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Season 2 (CBS) (1951-52)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated May 2019]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive

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Sponsored by Ecko Housewares
Live from Hollywood
CBS Tuesdays 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern
(60 min. then reduced to 30 min.)
(09-0ct-1951 to 01-Apr-1952)
(Opposite "The Milton Berle Show" on NBC)
Hosted by & Starring: Frank Sinatra

2.01 [37] Frank Sinatra Show
09Oct1951
Producer Max Gordon
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Perry Como
Frankie Laine
The Andrews Sisters
Broderick Crawford

2.02 [38] Frank Sinatra Show
16Oct1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Jackie Gleason
Anne Jeffreys
dancers Stanton and Luster

2.03 [39] Frank Sinatra Show
23Oct1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Dagmar, Mary McCarty, Jack E. Leonard

2.04 [40] Frank Sinatra Show
30Oct1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Georgia Gibbs, Jules Munshin, Eddie Mayehoff

2.05 [41] Frank Sinatra Show
06Nov1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Jackie Gleason, June Hutton, Grady Sutton, Pert Kelton, Roberta Lee, dancers Stanton and Luster

2.06 [42] Frank Sinatra Show
13Nov1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Jack Benny
June Hutton
10-year-old violinist Charles Castleman
comic Larry Griswold
Highlights:
Frank sings "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "My Concerto," "For You," and a reprise of "The House I Live In."
June sings "You Do Something To Me."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glfcnNaMNkA

2.07 [43] Frank Sinatra Show
20Nov1951
Producer Danny Dare
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Laraine Day
Leo Durocher
June Hutton
Jimmy Boyd
*Note: First show to originate from Hollywood.
New announcer is Bob Lemond and Danny Dare takes over as producer.

2.08 [44] Frank Sinatra Show
27Nov1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Arlene Dahl
George Tobias
Mike Mazurki
Jimmy Boyd
Mari Blanchard
Lenny Kent

2.09 [45] Frank Sinatra Show
04Dec1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Marie Wilson

2.10 [46] Frank Sinatra Show
11Dec1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
The Andrews Sisters
Roger Price
Joan Holloway
Henry Slate

2.11 [47] Frank Sinatra Show
18Dec1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Eddie Anderson
Eric Blore
Alan Mowbray
June Hutton
Lenny Kent

2.12 [48] Frank Sinatra Show
25Dec1951
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Edmund Gwenn
Marilyn Maxwell
Jimmy Boyd
The Dunhills

2.13 [49] Frank Sinatra Show [New Year's Day Show]
01Jan1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Louis Armstrong
Yvonne De Carlo
George DeWitt
and The Three Stooges.
Cameo by Alan Young
Highlights:
Frank throws a New Year's party, with The Three Stooges as his butlers. Frank sings "A Great Day" and "Oh! Look At Me Now"
(with new "morning after" lyrics that include the line, "You're in trouble, friends, when Ava starts to look like Marjorie Main.").
Louis sings and plays "I'm Confessin'," while Yvonne performs "Babalu" (in Spanish).
Frank and Yvonne get together for "Getting To Know You," and Frank and Louis duet on "Lonesome Man Blues."
George does impressions of singers Perry Como, Mel Tormé, Vaughn Monroe, Billy Eckstine, and Billy Daniels.
Frank plays Aladin in a magic lamp sketch.

2.14 [50] Frank Sinatra Show
08Jan1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Alan Young
Tennessee Ernie
Jimmy Boyd
Note: Ekco Products drops its sponsorship, and except for February 12th, the show is sustaining for the rest of its run.

2.15 [51] Frank Sinatra Show
15Jan1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Denise Darcel

2.16 [52] Frank Sinatra Show
22Jan1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
George McManus
Beatrice Kay
Buster Keaton
Joe Laurie Jr.
The Bell Sisters
Note: The Bell Sisters were seen frequently on early 1950s variety shows. In this, their first network TV appearance,
they perform their hit song "Bermuda."
Cartoonist George McManus was the creator of Maggie and Jiggs in the comic strip "Bringing Up Father".

2.17 [53] Frank Sinatra Show
29Jan1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Dick Haymes
Tom D'Andrea
Larry Blake
Patti Moore
Ben Lessy

2.18 [54] Frank Sinatra Show
05Feb1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Diana Lynn
Frank Fontaine
Ann Triole

2.19 [55] Frank Sinatra Show
12Feb1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Buster Keaton
Zsa Zsa Gabor
The Delta Rhythm Boys
June Hutton
Note: Elgin-American sponsors fifteen minutes of this single episode, as part of its pre-Valentine's Day sales effort.

2.20 [56] Frank Sinatra Show
19Feb1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
James Mason
Pamela Kellino
Jackie Coogan

2.21 [57] Frank Sinatra Show
26Feb1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Yma Sumac
Frank Fontaine
Leon Belasco
The Mandarines

2.22 [58] Frank Sinatra Show
04Mar1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Cass Daley
Liberace

2.23 [59] Frank Sinatra Show
11Mar1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
The Andrews Sisters
Jimmy Boyd
Larry Griswold

2.24 [60] Frank Sinatra Show
18Mar1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Victor Borge
Borah Minevitch's Rascals
June Hutton

2.25 [61] Frank Sinatra Show
25Mar1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Nancy Walker
Frank Fontaine
June Hutton

2.26 [62] Frank Sinatra Show
01Apr1952
Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
Frank Fontaine
June Hutton
The Diagoras

NOTE: Replaced by "The Sam Levenson Show" and "Draw to Win."

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