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Season 5 (NBC) (1953-54)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com) / UCLA Film and Television Archive
Lowell Sun, Independent Long Beach, Syracuse Herald,  Nashua Telegraph

###### Sid Caesar: Your Show Of Shows ########
############## season 5 1953-54 ##############
############### (final season) ###############
NBC Saturdays 9:00-10:30pm Eastern (90 min) (ends 5Jun54) (3 out of every 4 weeks)
(Every 4th week "All-Star Revue")
Regulars: Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca

5.01 [131] Your Show of Shows [Season 5 Premiere]
12Sep1953 NBC Sat
Guests
Coloratura soprano Lily Pons
singer Nat "King" Cole
and famous ballerina, making her TV debut Toumanova.
Also new talent feature with singer Joan Walker.

*Note: The old fixed format of the show has been discarded and in its place the new look will feature a fluid format
which can be varied or completely changed from week to week. Under the programming, fresh, new talent will be featured
on various telecasts. On the premiere show Producer-director Max Liebman will introduce a brilliant young singer,
Joan Walker, who has been appearing in concerts in this country since her arrival from her native Ireland a year ago.
Another important change will be inaugurated this season when "Your Show of Shows" is presented three weeks out of
every four instead of every week. The network's "All Star Revue" will occupy he Saturday night time period every fourth week.
In addition, the Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca series will originate from NBC's spacious Center Theater, where its tremendous
stage and facilities will allow for more ambitious production numbers and special effects.

*Note: News item:
Reaction to "Your Show of Shows" first of the season attempt last Saturday has been far from favorable. The major complaint
is that the old regulars are being missed. They were as much the stars of the series as Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca,
so it is being realized now that action has been taken to cure the show of "repetition". Last week's opener was a pretty
slow beginning of the series - it lacked the spark and vitality of past productions.

5.02 [132] Your Show of Shows
19Sep1953 NBC Sat
Lena Horne

5.03 [133] Your Show of Shows
26Sep1953 NBC Sat
Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander return to the show.
Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris will supply the comedy
and the spotlight will also shine on the young singer Dolores Hawkins, The Men of Song and singer Bob Monet.

5.04 [134] Your Show of Shows
10Oct1953 NBC Sat
Jean Pierre Aumont is the guest host.

5.05 [135] Your Show of Shows
17Oct1953 NBC Sat
Eddie Albert is the guest host.

5.06 [136] Your Show of Shows
24Oct1953 NBC Sat
Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg

5.07 [137] Your Show of Shows
07Nov1953 NBC Sat
Mata and Hari return to be guests.

5.08 [138] Your Show of Shows
14Nov1953 NBC Sat
Nina Foch is the guest hostess.

5.09 [139] Your Show of Shows
21Nov1953 NBC Sat
Margaret Hayes is the guest hostess.

5.10 [140] Your Show of Shows
05Dec1953 NBC Sat
Faye Emerson is the guest hostess.

5.11 [141] Your Show of Shows
12Dec1953 NBC Sat
Claude Dauphin is the guest host.

5.12 [142] Your Show of Shows
02Jan1954 NBC Sat
Jayne Meadows is the guest hostess.

5.13 [143] Your Show of Shows
09Jan1954 NBC Sat
Marilyn Maxwell is the guest hostess.

5.14 [144] Your Show of Shows
16Jan1954 NBC Sat
Charlton Heston is the guest host.

5.15 [145] Your Show of Shows
30Jan1954 NBC Sat
Angela Lansbury is the guest hostess.

5.16 [146] Your Show of Shows
06Feb1954 NBC Sat
Margaret Truman is the guest hostess.

5.17 [147] Your Show of Shows
13Feb1954 NBC Sat
Eddie Albert is the guest host.

5.18 [148] Your Show of Shows
27Feb1954 NBC Sat
Jackie Cooper is the guest host.

5.19 [149] Your Show of Shows
06Mar1954 NBC Sat
Zachary Scott is the guest host.

5.20 [150] Your Show of Shows
27Mar1954 NBC Sat
Rita Gam is the guest hostess.

5.21 [151] Your Show of Shows
03Apr1954 NBC Sat
Phyllis Kirk is the guest hostess.

5.22 [152] Your Show of Shows
24Apr1954 NBC Sat
Pat Crowley is the guest hostess.

5.23 [153] Your Show of Shows
01May1954 NBC Sat
Louis Jourdan is the guest host.

5.24 [154] Your Show of Shows
08May1954 NBC Sat
Eddie Albert is the guest host.

5.25 [155] Your Show of Shows
29May1954 NBC Sat
Eartha Kitt is the guest hostess.

5.26 [156] Your Show of Shows [Final show of the series]
05Jun1954 NBC Sat
Faye Emerson is the guest hostess.

 ###### Sid Caesar: Your Show Of Shows ########
############## end of Season 5 ###############
##############################################

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