955) / NBC Comedy Hour (Early 1956)
Episode Guide  compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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COLGATE COMEDY HOUR
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NBC Sundays 8-9pm Eastern (1950-55)

  (First Episode 10-Sept-1950) (Final episode 25-Dec-1955)
Hosted by Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  (most episodes)

 ############ Colgate Comedy Hour #############
############# season 1 1950-51 ##############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)

1.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 04-Feb-1951 NBC Sun

1.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 29-Apr-1951 NBC Sun

1.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: May-1951 NBC Sun

1.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour:  03-Jun-1951 NBC Sun

1.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 24-Jun-1951 NBC Sun

 ############ Colgate Comedy Hour #############
############# season 2 1951-52 ##############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)

2.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 04-Nov-1951 NBC Sun
No Details

2.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 13-Jan-1952 NBC Sun 
Guest: Rhonda Fleming  

2.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 03-Feb-1952 NBC Sun
 Starring: Donald O'Connor
with: Corinne Calvet, Kay Starr, Ben Blue, Gwen Carter, Sid Miller, Frank Nelson

 2.x [--] Colgate Comedy Hour: 10-Feb-1952 NBC Sun
No Details

############ Colgate Comedy Hour #############
############# season 3 1952-53 ##############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)

 

############ Colgate Comedy Hour #############
############# season 4 1953-54 ##############
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NBC: Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)
 

############ Colgate Comedy Hour #############
############# season 5 1954-55 ##############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)

Colgate Variety Hour (Fall 1955) (New Title)

####### Colgate Variety Hour (New Title) ########
############# season 6 Fall 1955 ############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)


 (Final episode of "Colgate Variety Hour" 25-Dec-1955 on NBC)

NBC Comedy Hour (Early 1956)  (New Title)

######## NBC Comedy Hour (New Title) ##########
############# season Early 1956 #############
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NBC Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
(competing with "Ed Sullivan" on CBS)
(8-Jan-1956 to 10-June-1956)

Retitled "NBC Comedy Hour" when Colgate dropped Sponsorship.

Different Hosts each week. Gale Storm regular host in Spring 1956

"The Steve Allen Show" took over this slot in the 1956-57 season

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