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The Fred Waring Show (1949-54)(1957)
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THE FRED WARING SHOW
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Produced and Directed by Bob Banner
for CBS

US Music Variety 1949-54; Summer 1957

Hosted by Fred Waring  and his Pennsylvanians

Regulars:
Joanne Wheatley
Daisy Bernier
Joe Marino
Keith & Sylvia Textor
Virginia & Livingston Gearhart
Hugh Brannum
Suzanne Lovell
Joan Woodward
Gordon Goodman
Bob Sands
Nadine Gae
Frances Wyatt

Announcer: Red Barber

 ############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############ season 1 Spring 1949 ############
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CBS Sundays 9:00-10:00pm (60 min)

1.01 [--] The Fred Waring Show: [Premiere]
17Apr1949 CBS Sun
Guest
Soprano Jane Wilson

1.02 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
24Apr1949 CBS Sun

1.03 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
01May1949 CBS Sun

1.04 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
08May1949 CBS Sun

1.05 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
15May1949 CBS Sun

1.06 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
22May1949 CBS Sun

1.07 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
29May1949 CBS Sun

1.08 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
05Jun1949 CBS Sun

1.09 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
12Jun1949 CBS Sun

1.10 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
19Jun1949 CBS Sun

1.11 [--] The Fred Waring Show:
26Jun1949 CBS Sun

*NOTE: Movies aired in Fred's spot until the new season.

############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############## season 2 1949-50 ##############
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CBS Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern (60 min)

(Sunday 25th September 1949 New York Times)

2.01 [12] The Fred Waring Show:  [Season 2 Premiere]
25Sep1949 CBS Sun

2.02 [13] The Fred Waring Show:
02Oct1949 CBS Sun

2.03 [14] The Fred Waring Show:
09Oct1949 CBS Sun

2.04 [15] The Fred Waring Show:
16Oct1949 CBS Sun

2.05 [16] The Fred Waring Show:
23Oct1949 CBS Sun

2.06 [17] The Fred Waring Show:
30Oct1949 CBS Sun

2.07 [18] The Fred Waring Show:
06Nov1949 CBS Sun

2.08 [19] The Fred Waring Show:
13Nov1949 CBS Sun

2.09 [20] The Fred Waring Show:
20Nov1949 CBS Sun

2.10 [21] The Fred Waring Show:
27Nov1949 CBS Sun

2.11 [22] The Fred Waring Show:
04Dec1949 CBS Sun

2.12 [23] The Fred Waring Show:
11Dec1949 CBS Sun

2.13 [24] The Fred Waring Show:
18Dec1949 CBS Sun

2.14 [25] The Fred Waring Show:
25Dec1949 CBS Sun

2.15 [26] The Fred Waring Show:
01Jan1950 CBS Sun

2.16 [27] The Fred Waring Show:
08Jan1950 CBS Sun

2.17 [28] The Fred Waring Show:
15Jan1950 CBS Sun

2.18 [29] The Fred Waring Show:
22Jan1950 CBS Sun

2.19 [30] The Fred Waring Show:
29Jan1950 CBS Sun

2.20 [31] The Fred Waring Show:
05Feb1950 CBS Sun

2.21 [32] The Fred Waring Show:
12Feb1950 CBS Sun

2.22 [33] The Fred Waring Show:
19Feb1950 CBS Sun

2.23 [34] The Fred Waring Show:
26Feb1950 CBS Sun

2.24 [35] The Fred Waring Show:
05Mar1950 CBS Sun

2.25 [36] The Fred Waring Show:
12Mar1950 CBS Sun

2.26 [37] The Fred Waring Show:
19Mar1950 CBS Sun

2.27 [38] The Fred Waring Show:
26Mar1950 CBS Sun

2.28 [39] The Fred Waring Show:
02Apr1950 CBS Sun

2.29 [40] The Fred Waring Show:
09Apr1950 CBS Sun

2.30 [41] The Fred Waring Show:
16Apr1950 CBS Sun

2.31 [42] The Fred Waring Show:
23Apr1950 CBS Sun

2.32 [43] The Fred Waring Show:
30Apr1950 CBS Sun

2.33 [44] The Fred Waring Show:
07May1950 CBS Sun

2.34 [45] The Fred Waring Show:
14May1950 CBS Sun

2.35 [46] The Fred Waring Show:
21May1950 CBS Sun

2.36 [47] The Fred Waring Show:
28May1950 CBS Sun

2.37 [48] The Fred Waring Show:
04Jun1950
Jay Johnson and his wife Ann Morath perform
a musical adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benet's poem "John Brown's Body".

2.38 [49] The Fred Waring Show:
11Jun1950

2.39 [50] The Fred Waring Show:
18Jun1950
*NOTE: Last show of the second season, "The Faye Emerson Show" takes Fred's timeslot.

############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############## season 3 1950-51 ##############
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CBS Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern (60 min)

3.01 [51] The Fred Waring Show:  [Season 3 Premiere]
24Sep1950 CBS Sun

3.02 [52] The Fred Waring Show:
01Oct1950 CBS Sun

3.03 [53] The Fred Waring Show:
08Oct1950 CBS Sun

3.04 [54] The Fred Waring Show:
15Oct1950 CBS Sun

3.05 [55] The Fred Waring Show:
22Oct1950 CBS Sun

3.06 [56] The Fred Waring Show:
29Oct1950 CBS Sun

3.07 [57] The Fred Waring Show:
05Nov1950 CBS Sun

3.08 [58] The Fred Waring Show:
12Nov1950 CBS Sun

3.09 [59] The Fred Waring Show:
19Nov1950 CBS Sun

3.10 [60] The Fred Waring Show:
26Nov1950 CBS Sun

3.11 [61] The Fred Waring Show:
03Dec1950 CBS Sun

3.12 [62] The Fred Waring Show:
10Dec1950 CBS Sun

3.13 [63] The Fred Waring Show:
17Dec1950 CBS Sun

3.14 [64] The Fred Waring Show:
24Dec1950 CBS Sun

3.15 [65] The Fred Waring Show:
31Dec1950 CBS Sun

3.16 [66] The Fred Waring Show:
07Jan1951 CBS Sun

3.17 [67] The Fred Waring Show:
14Jan1951 CBS Sun

3.18 [68] The Fred Waring Show:
21Jan1951 CBS Sun

3.19 [69] The Fred Waring Show:
28Jan1951 CBS Sun

3.20 [70] The Fred Waring Show:
04Feb1951 CBS Sun

3.21 [71] The Fred Waring Show:
11Feb1951 CBS Sun

3.22 [72] The Fred Waring Show:
18Feb1951 CBS Sun

3.23 [73] The Fred Waring Show:
25Feb1951 CBS Sun

3.24 [74] The Fred Waring Show:
04Mar1951 CBS Sun

3.25 [75] The Fred Waring Show:
11Mar1951 CBS Sun

3.26 [76] The Fred Waring Show:
18Mar1951 CBS Sun
Guests:
Walt Disney
Kathryn Beaumont ... Alice
Hugh Brannum ....... The Mad Hatter
Sterling Holloway .. Cheshire Cat

3.27 [77] The Fred Waring Show:
25Mar1951 CBS Sun

3.28 [78] The Fred Waring Show:
01Apr1951 CBS Sun

3.29 [79] The Fred Waring Show:
08Apr1951 CBS Sun

3.30 [80] The Fred Waring Show:
15Apr1951 CBS Sun

3.31 [81] The Fred Waring Show:
22Apr1951 CBS Sun
Guest
Celeste Holm

3.32 [82] The Fred Waring Show:
29Apr1951 CBS Sun
Guest
Garry Moore

3.33 [83] The Fred Waring Show:
06May1951 CBS Sun

3.34 [84] The Fred Waring Show:
13May1951 CBS Sun
Guest
Herb Shriner

3.35 [85] The Fred Waring Show:
20May1951 CBS Sun

3.36 [86] The Fred Waring Show:
27May1951 CBS Sun
Guest
Victor Borge

3.37 [87] The Fred Waring Show:
03Jun1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Roland Young

3.38 [88] The Fred Waring Show:
10Jun1951 CBS Sun
Guests
McSharry Sisters

3.39 [89] The Fred Waring Show:
17Jun1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Sarah Churchill
Jeffrey Lynn

3.40 [90] The Fred Waring Show:
24Jun1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Kathy Beaumont
McSharry Sisters
*NOTE: Last show of the third season. "General Electric Guest House" takes Fred's place. (1Jul51-26Aug51)

 ############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############## season 4 1951-52 ##############
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CBS Sundays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern (60 min)

4.01 [91] The Fred Waring Show: [Premiere of Season 4]
09Sep1951 CBS Sun
Guests
June Havoc

4.02 [92] The Fred Waring Show:
16Sep1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn

4.03 [93] The Fred Waring Show:
23Sep1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Beatrice Kay

4.04 [94] The Fred Waring Show:
30Sep1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Pat O'Brien

4.05 [95] The Fred Waring Show:
07Oct1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Rudy Vallee

4.06 [96] The Fred Waring Show:
14Oct1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barry Nelson

4.07 [97] The Fred Waring Show:
21Oct1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Boris Karloff

4.08 [98] The Fred Waring Show:
28Oct1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Raymond Massey

4.09 [99] The Fred Waring Show:
04Nov1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Bobby Clark

4.10 [100] The Fred Waring Show:
11Nov1951 CBS Sun
Guests
June Havoc

4.11 [101] The Fred Waring Show:
18Nov1951 CBS Sun

4.12 [102] The Fred Waring Show:
25Nov1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Tribute to Rodgers and Hart

4.13 [103] The Fred Waring Show:
02Dec1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Celeste Holm

4.14 [104] The Fred Waring Show:
09Dec1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Victor Borge

4.15 [105] The Fred Waring Show:
16Dec1951 CBS Sun
Guests
Ann Sothern

4.16 [106] The Fred Waring Show:
23Dec1951 CBS Sun

4.17 [107] The Fred Waring Show:
30Dec1951 CBS Sun

4.18 [108] The Fred Waring Show:
06Jan1952 CBS Sun
Guests
Pearl Bailey

4.19 [109] The Fred Waring Show:
13Jan1952 CBS Sun

4.20 [110] The Fred Waring Show:
20Jan1952 CBS Sun

4.21 [111] The Fred Waring Show:
27Jan1952 CBS Sun

4.22 [112] The Fred Waring Show:
03Feb1952 CBS Sun

4.23 [113] The Fred Waring Show:
10Feb1952 CBS Sun

4.24 [114] The Fred Waring Show:
17Feb1952 CBS Sun

4.25 [115] The Fred Waring Show:
24Feb1952 CBS Sun

4.26 [116] The Fred Waring Show:
02Mar1952 CBS Sun

4.27 [117] The Fred Waring Show:
09Mar1952 CBS Sun

4.28 [118] The Fred Waring Show:
16Mar1952 CBS Sun

4.29 [119] The Fred Waring Show:
23Mar1952 CBS Sun
Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker Suite" is the highlight in an elaborate production number in the Overture.
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies", "Hussian Trepak", "Toy Flutes" and "Waltz of the Flowers".

4.30 [120] The Fred Waring Show:
30Mar1952 CBS Sun

4.31 [121] The Fred Waring Show:
06Apr1952 CBS Sun

4.32 [122] The Fred Waring Show:
13Apr1952 CBS Sun

4.33 [123] The Fred Waring Show:
20Apr1952 CBS Sun

4.34 [124] The Fred Waring Show:
27Apr1952 CBS Sun

4.35 [125] The Fred Waring Show:
04May1952 CBS Sun

4.36 [126] The Fred Waring Show:
11May1952 CBS Sun

4.37 [127] The Fred Waring Show:
18May1952 CBS Sun

4.38 [128] The Fred Waring Show:
25May1952 CBS Sun

4.39 [129] The Fred Waring Show:
01Jun1952 CBS Sun

4.40 [130] The Fred Waring Show:
08Jun1952 CBS Sun

4.41 [131] The Fred Waring Show:
15Jun1952 CBS Sun

4.42 [132] The Fred Waring Show:
22Jun1952 CBS Sun

*NOTE: Last show of the fourth season, Fred's replacement for the summer is "Information Please"
with Clifton Fadiman, Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran and guest James A. Michener.

############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############## season 5 1952-53 ##############
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CBS Sundays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (30 min)
Second half of season shared this slot with General Electric Theater

5.01 [133] The Fred Waring Show: [Season 5 Premiere]
28Sep1952 CBS Sun

5.02 [134] The Fred Waring Show:
05Oct1952 CBS Sun

5.03 [135] The Fred Waring Show:
12Oct1952 CBS Sun

5.04 [136] The Fred Waring Show:
19Oct1952 CBS Sun

5.05 [137] The Fred Waring Show:
26Oct1952 CBS Sun

5.06 [138] The Fred Waring Show:
02Nov1952 CBS Sun

5.07 [139] The Fred Waring Show:
09Nov1952 CBS Sun

5.08 [140] The Fred Waring Show:
16Nov1952 CBS Sun

5.09 [141] The Fred Waring Show:
23Nov1952 CBS Sun

5.10 [142] The Fred Waring Show:
30Nov1952 CBS Sun

5.11 [143] The Fred Waring Show:
07Dec1952 CBS Sun

5.12 [144] The Fred Waring Show:
14Dec1952 CBS Sun

5.13 [145] The Fred Waring Show:
21Dec1952 CBS Sun

5.14 [146] The Fred Waring Show:
28Dec1952 CBS Sun

5.15 [147] The Fred Waring Show:
04Jan1953 CBS Sun

5.16 [148] The Fred Waring Show:
11Jan1953 CBS Sun

5.17 [149] The Fred Waring Show:
18Jan1953 CBS Sun

5.18 [150] The Fred Waring Show:
25Jan1953 CBS Sun

Second half of season shared this slot with General Electric Theater

5.19 [151] The Fred Waring Show:
15Feb1953 CBS Sun

5.20 [152] The Fred Waring Show:
08Mar1953 CBS Sun

5.21 [153] The Fred Waring Show:
29Mar1953 CBS Sun

5.22 [154] The Fred Waring Show:
05Apr1953 CBS Sun

5.23 [155] The Fred Waring Show:
12Apr1953 CBS Sun

5.24 [156] The Fred Waring Show:
19Apr1953 CBS Sun

5.25 [157] The Fred Waring Show:
26Apr1953 CBS Sun

5.26 [158] The Fred Waring Show:
03May1953 CBS Sun

5.27 [159] The Fred Waring Show:
10May1953 CBS Sun

5.28 [160] The Fred Waring Show:
17May1953 CBS Sun

5.29 [161] The Fred Waring Show:
24May1953 CBS Sun

5.30 [162] The Fred Waring Show:
31May1953 CBS Sun

5.31 [163] The Fred Waring Show:
07Jun1953 CBS Sun

5.32 [164] The Fred Waring Show:
14Jun1953 CBS Sun

5.33 [165] The Fred Waring Show:
21Jun1953 CBS Sun

*NOTE: General Electric starts up again with a repeat of "Ride the River" on June 28, 1953.
 

############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############## season 6 1953-54 ##############
######### (final season in primetime) ########
CBS Sundays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (30 min)
Shared this slot with  General Electric Theater

6.01 [166] The Fred Waring Show: [Season 6 Premiere]
27Sep1953 CBS Sun

6.02 [167] The Fred Waring Show:
04Oct1953 CBS Sun

6.03 [168] The Fred Waring Show:
11Oct1953 CBS Sun

2.09 [--] General Electric Theater: CONFESSION
18Oct53 CBS Sun

2.10 [--] General Electric Theater: WOMANS' WORLD
25Oct53 CBS Sun

6.04 [169] The Fred Waring Show:
01Nov1953 CBS Sun
Featuring a Musical Tour of the World.

6.05 [170] The Fred Waring Show:
08Nov1953 CBS Sun
Tribute to Armistice Day.

2.11 [--] General Electric Theater: THE HUNTED
15Nov53 CBS Sun

2.12 [--] General Electric Theater: ATOMIC LOVE
22Nov53 CBS Sun

2.13 [--] General Electric Theater: THE MARRIAGE FIX
29Nov53 CBS Sun

2.14 [--] General Electric Theater: THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
06Dec53 CBS Sun

6.06 [171] The Fred Waring Show:
13Dec1953 CBS Sun
The Baird Puppets

6.07 [172] The Fred Waring Show:
20Dec1953 CBS Sun
Christmas music

[--] The Fred Waring Show:
3Jan54 CBS Sun
pre-empted for The Bing Crosby Show Special #1

6.08 [173] The Fred Waring Show:
10Jan1954 CBS Sun
Saluting the Ladies

6.09 [174] The Fred Waring Show:
17Jan1954 CBS Sun
A tribute to several late composer friends. George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Peter de Rose, Gus Kahn, Dick Whiting
and Fred Ahlert.
Songs included are
Gus Kahn's "Memories"
Fred Ahlert's "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
Also appearing are the duo-piano team of Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart.

2.15 [--] General Electric Theater: WALKING JOHN STOPPED HERE (film)
24Jan54 CBS Sun

6.10 [175] The Fred Waring Show:
31Jan1954 CBS Sun
Love Songs

6.11 [176] The Fred Waring Show:
07Feb1954 CBS Sun

2.16 [--] General Electric Theater: FOGGY NIGHT
14Feb54 CBS Sun

2.17 [--] General Electric Theater: HERE COMES CALVIN
21Feb54 CBS Sun

6.12 [177] The Fred Waring Show:
28Feb1954 CBS Sun
Musical salute to "Our American Heritage".

6.13 [178] The Fred Waring Show:
07Mar1954 CBS Sun

2.18 [--] General Electric Theater: ANOTHER SUNLIGHT (aka The Other Sunlight)
14Mar54 CBS Sun

6.14 [179] The Fred Waring Show:
21Mar1954 CBS Sun

[--] The Fred Waring Show:
28Mar1954 CBS Sun
pre-empted for General Foods Anniversary Show
Selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's productions "South Pacific" with Mary martin, Ezio Pinza;
"Oklahoma" with Gordon MacRae, Florence Henderson; "Me and Juliet" with Tony Martin, Rosemary Clooney;
"The King and I" with Yul Brynner, Patricia Morison; "Carousel" with John Raitt, Jan Clayton;
"Allegro" with Bill Hayes, Janet Gaylord.
Plus Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan, Groucho Marx, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.

2.19 [--] General Electric Theater: PARDON MY AUNT
04Apr54 CBS Sun

6.15 [180] The Fred Waring Show:
11Apr1954 CBS Sun
Folk Songs

6.16 [181] The Fred Waring Show:
18Apr1954 CBS Sun
Songs of Easter

[--] The Fred Waring Show:
25Apr1954 CBS Sun
pre-empted for The Bing Crosby Show Special #2
with Joanne Gilbert, The Wiere Brothers and Buddy Cole.

2.20 [--] General Electric Theater: TO LIFT A FEATHER
02May54 CBS Sun

6.17 [182] The Fred Waring Show:
09May1954 CBS Sun
Salutes Mother's Day and Armed Forces Day.

2.21 [--] General Electric Theater: WILD LUKE'S BOY
16May54 CBS Sun (rerun 05Sep54)

2.22 [--] General Electric Theater: EXIT FOR MARGO
23May54 CBS Sun

6.18 [183] The Fred Waring Show: (final primetime show)
30May1954 CBS Sun
Memorial Day

 2.23 [--] General Electric Theater: YOU ARE YOUNG ONLY ONCE
06Jun54 CBS Sun

2.24 [--] General Electric Theater: THE CRIME OF DAPHNE RUTLEDGE
13Jun54 CBS Sun

2.25 [--] General Electric Theater: DESERT CROSSING
20Jun54 CBS Sun

############ Fred Waring Specials ############
############## 1954-55 ##############
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############ The Fred Waring Show ############
############ season 7 Summer 1957 ############
############### (final season) ###############
CBS Daytime 8 weeks (22Jul57-30Aug57)
Summer replacement for "The Garry Moore Show"

Broadcast from Fred Waring's Pennsylvania resort, Shawnee-on-the-Delaware

[01] The Fred Waring Show
22Jul1957 CBS Daytime
Fred Waring with the Pennsylvanians Orchestra and the Glee Club.

[02] The Fred Waring Show
29Jul1957 CBS Daytime

[03] The Fred Waring Show
05Aug1957 CBS Daytime

[04] The Fred Waring Show
12Aug1957 CBS Daytime

[05] The Fred Waring Show
19Aug1957 CBS Daytime

[06] The Fred Waring Show
26Aug1957 CBS Daytime

*Note: Last show of the series, The Garry Moore Show returns September 2, 1957.

############ The Fred Waring Show ############
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