CTVA US Music Variety - "Sonny & Cher" (together & solo series)
(CBS/ABC)(1971-77)
CTVA The Classic TV Archive - US
Music Variety Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger[Updated
Nov 2020-TA]
references:
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The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
(1971-74)
Paul Brownstein productions
for
CBS
US Music Variety Comedy series 1971-74
videotaped in front of a live studio audience
Hosted by Cher (real name Cheriyln LaPierre) Sonny Bono (real name Salvatore Bono ) (1936-1998)
Regulars: Ted Zeigler (1971-74), Tom Solari (1971-72), Clark Carr (1971-72)
Murray
Langston (1971-74), Freeman King (1971-74), Peter Cullen (1971-74), Steve Martin (1972-73),
Teri
Garr (1973-74), Billy Van (1973-76), Bob "Super Dave Osborne" Einstein (1973-74),
Chastity Bono
(their daughter) (1973-74)
Music: The Jimmy Dale Orchestra (1971-73), The Marty Paich Orchestra (1973-74),
Singers & Dancers: The Earl Brown Singers (1971-1974) The Tony Mordente Dancers (1971-1974)
Background:
This musical variety show debuted as a CBS limited-run, summer-replacement
series on August 1, 1971. In December 1971,
CBS re-launched it as a regular series, where it ran until May 1974--coinciding
with a marital split between its
two stars. Two years and a couple of short-lived solo TV projects later, the
pair reunited for "The Sonny and Cher Show,"
which ran on CBS from Feb 1976 to August 1977. Yet this series failed to capture
the magic of their first effort,
which is now regarded as a classic in a genre which has all but vanished from
contemporary TV.
As a vehicle for this Southern Californian folk-pop-rock duo, the original
series capitalized on their complementary
personalities. Sonny and Cher together were like oil and vinegar. While Sonny
was ebullient and unctuous, Cher countered
with a strong dose of the tart and sour. Much of the banter between these two
was rooted in insult humor, with the targets
invariably being Sonny's shortness and Cher's nose. These carefully crafted
comic personas were drawn largely from the
pair's Las Vegas lounge act--which was perfected after a mid-1960s string of pop
hits, including "The Beat Goes On" and
"I Got You Babe."
In a style patterned upon "The Carol Burnett Show," Sonny and Cher mixed musical
numbers with comedy sketches, many of
them featuring recurring characters and settings. Two of the more popular
characters Cher created were Rosa, the sexy
waitress in the "Sonny's Pizza" sketches, and Laverne, the raspy-voiced
housewife who talked about men at the laundromat
in the "Dirty Linen" segments. Another regular feature was "Vamp," a collection
of mini-sketches in which Cher would
portray a series of historically notorious women.
"The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" is also remembered for its dazzling glitziness.
In addition to showcasing Cher in an
endless series of stunning and revealing Bob Mackie gowns, it also featured big
production numbers, special guests from
the worlds of music, comedy and cinema, and a stock company which included
future stars such as Steve Martin,
Teri Garr and Bob "Super Dave Osborne" Einstein.
After their split Sonny Bono went into politics and became a congressman
representing Palm Springs, Florida.
He died in a skiing accident in January 1998.
###### The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ########
############# season 1 summer 1971 ###########
############# summer replacement #############
CBS Sundays 8:30-9:30pm Eastern
Summer replacement series for "The Red Skelton Show."
Season 1 Regulars include: The Jimmy Dale Orchestra, Ted Zeigler, Tom Solari, Clark Carr,
Murray Langston, Freeman King, Peter Cullen,Chastity Bono (beginning with ep. 1.2)
1.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
01 Aug 1971 CBS Sun
Guest Cast: Jimmy Durante
Music:
Sonny and Cher perform "The Beat Goes On" and "It Don't Come Easy" (opening
medley)
Jimmy Durante is featured in a "Mrs. Robinson"/"Some Of These Days" production
number.
Cher sings "You Made Me Love You."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and
"Suspicious Minds."
Sonny and Cher close the show with "I Got You Babe."
Comedy:
Sonny sings a bit about "They Said I Sing Like a Frog."
Sonny sings "Close To You" as part of a comedy skit.
1.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
08 Aug 1971 CBS Sun
Guest: Ken Berry
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Joy To the World" (opening song)
Ken Berry sings and dances to "All I Need Is the Girl."
Cher sings "It Had To Be You."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "I Believe In Music" and "Put Your Hand In
the Hand."
Cher sings "Mountain Greenery," followed by John Wilson's animated film for "Big
Yellow Taxi" (also sung by Cher).
1.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
15 Aug 1971 CBS Sun
Guest: Glen Campbell
Gideon and Power (rock group)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "With a Little Help From My Friends" (opening song)
Cher sings "God Bless the Child."
Gideon and Power perform "In the Upper Room with Jesus."
Glen Campbell sings "Today Is Mine."
Glen joins Sonny and Cher for a medley of "Cry Like a Baby" and "Bad Moon
Rising"
1.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
22 Aug 1971 CBS Sun
Guest: Merv Griffin
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Games People Play" (opening song)
Cher sings "Stormy Weather."
Merv sings "What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?"
In a Big Band tribute segment, Cher and the Jimmy Dale Orchestra perform "Strike
Up the Band,"
"Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Play a
Little Samba"
and "Funky Nassau."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Stagger Lee" and "Rip It Up."
1.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
29 Aug 1971 CBS Sun
Guest: Phyllis Diller
Fanny (all-female rock group)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Proud Mary" (opening song)
Cher sings "We'll Meet Again" in a comedy bit.
Fanny performs "Charity Ball."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Two Of Us" and "We Can Work It Out."
Cher sings "Georgia On My Mind."
1.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (Summer Replacement Series Finale)
05 Sep 1971 CBS Sun
Guest: The Grass Roots
Music includes:
Sonny and Cher sing "Got To Get You Into My Life" (opening song)
Cher sings "More Than You Know."
The Grass Roots perform "Sooner or Later."
Sonny and Cher sing "Something" and "Maybe I'm Amazed"
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CBS Mondays 10pm Eastern
Season 2
Regulars: Ted Zeigler, Peter Cullen, Clark Carr, Tom Solari, Freeman King, Murray
Langston, Teri Garr, Steve Martin,
The Jimmy Dale Orchestra
2.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 7
27 Dec 1971 CBS Mon (repeated 27Mar1972)
Guests: Harvey Korman Carroll O'Connor (cameo, as The CBS Censor) Robert Merrill (cameo, as Archibald Bunker) Glenn Ford (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "All I Ever Need Is You" (opening song)
Cher sings "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of " Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" and
"Where You Lead (I Will Follow).”
John Wilson's animated films: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Sonny & Cher
vocals) and "One Tin Soldier" (Cher).
2.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 8
03 Jan 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 26Jun1972 and 04July1973)
Guests: Dinah Shore
Tony Curtis
Glen Campbell (cameo) George Burns (cameo) Carol Burnett (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Sooner Or Later" (opening song)
Cher sings "Come Rain Or Come Shine."
Dinah sings "The Song Is Love."
Sonny and Cher perform "Mr. Tambourine Man."
Dinah joins Sonny and Cher for "Joy To the World."
2.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 9
10 Jan 1972 CBS Mon
Guest Cast: Carroll O'Connor
Jean Stapleton (cameo) Jimmy Durante (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Good Day Sunshine" (opening song)
Cher sings "What a Diff’rence a Day Makes."
Carroll sings his own lyrics to "Remembering You," the closing theme song to the
"All In the Family" series.
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Stagger Lee" and "Rip It Up."
Carroll, Sonny & Cher close the show with a reprise of "Remembering You."
In repeat segments from 08 Aug 1971, Cher sings "Mountain Greenery"
followed by John Wilson's animated film for "Big Yellow Taxi" (sung by Cher).
2.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 10
17 Jan 1972 CBS Mon
Guest: Kate Smith
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "It Takes Two" (opening song)
Kate Smith sings "If He Walked Into My Life."
Cher sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Walk a Mile In My Shoes" and "Games People
Play."
2.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 11
24 Jan 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 19Jun1972 and 11July1973)
Guests: Chad Everett
Lorne Greene
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Put a Little Love In Your Heart" (opening song)
Chad Everett sings "Ain't No Sunshine."
Cher sings "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and
"Suspicious Minds."
2.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 12
31 Jan 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 01May1972 and 25July1973)
Guests: Tony Randall
Honey Cone (female vocal trio)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "More Today Than Yesterday" (opening song)
Cher sings "The Way Of Love"
Tony Randall sings "Heart of My Heart" as part of a comedy bit.
Honey Cone performs "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "We'll Sing In the Sunshine" and "You Are My
Sunshine"
John Wilson's animated film: "Brand New Key" sung by Cher.
2.7 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 13
7 Feb 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 03Apr1972 and 08Aug1973)
Guests: Mike Connors
Jean Stapleton
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "People Got To Be Free" (opening song)
Cher sings "Body and Soul."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "United We Stand" and "One, Two, Three."
2.8 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 14
14 Feb 1972 CBS Mon (repeated 17Apr1972)
Guest: Burt Reynolds
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Cry Like a Baby" (opening song)
Cher sings "Am I Blue?"
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Bad Moon Rising" and "The Letter"
2.9 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 15
21 Feb 1972 CBS Mon (repeated 05Jun1972)
Guest: Art Carney
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" (opening song)
Cher sings "Ain't Misbehavin'."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "You've Got a Friend" and "Here Comes That
Rainy Day Feeling Again."
2.10 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 16
28 Feb 1972 CBS Mon (repeated 10Apr1972)
Guests: Ken Berry
Ralph Edwards
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Eight Days a Week" (opening song)
Cher sings "As Time Goes By."
Sonny and Cher perform "Dancing In the Streets."
2.11 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 17
06 March 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 24Apr1972, 22Aug1973 and 23May1976)
Guests: Sandy Duncan
Burt Reynolds (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Got To Get You Into My Life" (opening song)
Cher sings "The Man That Got Away"
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and "My World Is
Empty Without You."
Comedy:
In a spoof of TV commercials, Sandy Duncan presents an elaborate song and dance
for "McTavish Aspirin."
2.12 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 18
13 March 1972 CBS Mon
(repeated 12Jun1972 & 15Aug1973)
Guests: George Burns David Clayton-Thomas (singer, formerly with Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with a medley of "The Beat Goes On" and "It Don't
Come Easy."
Cher sings "You Made Me Love You."
David Clayton-Thomas sings "Magnificent Sanctuary Band."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Two Of Us" and "We Can Work It Out."
2.13 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Show 19
20 March 1972 CBS Mon (repeated 22May1972)
Guests: Merv Griffin
Georgina Rizk, Miss Universe 1971 (cameo) Tony Mordente
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Get Ready" (opening song)
Cher sings "The Way Of Love."
Sonny sings "For Once In My Life" as an homage to Cher and Chastity.
Sonny and Cher sing "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done."
Repeats (Mondays 10pm Eastern):
27Mar1972 - repeat from 27 Dec 1971 (Harvey Korman, Robert Merrill, Carroll
O'Connor)
03Apr1972 - repeat from 7 Feb 1972 (Mike Connors, Jean Stapleton)
10Apr1972 - repeat from 28 Feb 1972 (Ken Berry, Ralph Edwards)
17Apr1972 - repeat from 14 Feb 1972 (Burt Reynolds)
24Apr1972 - repeat from 06 March 1972 (Sandy Duncan)
01May1972 - repeat from 31 Jan 1972 (Tony Randall, Honey Cone)
08May1972 - pre-empted for repeat of Anne Bancroft special, "Annie,
the Woman in the Life of a Man."
15May1972 - series pre-empted? Originally scheduled repeat, 24 Jan 1972 (Chad
Everett, Lorne Greene), was rescheduled for 19Jun1972.
22May1972 - repeat from 20 March 1972 (Merv Griffin, Miss Universe Georgina Rizk)
29May1972 - pre-empted for coverage of the Moscow Summit between U.S. President
Richard M. Nixon
and the Soviet Union's General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev.
(Originally scheduled repeat, 03 Jan 1972 w/Tony Curtis & Dinah Shore, was
rescheduled for 26Jun1972.)
05Jun1972 - repeat from 21 Feb 1972 (Art Carney)
12Jun1972 - repeat from 13 March 1972 (George Burns, David Clayton-Thomas)
19Jun1972 - repeat from 24 Jan 1972 (Chad Everett, Lorne Greene)
26Jun1972 - repeat from 03 Jan 1972 (Tony Curtis, Dinah Shore)
03Jul1972 - pre-empted for special: "Salute to a Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd"
10Jul1972 - pre-empted for The Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach.
##### The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ########
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CBS Fridays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern (12 episodes, 15Sep1972 - 01Dec1972)
CBS Wednesdays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern (12 episodes, 22Dec1972 - 21Mar1973)
Season 3 regulars: Ted Zeigler, Peter Cullen, Murray Langston, Freeman King, Teri Garr, Chastity
Bono,
The Jimmy Dale Orchestra
3.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
15 Sep 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Howard Keel The Jackson Five (Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon, Tito) Ronald Reagan (California Governor) Larry Storch
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Let Me Down Easy" (opening song) and "Brother Love's
Traveling Salvation Show"/"Mr. Tambourine Man" medley.
Cher solos on "Say It Isn't So."
The Jackson Five perform "Looking Through the Window"
Michael Jackson sings "Ben."
3.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
22 Sep 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Jerry Lewis The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Jean Terrell, Lynda Laurence) Bobby Sherman (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "With a Little Help From My Friends" (open) and "I Just Want
To Celebrate"/"Take a Look Around" medley.
Cher sings "He's Funny That Way."
The Supremes perform "Your Wonderful, Sweet, Sweet Love."
3.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
29 Sep 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Bobby Sherman
Chad Everett
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Happy Together" (open) and "Simple Song Of Freedom"/"Look
What They've Done To My Song, Ma" medley.
Cher sings "When the Sun Comes Out."
Bobby Sherman sings "Marching To the Music."
3.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
6 Oct 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Tony Curtis
Barbara McNair
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "For Once In My Life" (open) and "Thunder and Lightning."
Cher sings "A Song For You"
Barbara McNair sings a medley of "I Believe In Music" and "Without a Song"
3.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
13 Oct 1972 CBS Fri (repeated 13June1973)
Guest Cast: Jimmy Durante
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "There's a Kind Of Hush" (open) and "Up On Cripple Creek."
Cher sings "Why Was I Born?"
Gilbert O'Sullivan sings "Clair."
John Wilson's animated film: "The Candy Man" (sung by Sonny & Cher).
3.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
20 Oct 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Robert Goulet The Temptations (Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards, Damon Harris, Richard
Street, Otis Williams)
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Two Of Us" (open) and "You Don't Mess Around With Jim."
Cher sings "Can't Help Lovin' That Man Of Mine."
Robert Goulet sings "A House Is Not a Home."
The Temptations perform a medley of "Smiling Faces Sometimes," "Take a Look
Around" and "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)."
3.7 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
27 Oct 1972 CBS Fri (repeated 05Sep1973)
Guests: Rick Springfield
Van Johnson
William Conrad
Music:
Sonny & Cher perform "From Me To You" (open) and "Never Been To Spain."
Cher solos on "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother."
William Conrad sings "The Men In My Little Girl's Life."
Rick Springfield performs "What Would the Children Think?"
3.8 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
03 Nov 1972 CBS Fri (repeated 11July1973)
Guests: The Williams Brothers
Lorne Greene
Music:
Sonny & Cher perform "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" (open) and "Ease Your
Pain."
Cher sings "The Man I Love."
Lorne Greene sings "M-O-T-H-E-R."
The Williams Brothers (Andy's nephews Andy and David) sing "Falling, Falling,
Gone"
3.9 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
10 Nov 1972 CBS Fri
Guest: Bobby Darin
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "I Need You" (open) and a medley of "The Beat Goes On,"
"United We Stand" and "Without You."
Cher sings "Willow Weep For Me."
Bobby Darin sings "Sail Away."
3.10 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
17 Nov 1972 CBS Fri (repeated 18July1973)
Guest: Ken Berry
The New Seekers
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "You've Got Your Troubles" and a medley of "Stagger Lee" and
"Rip It Up."
Cher sings "By Myself."
Ken Berry sings and tap dances to "I Can't Be Bothered Now."
The New Seekers sing "Come Softly To Me."
3.11 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
24 Nov 1972 CBS Fri
Guests: Bobby Vinton
Jim Brown
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Bad Moon Rising" and "Together Let's Find Love."
Cher sings "Here's That Rainy Day."
Bobby Vinton sings "Sealed With a Kiss."
Jim Brown and Bobby Vinton join Sonny and Cher for "Yes, No, Maybe"
3.12 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
01 Dec 1972 CBS Fri (repeated 11Apr1973)
Guest: Andy Griffith
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Do You Believe In Magic?" (open) and "Baby, Don't Get
Hooked On Me."
Cher performs a medley of Al Jolson songs, including "Sonny Boy," "My Mammy" and
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody."
Andy Griffith sings "Somebody Bigger Than You and I"
[--] 08Dec1972 CBS - pre-empted for "Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer" (8-9pm Sunday)
[--] 15Dec1972 CBS - repeat from 14 Feb 1972 (Burt Reynolds)
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Moves to Wednesdays 8-9pm Eastern
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3.13 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Christmas Show
20 Dec 1972 CBS Wed
Guest: William Conrad
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Jingle Bells" (open) and a medley of traditional Christmas
carols.
Cher sings "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear."
William Conrad recites the poem "One Solitary Life."
John Wilson's animated films: "Black and White" (sung by Sonny and Cher) and
"One Tin Soldier" (by Cher).
3.14 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
3 Jan 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Jean Stapleton
Lyle Waggoner
Music:
Sonny & Cher open the show singing "Love Grows."
Cher sings "Love Song."
3.15 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
10 Jan 1973 CBS Sat
Guests: Mark Spitz
Jerry Lewis (cameo)
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "All I Really Want to Do" and "I Can See Clearly Now."
Cher sings "You've Got a Friend."
[--] 17 Jan 1973 - pre-empted for the National
Geographic Society special: "Strange Creatures of the Night"
3.16 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
24 Jan 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 20June1974)
Guest: Mike Connors
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Jackson" (open), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie
Flu," and the Lennon-McCartney composition "Something."
Cher solos on "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
3.17 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
31 Jan 1973 CBS Sat (repeated 27June1973)
Guests: Merv Griffin
Larry Storch
Mike Curb Congregation
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Lodi" (open) and "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show."
Cher sings "Someone."
Merv joins The Mike Curb Congregation for "Happy To Know You."
John Wilson's animated film: "Love Story" (sung by Sonny & Cher).
3.18 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
07 Feb 1973 CBS Wed
Guest: Jim Nabors
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "I'll Follow The Sun" (open) and "Listen to the Music."
Cher sings "Just For a Thrill."
Jim Nabors sings "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues."
3.19 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: Valentine's Day Show
14 Feb 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 16May1973)
Guests: Joe Namath
Hugh Hefner & Playboy Playmates (cameos)
Martha Smith
Cynthia Wood
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" (opening song) and "It Never
Rains In Southern California."
Cher sings "My Funny Valentine."
3.20 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
21 Feb 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 02May1973)
Guest: Danny Thomas
Kerry Anne Wells (Miss Universe 1972) (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (open) and "I Believe In
Music"/"Put Your Hand In the Hand" medley.
Cher sings "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
3.21 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
28 Feb 1973 CBS Wed
Guest: Don Adams
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Got to Get You Into My Life" (open) and "Mama Was a Rock
and Roll Singer, and Papa Used to Write All Her Songs."
Cher sings "Never Been to Spain."
3.22 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
7 March 1973 CBS Wed
Guest: John Byner
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Personality" (open) and "Crocodile Rock."
Cher solos on "Alfie."
John Wilson's animated film: "Black and White"
3.23 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
14 March 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 30May1973)
Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Capt. John "Spike" Nasmyth (former POW)
Music:
Sonny & Cher perform "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" (opening) and "Dancing In
the Moonlight."
Cher sings "Am I Blue?"
Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "Printers' Alley Stars."
3.24 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
21 March 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 29Aug1973)
Guests: Carol Burnett
Lyle Waggoner
Cameos:
William Conrad, Jean Stapleton, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Chad Everett.
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Sunshine, Rain, Lollipops and Rainbows."
Cher sings "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good."
[--] 28Mar1973 - Pre-empted for Animated Specials "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax"
(from 1972) & "The Selfish Giant."
[--] 04Apr1973 - repeat from 23 Sep 1972 (Jerry Lewis, The Supremes)
[--] 11Apr1973 - repeat with 01 Dec 1972 (Andy Griffith)
[--] 18Apr1973 - repeat from 20 Oct 1972 (Robert Goulet, The Temptations)
[--] 25Apr1973 - pre-empted for special: "The Forbidden Desert of the Danakil"
narrated by David Niven.
[--] 02May1973 - repeat from 21 Feb 1973 (Danny Thomas, Kerry Anne Wells
[--] 09May1973 - repeat from 07 Feb 1973 (Jim Nabors)
[--] 16May1973 - repeat from 14 Feb 1973 (Joe Namath, The Playboy Bunnies)
[--] 23May1973 - repeat from 3 Jan 1973 (Jean Stapleton, Lyle Waggoner)
[--] 30May1973 - repeat from 14 March 1973 (Tennessee Ernie Ford, Capt. John
Nasmyth)
[--] 06June1973 - pre-empted for "The Last King of America," second in the
series "The American Revolution."
[--] 13June1973 - repeat from 13 Oct 1972 (Jimmy Durante, Gilbert O'Sullivan)
[--] 20June1973 - repeat from 24 Jan 1973 (Mike Connors)
[--] 27June1973 - repeat from 31 Jan 1973 (Merv Griffin, Larry Storch, Mike Curb
Congregation)
[--] 04July1973 - repeat from 03 Jan 1972 (Tony Curtis, Dinah Shore)
[--] 11July1973 - repeat from 24 Jan 1972 (Lorne Greene, Chad Everett)
[--] 18July1973 - repeat from 17 Nov 1972 (Ken Berry, New Seekers)
[--] 25July1973 - repeat from 31 Jan 1972 (Tony Randall, Honey Cone)
[--] 01Aug1973 - pre-empted for CBS News Special: Report on the Watergate
Hearings.
[--] 08Aug1973 - repeat from 7 Feb 1972 (Jean Stapleton, Mike Connors)
[--] 15Aug1973 - repeat from 13 March 1972 (George Burns, David Clayton-Thomas)
[--] 22Aug1973 - repeat from 6 March 1972 (Sandy Duncan)
[--] 29Aug1973 - repeat from 21 March 1973 (Lyle Waggoner / Cameos: Chad
Everett, William Conrad, Jean Stapleton, Tennessee Ernie Ford)
[--] 05Sep1973 - repeat from 27 Oct 1972 (William Conrad, Rick Springfield)
##### The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ########
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CBS Wednesdays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Season 4 Regulars: Ted Zeigler, Billy Van, Peter Cullen, Teri Garr, Freeman King, Murray
Langston
4.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
12 Sep 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 26 Dec 1973 or 17Apr1974)
Guests: Chuck Connors
Howard Cosell Amanda Jones (Miss USA 1973 & 1st runner-up for Miss Universe) Bob "Super Dave Osborne" Einstein
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Games People Play" (opening song) and "Long Train Runnin'."
Cher sings "Half Breed."
John Wilson's animated film: "Bad Bad Leroy Brown."
4.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
19 Sep 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Danny Thomas
Telly Savalas
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (open) and "Get Ready."
Cher sings "If" ("If ... A Picture Paints a Thousand Words").
Danny sings "If I Didn't Care" in a Frankenstein sketch.
Additional song? "Make it with You"
4.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: THE SONNY AND CHER YEARS (Part 1)
26 Sep 1973 CBS Wed
Guest Stars: Dick Clark, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Vinton,
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Music:
Chuck Berry - "Johnny B. Goode" and "Rock and Roll Music."
Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire."
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk
Like a Man."
Bobby Vinton - "Blue Velvet" and "Mister Lonely."
4.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
3 Oct 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 20Mar1974)
Guests: John Davidson
Truman Capote
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Get Down" and "The Weight."
Cher solos on "Superstar."
John Davidson sings "Behind Closed Doors."
4.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
10 Oct 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Jack Palance
Ed McMahon
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Honky Tonk
Woman."
Cher sings "My Love."
4.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
17 Oct 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 02 May 1976)
Guest: Dennis Weaver
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Everyday People."
Cher sings "More Than You Know."
Dennis Weaver sings "Hollywood Freeway."
4.7 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
24 Oct 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Jim Nabors
Lassie
Telly Savalas (cameo)
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Everything is Beautiful" and "Delta Dawn."
Cher! sings "Cry Me A River."
Jim Nabors sings "Green, Green Grass of Home."
4.8 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: HALLOWEEN EPISODE
31 Oct 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Jerry Lewis Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "I Wanna Take You Higher."
Cher sings "That’s Life."
4.9 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
7 Nov 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: Andy Griffith Billie Jean King (tennis player) Bob Guccione The Penthouse Pet of the Year
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "All I Really Want To Do."
Additional songs (need to be verified):
"Yesterday"
"Rockin' Down the Highway."
4.10 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
14 Nov 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 25 April 1976)
Guests: Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Music:
Sonny and Cher - "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?"
Cher - "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - "Why Me?"
Additional songs?
"That'll Be the Day" and "Oh, Boy!"
[--] 21 Nov 1973 CBS - repeat from 6 Oct 1972 (Tony
Curtis, Barbara McNair)
4.11 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: THE SONNY AND CHER YEARS (Part 2)
28 Nov 1973 CBS Wed
Guest Stars: Wolfman Jack, Paul Anka, The Coasters, Neil Sedaka, Peter Noone.
Music:
Sonny and Cher - "I Got You Babe"
Cher - "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"
Paul Anka - "Diana"
The Coasters - "Charlie Brown" and "Yakety Yak."
Peter Noone - "I'm Into Something Good."
Neil Sedaka - "Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do," "Calendar Girl" and "Happy Birthday
Sweet 16."
4.12 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
05 Dec 1973 CBS Wed
Guests: The Temptations
Vincent Price
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Just You and Me" and "In the Midnight Hour."
Cher sings "All I Know."
The Temptations - "Let Your Hair Down."
4.13 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
12 Dec 1973 CBS Wed (repeated 03Apr1974)
Guests: Ken Berry George Foreman (Heavyweight champion) Miss Teenage America Lori Lei Matsukawa
4.14 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
19 Dec 1973 CBS Wed
Guest: William Conrad
Music:
Cher sings "Amazing Grace."
[--] 26 Dec 1973 - repeat from 12 Sep 1973 (Howard Cosell,
Chuck Connors)
4.15 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
02 Jan 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Lyle Waggoner
4.16 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
09 Jan 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: O.J. Simpson Teddy Neeley (actor-singer) Dr. Joyce Brothers (cameo) Jack Palance (cameo)
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Top of the World."
Cher sings "Holly Holy."
Teddy Neeley performs "Another's Lifetime."
4.17 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
16 Jan 1974 CBS Wed (repeated 08May1974)
Guests: Danny Thomas Ken Berry (cameo) George Foreman (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat."
Cher sings "Dark Lady."
Danny Thomas sings "Welcome to My World."
4.18 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
23 Jan 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Robert Goulet
Carol Lawrence Marjorie "Marji" Wallace (1973 Miss World)
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "You're Sixteen."
Cher sings "Workin' Together."
Robert Goulet sings "Summer Green."
4.19 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
30 Jan 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Tennessee Ernie Ford The Jackson Five (Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlon, Tito) Sally Struthers
Music:
Sonny and Cher - "Make Life a Little Easier."
The Jackson Five - "Dancing Machine."
4.20 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
6 Feb 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Danny Thomas
Jim Nabors
Larry Csonka
Music:
Sonny & Cher - "You're Sixteen," "Hi-Heel Sneakers" and "Barefootin'."
Cher - "Workin' Together."
4.21 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
13 Feb 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Ricardo Montalban
Jeanette Nolan
The DeFranco Family
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Hey! What About Me?"
The DeFranco Family performs "Abra-Ca-Dabra."
John Wilson's animated film: Cher's "Dark Lady."
Also on this episode?
Sonny & Cher - medley of "You're My Inspiration" and "In the Midnight Hour."
4.22 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
20 Feb 1974 CBS Wed (repeated 29May1974)
Guests: The Righteous Brothers (Bill Medley, Bobby Hatfield) Joe Namath
Music:
Sonny & Cher sing "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" and "Brother Louie."
Cher sings "Didn't We?"
The Righteous Brothers perform "Little Latin Lupe Lu," "My Babe" and You’ve Lost
That Lovin’ Feelin'."
4.23 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
27 Feb 1974 CBS Wed (repeated 22May1974)
Guest: Joel Grey
Music:
Sonny and Cher - "Beautiful Sunday" and "Mockingbird."
Cher - "All Love Is Fair."
Note:
According to an article in the June 1 - 7, 1974 issue of TV Guide, this was the
final "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" episode taped.
4.24 [--] The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour [final show]
6 March 1974 CBS Wed
Guests: Merv Griffin
The Supremes Ricardo Montalban (cameo) Jeanette Nolan (cameo) Jim Nabors (cameo) Joe Namath (cameo) Sally Struthers (cameo) Miss World USA (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Let Me Be There."
Cher - "On My Own."
The Supremes sing "All I Really Want."
[--] 13Mar1974 - pre-empted for special: "We Live with
Elephants" narrated by David Niven.
[--] 20Mar1974 - repeat from 03 Oct 1973 (Truman Capote, John Davidson)
[--] 27Mar1974 - repeat from 17 Oct 1973 (Dennis Weaver)
[--] 03Apr1974 - repeat from 12 Dec 1973 (Ken Berry, George Foreman)
[--] 10Apr1974 - pre-empted for "Sandy in Disneyland" hosted by Sandy Duncan.
[--] 17Apr1974 - repeat from 12 Sep 1973 (Howard Cosell, Chuck Connors)
[--] 24Apr1974 - pre-empted for The American Parade: "The Power and the
Presidency" narrated by George C. Scott.
[--] 01May1974 - scheduled repeat from 20 Feb 1974 (Joe Namath, The Righteous
Brothers)
[--] 08May1974 - repeat from 16 Jan 1974 (Danny Thomas, Ken Berry, George
Foreman)
[--] 15May1974 - repeat from 6 Feb 1974 (Jim Nabors, Larry Csonka, Danny Thomas)
[--] 22May1974 - repeat from 27 Feb 1974 (Joel Grey)
[--] 29May1974 - repeat from 20 Feb 1974 (Joe Namath, Righteous Brothers)
(postponed from 01May1974?)
[--] 05June1974 - 26June1974 - Summer Replacement series #1 "Bobbie Gentry's
Happiness Hour."
[--] 03July1974 - 24July1974 - Summer Replacement series #2 "Tony Orlando and
Dawn."
[--] 31July1974 - 28Aug1974 - Summer Replacement series #3: "The Hudson Brothers
Show"
The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974)
ABC (Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern)
Produced by Allan Blye & Chris Bearde
US Music Variety Comedy series 1974 (22Sep74-29Dec74)
Hosted by Sonny Bono
Regulars: Ted Zeigler, Billy Van, Peter Cullen, Freeman King, Murray Langston, Teri Garr The Lex De Azevedo Orchestra
Following the break up of his marriage to Cher in 1974, Sonny Bono went solo as
host of his own Comedy Hour.
[01] The Sonny Comedy Revue [Premiere]
22Sep1974 ABC Sun
Guests Sally Struthers
Howard Cosell
The Jackson 5
(Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito
Jackson)
cameo appearance by Miss Teenage America Lori Lei Matsukawa.
Regulars:
Peter Cullen, Teri Garr, Freeman King, Murray Langston, Billy Van, Ted Zeigler
The Lex De Azevedo Orchestra
Highlights:
Jackson 5 perform "Life of the Party"
Sally sings "In the Mood"
Sonny sings "Our Last Show".
[02] The Sonny Comedy Revue
29Sep1974 ABC Sun
Guests McLean Stevenson
Joey Heatherton
The Spinners
Highlights:
Joey sings "Sunny."
The Spinners perform a medley of their hits
("Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?" "Mighty Love" and "Then Came You."
[03] The Sonny Comedy Revue
06Oct1974 ABC Sun
Guests James Brolin
Barbara Eden
The Temptations
(Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Damon Harris, Richard Street, Otis Williams)
Highlights:
Barbara Eden sings and dance to "Jazz Man".
[04] The Sonny Comedy Revue
13Oct1974 ABC Sun
Guests Glen Campbell
Twiggy
The Staple Singers.
Highlights:
Glen sings "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
The Staple Singers perform "Respect Yourself"
Twiggy does "The Dancer"
Sonny sings "Saturday Night".
[05] The Sonny Comedy Revue
20Oct1974 ABC Sun
Guests Jim Nabors
Charo
Highlights:
Jim Nabors sings "Corner of the Sky".
Charo sings and plays guitar to "Midnight Guitar".
All join in for a musical spoof of "The Godfather".
[06] The Sonny Comedy Revue
27Oct1974 ABC Sun
Guests Jack Albertson
Billy Preston
Juliet Prowse.
[07] The Sonny Comedy Revue
03Nov1974 ABC Sun (postponed from 27Oct1974)
(repeated 29Dec1974 ABC )
Guests Karen Valentine Clifton Davis (of "That's My Mama") Carrie McDowell (10-year-old singer)
Musical highlights:
Clifton Davis sings "Let's Get Together" and "Never Can Say Goodbye."
Carrie McDowell sings "Over the Rainbow."
[08] The Sonny Comedy Revue
10Nov1974 ABC Sun
Guests Smokey Robinson
Ed McMahon
Loretta Swit
Musical Highlights:
Smokey sings "I Am, I Am"
Sonny sings "Moonlight Becomes You."
Entire cast performs "This Land Is Your Land."
[09] The Sonny Comedy Revue
17Nov1974 ABC Sun
Guests Jill St. John
Miss America, Shirley Cothran
The Hudson Brothers
and model Avril Lund.
[10] The Sonny Comedy Revue
24Nov1974 ABC Sun
Guests Frankie Avalon
Cloris Leachman
and ABC sportscaster Alex Karras.
[--] 01-Dec-1974 ABC Sun - pre-empted for "The John
Denver Show."
A musical-variety special with guests Doris Day, Dick Van Dyke and George Gobel.
[11] The Sonny Comedy Revue
08-Dec-1974 ABC Sun
Guests Barbara Feldon
Rufus
Rod Hull and his Emu puppet
Ken Berry
Musical highlights:
Rufus performs "You Got the Love."
Ken Berry sings "Until It's Time for You to Go."
Sonny sings "Didn't We?"
[12] The Sonny Comedy Revue
15-Dec-1974 ABC Sun
Guests The Spinners
[13] The Sonny Comedy Revue (Final show of the series)
22-Dec-1974 ABC Sun
Guest Lucie Arnaz
[--] 29-Dec-1974 ABC Sun - repeat from 03Nov1974
with guests Karen Valentine, Clifton Davis & Carrie McDowell.
Cher (1975-76)
CBS Sundays (16Feb75-4Jan76)
Executive Producer: George Schlatter
Produced by Lee Miller, Alan Katz, Don Reo
Hosted by Cher
Regulars: Steve Martin. Gailard Sartain
After the divorce and the demise of "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" in 1974,
and the short-lived
"The Sonny Comedy Revue" in late 1974, Cher returned to host this Musical
Variety series
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CBS Wednesday 10:00pm Eastern (12Feb1975 Cher! special)
CBS Sundays 7:30pm Eastern (16Feb1975 - 18May1975)
1.1 [--] Cher! (CBS special)
12 Feb 1975 CBS Wed. 10pm (repeated 25Aug1975 CBS 8pm)
Guests: Elton John
Bette Midler
Flip Wilson
Music:
Cher opens the show with "Let Me Entertain You."
Elton John performs "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."
Elton and Cher join together on "Bennie and the Jets."
Bette and Cher perform a "Trashy Ladies" medley: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My
Sister Kate,"
"Tangerine," "Lulu's Back In Town," "Put the Blame On Mame," "Minnie the
Moocher,"
"Rose Of Washington Square" and "Sweet Georgia Brown."
Finale: Cher, Bette, Elton and Flip perform a medley of "Mockingbird,"
"Proud Mary," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Never Can Say Goodbye." Note:
According to a newspaper article, CBS network censors were not happy with the
"Trashy Ladies" segment.
In the 2Feb1975 San Antonio Star, Steve Jacques wrote, "CBS executives are
reportedly upset over
a musical number called Trash (sic) Ladies in which Cher and Bette Midler play
prostitutes.
'They really looked like hookers,' complained one CBS type."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGQ-hu_Ceow
1.2 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
16 Feb 1975 CBS Sun 7:30pm Eastern (repeated 01Jun1975)
Guests: Raquel Welch
Wayne Rogers
Tatum O'Neal
Music:
Cher sings "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," "Nothing Can Stop Me Now,"
and a medley of "Long Train Runnin'"/"Love the One You're With."
Raquel joins Cher for an "I'm a Woman" duet.
Cher and Wayne sing "Let Me Be There."
Finale: Cher and her guests are featured in a "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
production number.
1.3 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
23 Feb 1975 CBS Sun 7:30pm (repeated 08Jun1975)
Guests: Jerry Lewis
The Osmond Brothers
Nancy Walker
Music:
Cher sings "Got to Get You Into My Life," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and
"Ain't Nobody's Business."
Cher and the Osmond Brothers perform a medley of Stevie Wonder songs.
The Osmond Brothers sing "I'm Still Gonna Need You."
1.4 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
2 March 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Cloris Leachman
Jack Albertson
Music:
Cher sings "By Myself" (aka "I'll Go My Way by Myself"),
"I've Got the Music In Me"/"Listen To the Music" medley, and "Am I Blue?"
Jack Albertson sings "The Men In My Little Girl's Life."
1.5 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
9 March 1975 CBS Sun (repeated 15Jun1975)
Guests: The Pointer Sisters
Freddie Prinze
Teri Garr
Regular: Gailard Sartain
Music:
Cher sings "When You're Smiling" (opening) and "How Long Has This Been Going
On?"
The Pointer Sisters sing "Live Your Life Before You Die."
Cher, Garr, Pointers, and Prinze perform a medley of Swing-era songs
("On the Sunny Side Of the Street," "Chattanooga Choo Choo,"
"Well All Right! (Tonight's the Night)," "I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo" and "Opus
One").
1.6 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
16 March 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Lily Tomlin
The Jackson Five
David Groh (actor, from the TV series "Rhoda")
Music:
Cher sings "Friends" (opening) and "Since I Fell For You."
The Jackson Five perform "I Am Love" and "The World Is a Mess."
Cher and The Jacksons perform a medley of Jacksons' greatest hits
("I Want You Back," "I'll Be There," "Never Can Say Goodbye," "The Love You
Save" and "Dancing Machine").
1.7 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
23 March 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Teri Garr
Jimmy Walker
Marty Feldman
Music:
Cher sings "You're No Good" (opening) and "My Love."
Cher performs a medley of "Half Breed," "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" and "Dark
Lady."
[--] 30 March 1975 CBS - pre-empted for The Waltons Special (7:30-9:30pm Sunday)
1.8 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
06 April 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Redd Foxx
Ted Knight
LaBelle
Music:
Cher sings "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (opening song) and "Never-Never Land."
Labelle sings "Lady Marmalade."
Cher joins LaBelle on "What Can I Do For You?"
1.9 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
13 April 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Jean Stapleton
Kris Kristofferson
Rita Coolidge
Billy Swan
Music:
Cher sings "If You Wanna Get To Heaven" (opening) and "Many Rivers To Cross."
Billy Swan performs "I Can Help."
Kris and Rita perform "Late Again Gettin' Over You."
Cher, Kristofferson and Coolidge perform a medley of Country songs "Oh, Lonesome
Me,"
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" and "Okie From Muskogee."
Cher sings a medley of "This Is Reggae Music" and "Stir It Up."
1.10 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
20 April 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Linda Ronstadt
Nancy Walker
Liberace
Music:
Cher sings "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (opening song) and "Sunshine On My
Shoulders."
Liberace performs "The Way We Were" on piano.
Linda Ronstadt sings "When Will I Be Loved?"
Cher and Linda perform a medley of "Drift Away" and "Rip It Up."
1.11 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
27 April 1975 CBS Sun (repeated 22Jun1975)
Guests: Tim Conway
Kate Smith
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Music:
Cher reprises her 1965 hit single "All I Really Want To Do" (opening song).
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue perform "Nutbush City Limits."
Cher and Tina join together on "Shame, Shame, Shame."
Kate Smith sings "What Kind Of Fool Am I?"
Cher and her guests present a musical salute to The Beatles.
1.12 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher:
04 May 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Art Garfunkel
Charo
McLean Stevenson
Jimmy Webb (songwriter-musician)
Music:
Cher sings "Where You Lead."
Art Garfunkel sings "Bridge Over Troubled Water" accompanied by Jimmy Webb on
piano.
Jimmy Webb, Cher and Art join together for a medley of Webb's compositions "All
I Know" and "Up, Up and Away."
Cher and Chastity sing "You Are So Beautiful."
Charo performs "Malaguena."
Cher and Charo perform "America" (from "West Side Story").
1.13 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
11 May 1975 CBS Sun (repeated 29Jun1975)
Guests: Carol Burnett
Dennis Weaver
Gregg Allman and the Allman Brothers Band
Music:
Cher sings "For Once In My Life" and "Geronimo's Cadillac"
Cher and Gregg Allman perform "Don't Mess Up A Good Thing."
Gregg Allman performs "Midnight Rider" while Cher and male troupe dance in the
background.
Dennis Weaver sings "Prairie Dog Blues."
In a musical salute, Cher and Carol portray rival movie actresses.
They sing a medley of "I'm Following You," "Nagasaki," "G.I. Jive" and "Lonely
At the Top."
1.14 [--] Cher: Hosted by Cher
18 May 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Art Carney
Jimmy Breslin
The Hudson Brothers
Teri Garr
Music:
Cher sings "Great Balls Of Fire" (opening) and a "My Sweet Lord"/"Oh, Happy Day"
medley.
The Hudson Brothers perform "Rendezvous."
Cher and Art Carney sing "My Blue Heaven."
Cher closes the show singing "Hernando's Hideaway."
[--] 25 May 1975 CBS - pre-empted for CBS Special:
"The Ups and Downs of Henry Kissinger."
[--] 01Jun1975 CBS - repeat from 16 Feb 1975 (Raquel Welch, Wayne Rogers, Tatum
O'Neal)
[--] 08Jun1975 CBS - repeat from 23 Feb 1975 (Jerry Lewis, The Osmond Brothers,
Nancy Walker)
[--] 15Jun1975 CBS - repeat from 9 March 1975 (The Pointer Sisters, Freddie
Prinze, Teri Garr)
[--] 22Jun1975 CBS - repeat from 27 April 1975 (Ike and Tina Turner, Tim Conway,
Kate Smith)
[--] 29Jun1975 CBS - repeat from 11 May 1975 (Carol Burnett, Dennis Weaver, Greg
Allman)
[--] 06 July 1975 through 27July1975 - Summer Replacement series #1: "Joey
and Dad"
starring Joey Heatherton and her father, Ray Heatherton.
[--] 03 Aug 1975 CBS - pre-empted for CBS News special: "A Tale of Two
Irelands" (7:30-8:30pm)
[--] 10Aug1975 through 31Aug1975 - Summer Replacement series #2: "The
Manhattan Transfer."
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
2.1 [15] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 15
07 Sep 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: The Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick) Bill Cosby
The Muppets
Teri Garr
Music:
Cher sings "Where You Lead" and "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (opening
medley)
Tom Smothers sings "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."
Cher sings "Send In the Clowns."
The Smothers Brothers perform "Yo-Yo Man."
Cher and the Muppet Sweetums sing "Something."
2.2 [16] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 16
14 Sep 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: The Pointer Sisters (Bonnie, Anita, June, & Ruth) Edward Asner
Redd Foxx
Music:
Cher sings "Yesterday" and "Crocodile Rock" (opening medley)
The Pointer Sisters perform "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)."
Cher performs "Love Song."
Cher and The Pointer Sisters perform a musical salute to Elton John
(with a medley of "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," "Bennie and the
Jets," "Daniel," "Rocket Man,"
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" and "Take Me To the Pilot").
Cher closes the show, reprising "Take Me To the Pilot" with The Pointer Sisters.
2.3 [17] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 17
21 Sep 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Wayne Rogers
Nancy Walker
Music:
Cher sings "Feeling Good" and "I Feel the Earth Move" (opening medley)
Cher performs "Puppet Man."
Cher sings "Until It's Time For You To Go."
Finale: Wayne and Nancy join Cher in a musical salute to the all-American
hamburger.
2.4 [18] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 18
28 Sep 1975 CBS Sun (repeated 28Dec1975)
Guests: Robert Keeshan (TV's Captain Kangaroo) The Hudson Brothers Mark Wilson (illusionist)
Music:
Cher opens with the "Sesame Street Theme" (aka "Can You Tell Me How To Get To
Sesame Street?")
The Hudson Brothers perform "Lonely School Year."
Cher sings "When You Wish Upon a Star."
2.5 [19] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 19
05 Oct 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Mac Davis
Labelle
Music:
Cher sings "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (opening song).
Mac sings "I Still Love You (You Still Love Me)."
LaBelle sing "Messin' With My Mind."
Cher joins LaBelle on "Are You Lonely?"
Cher sings "Five Hundred Miles."
Cher and Mac Davis perform a medley of his compositions, including "Stop and
Smell the Roses,"
"One Hell Of a Woman," "In the Ghetto," "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" and "I
Believe In Music."
Cher performs a medley of The Rolling Stones hits, including "It's Only Rock 'n
Roll (But I Like It),"
"Under My Thumb," "It's All Over Now," "Ruby Tuesday" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash."
2.6 [20] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 20
12 Oct 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: The Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Anthony Newley
Music:
Cher sings "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (opening song).
Anthony Newley sings "Quilp."
Cher joins Anthony for "Happiness Pie."
Tina performs "River Deep, Mountain High."
Ike and Tina Turner perform "Baby, Get It On."
Cher sings "You Turn Me On."
Cher and Tina perform "Country Side Of Life."
Anthony and Tina join Cher for a musical salute to old-time revival meetings
with a medley including
"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show," "Resurrection Shuffle" and "Saved."
Cher closes the show reprising "Saved" with Tina and Anthony.
[--] 19Oct75 - pre-empted for the TV movie "A Home of
Our Own" starring Jason Miller. (8-10pm Sun)
Drama about The Rev. William Wasson, founder of a home for orphaned children.
2.7 [21] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 21
26 Oct 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Ted Knight
The Smothers Brothers
Regular:
Steve Martin
Music:
Cher sings "Stars" and "Keep the Customer Satisfied" (opening medley)
Knight (in character as Ted Baxter) sings his novelty song "I'm in Love With
Barbara Walters."
Cher sings "If You Could Read My Mind."
2.8 [22] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 22
2 Nov 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: George Burns
Teri Garr
Martin Mull
Music:
Cher sings "Rainy Days and Mondays" and "On the Sunny Side Of the Street "
(opening medley).
George Burns sings "The Baby Song" and "Where Did You Get That Girl?"
Cher sings "Limehouse Blues."
George Burns sings "I Ain't Got Nobody" while he and Cher do a sand dance.
2.9 [23] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 23
9 Nov 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Wayne Newton
The Spinners
Regular:
Steve Martin
Music:
Cher opens the show with "Ain't Nobody's Business."
Cher sings a medley of "Witchy Woman" and "Honky-Tonk Woman."
Wayne Newton performs "Feelings."
Cher sings "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man."
The Spinners sing "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"
Cher and Wayne deliver a medley of "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody,"
"The Birth Of the Blues" and "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You."
Cher closes the show reprising "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" with
Wayne and The Spinners.
2.10 [24] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 24
16 Nov 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Ray Charles
The Muppets
Music:
Cher sings "Happy Together" and "Love Will Keep Us Together" (opening medley)
Ray Charles performs "Living For the City."
Cher joins Ray for "Georgia On My Mind"
Cher and the Muppet Sweetums perform "That Old Black Magic"
Kermit and Ray sing "It's Not Easy Being Green."
Cher sings "I Am . . . I Said."
Cher, Ray, and The Raeletts, perform a medley of "Look What They've Done To My
Song, Ma,"
"Take Me Home, Country Roads ," "Just For a Thrill ," "Hit the Road, Jack" and
"What'd I Say?"
Cher closes the show reprising "What'd I Say?" with Ray.
2.11 [25] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 25
23 Nov 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: David Bowie
Tony Randall
Regular:
Steve Martin
Music:
Cher sings "When Will I Be Loved?" (opening song)
Cher and Tony Randall perform a medley of "Silver Dollar" and "More Of Her On
the Chair."
David Bowie sings "Fame."
Cher sings "Song For You."
David Bowie & Cher sing "Can You Hear Me?"
David Bowie and Cher sing a medley of "Young Americans," "Song Sung Blue,"
"One," "Da Doo Ron Ron,"
"Wedding Bell Blues," "Maybe," "Maybe Baby," "Day Tripper," "Blue Moon," "Only
You (And You Alone),"
"Temptation," "Ain’t No Sunshine," "Young Blood" and "Young Americans"
(reprise).
Cher closes the show reprising "Young Blood."
2.12 [26] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 26
30 Nov 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Jerry Lewis
David Essex
Music:
Cher sings "I Feel a Song Coming On" and "Sing" (opening medley).
Cher and David perform "The Long and Winding Road."
David Essex performs "Hold Me Close."
Cher sings "Rhinestone Cowboy."
2.13 [27] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 27
7 Dec 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Frankie Avalon
Pat Boone
Dion DiMucci
Frankie Valli
Music:
Cher sings "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" (opening
medley).
Pat Boone sings "Magnificent Sanctuary Band."
Cher joins Pat for "I Almost Lost My Mind."
Frankie Valli sings a medley of "Swearin' To God" and "My Eyes Adored You."
Frankie Avalon sings "One Hell Of a Woman."
Dion sings "The Wanderer."
Cher joins Dion for "Abraham, Martin and John."
Cher and guest perform a rock 'n' roll medley: "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"
(Cher), "April Love" (Pat),
"Love Letters In the Sand" (Cher and Pat), "Venus" (Avalon), "De De Dinah" (Cher
and Avalon),
"Let's Hang On To What We've Got" (Valli), "Working My Way Back To You" (Cher
and Valli),
"Ruby Baby" (Dion), "Runaround Sue" (Cher and Dion), "All I Really Want To Do"
(Cher),
and "The Beat Goes On" (Cher with Dion, Pat, Avalon and Valli).
[--] 14 Dec 1975 - series pre-empted?
The episode originally scheduled for this date, with guests Hal Linden, Ruth
Buzzi and Glen Campbell,
appears to have been postponed for 4Jan1976.
2.14 [28] Cher: Hosted by Cher: CHRISTMAS SHOW
21 December 1975 CBS Sun
Guests: Redd Foxx
The Lennon Sisters
The Hudson Brothers
Chastity Bono
Music:
Cher sings "White Christmas" and "We Need a Little Christmas" (opening medley)
The Hudson Brothers perform "Here Comes Santa Claus."
The Lennon Sisters sing "Jingle Bells" and "Star Carol."
Cher sings "Some Children See Him."
Finale: Cher and guests take part in an old-fashioned Christmas Eve ball.
Closing: Cher and guests sing "Silent Night."
[--] 28Dec75 - repeat from 28Sep1975 (The Hudson Brothers,
Mark Wilson, Bob Keeshan)
2.15 [29] Cher: Hosted by Cher: Show 29 (final episode)
4 January 1976 CBS Sun (postponed from 14Dec75?)
Guests: Ruth Buzzi
Glen Campbell
Hal Linden
Regulars:
Steve Martin, Martin Mull
Music:
Cher sings "Georgia On My Mind" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" (opening medley)
Glen Campbell performs "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.)."
Cher and Glen perform a medley of Glen's greatest hits ("By the Time I Get To
Phoenix,"
"Wichita Lineman," "Galveston" and "Gentle On My Mind").
Note:
This episode seems to have been postponed from 14Dec1975.
Several 4 January 1976 newspaper listings were checked. And none of them list
4Jan1976 as a repeat date.
The Sonny & Cher Show (1976-77)
CBS (Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern)
Executive Producer: Nick Vanoff
Produced by Frank Peppiatt, Phil Hahn
US Music Variety Comedy series 1976-77
Hosted by Sonny and Cher
Regulars: Ted Zeigler (1976-77) Gailard Sartain (1976), Jack Harrell (1976), Shields and Yarnell (Robert Shields & Lorene Yarnell)(mime team)(1976-77),
Chastity Bono (their daughter) (1976-77)
Music: The Harold Battiste Orchestra (1976-77)
After their divorce, and their solo series ("The Sonny Bono Comedy Revue" and "Cher"),
Sonny and Cher reunited
on television for "The Sonny and Cher Show" (1976-77)
######### The Sonny and Cher Show ############
############# season Feb76-May76 #############
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CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
1.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 1 Feb 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Carol Burnett
Raymond Burr
Paul Michael Glaser
Jerry Lewis
Don Meredith
Jim Nabors
Tony Orlando
Richard Thomas
Rona Barrett
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
1.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 8 Feb 1976 CBS Sun
Guest: Raymond Burr
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Songs: You Make Me Feel Brand New;
I Can See Clearly Now;
Windmills of Your Mind (Raymond Burr).
1.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 15 Feb 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Neil Sedaka
Evel Knievel
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Songs: I Love You More Today;
Neil Sedaka medley:-
The Hungry Years
Breakin' Up Is Hard to Do;
Sad Eyes;
Calendar Girl;
Laughter in the Rain;
That's when the Music Takes Me (w/S&C);
I Got You Babe (close).
1.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 22 Feb 1976 CBS Sun
Guest: Jim Nabors
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
1.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 29 Feb 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Don Knotts
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler, Chastity Bono
Songs: Make Life a Little Easier;
United We Stand;
King of Hearts (Cher).
1.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: 7 March 1976 CBS Sun
Guest: McLean Stevenson
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Songs: You Are the Sunshine of My Life;
Hang On In There Baby;
How Long Has This Been Goin' On? (Cher);
I Got You Babe (close).
[--] 14 March 1976 CBS Sun
- pre-empted for the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" (7-9pm Eastern)
1.7 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
21 March 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 11Jul1976)
Guests: Frankie Avalon
Gabriel Kaplan
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Songs: Venus (Frankie Avalon);
How Sweet It Is;
We're On Our Way Home/Try to See It My Way;
Say It Isn't So.
1.8 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
28 March 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 01Aug1976)
Guests: Debbie Reynolds
The Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick)
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Songs: Can't Take My Eyes Off You (w/Tommy Smothers);
I Write the Songs (Sonny w/Smothers Bros.);
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me.
1.9 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
04 April 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 13June1976)
Guests: Diahann Carroll
Tony Randall
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Song: God Bless the Child (Diahann Carroll).
1.10 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
11 April 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 15Aug1976)
Guests: George Gobel Regulars:
Ted Zeigler, Chastity Bono
1.11 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
18 April 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 22Aug1976)
Guests: Andy Griffith
Sherman Hemsley
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
[--] 25 April 1976 - repeat from 14Nov1973 (Kris
Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
[--] 02 May 1976 - repeat from 17 Oct 1973 (Dennis Weaver)
[--] 09 May 1976 - pre-empted for the 1947 movie "The Yearling" (7-9pm Eastern)
[--] 16 May 1976 - repeat from 13 Oct 1972 (Jimmy Durante, Gilbert O'Sullivan)
[--] 23 May 1976 - repeat from 6 March 1972 (Sandy Duncan)
[--] 30 May 1976 - repeat from 1 Feb 1976 (Cameo appearances by Jerry Lewis,
Rona Barrett, Raymond Burr)
[--] 06 June 1976 - repeat from 8 Feb 1976 (Raymond Burr)
[--] 13 June 1976 - repeat from 04 Apr 1976 (Diahann Carroll, Tony Randall)
[--] 20 June 1976 - repeat from 29 Feb 1976 (Don Knotts)
[--] 27 June 1976 - pre-empted for special The Bolshoi Ballet: "Romeo and
Juliet" (8-10pm Eastern)
[--] 04 July 1976 - pre-empted for the special "In Celebration of US" with
Beverly Sills.
[--] 11 July 1976 - repeat from 21 Mar 1976 (Gabriel Kaplan, Frankie Avalon)
[--] 18 July 1976 - repeat from 22 Feb 1976 (Jim Nabors)
[--] 25 July 1976 - repeat from 7 March 1976 (McLean Stevenson)
[--] 01 Aug 1976 - repeat from 28 March 1976 (Debbie Reynolds, The Smothers
Brothers)
[--] 08 Aug 1976 - repeat from 15 Feb 1976 (Neil Sedaka, Evel Knievel)
[--] 15 Aug 1976 - repeat from 11 Apr 1976 (George Gobel)
[--] 22 Aug 1976 - repeat from 18 April 1976 (Sherman Hemsley, Andy Griffin)
[--] 29 Aug 1976 through 19Sep1976 - Summer Replacement series "The Johnny
Cash Show."
######### The Sonny and Cher Show ############
############### season 1976-77 ###############
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.CBS Sundays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern (26Sep1976 - 02Jan1977)
CBS Fridays 9:00-10:00pm Eastern (14Jan1977 - 11Mar1977)
CBS Friday 10:00-11:00pm Eastern (18Mar1977)
Reruns: Mondays 10pm-11pm Eastern (30May1977 - 29Aug1977)
2.1 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
26 Sep 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Barbara Eden
George Gobel
Don Knotts
Ruth Buzzi
Charo
Wayne Rogers
The Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick) Rona Barrett
Regulars:
Shields and Yarnell, Chastity Bono
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Silly Love Songs."
Sonny sings "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me."
Cher sings "Desperado."
2.2 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
3 Oct 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Barbara Eden
The Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick)
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel."
Cher sings "I'm Easy."
2.3 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
10 Oct 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Bob Hope
Dinah Shore
The Jacksons (Michael, Jermaine, Jackie, Randy, Tito) Bernadette Peters
Jim Nabors
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler, Jack L. Harrell
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "You Won't See Me."
The Jacksons perform "Enjoy Yourself."
Cher sings "I Honestly Love You."
Bob Hope sings "Autumn Leaves" in a comedy bit.
2.4 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
17 Oct 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Charo
Wayne Rogers
Carol Burnett (cameo)
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Cher sings "Ain't Misbehavin'."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" and "Never
Gonna Fall In Love Again."
2.5 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
24 Oct 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 20June1977)
Guests: Donny & Marie Osmond
Ruth Buzzi
Alex Karras
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "That'll Be the Day."
Donny and Marie join Sonny & Cher on "Silly Love Songs."
Cher sings "It Had To Be You."
2.6 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: Halloween/ Election Day
31 Oct 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: The Hudson Brothers (Bill, Brett, & Mark)
Jim Nabors
Regulars:
Shields and Yarnell, Chastity Bono
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Still the One."
Cher sings "The Things That Go Bump In the Night."
Cher sings "Home Again."
2.7 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
7 Nov 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 27June1977)
Guests: Betty White
Ed McMahon
The Sylvers
Regulars include:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Right Back Where We Started From."
The Sylvers perform a medley of "Boogie Fever" and "Hot Line."
Cher sings "Love Hurts."
2.8 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
14 Nov 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Steve Lawrence
Jack Albertson
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "I Only Want To Be With You."
Cher sings "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good."
Steve Lawrence sings "All By Myself."
2.9 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
21 Nov 1976 CBS Sun (repeated 6June1977)
Guests: Tom Jones
Redd Foxx
Regulars:
Shields and Yarnell, Chastity Bono
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "All I Ever Need Is You."
Tom Jones performs "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow."
Cher joins Tom for "Resurrection Shuffle."
Cher sings "Long Distance Love Affair."
[--] 28 Nov 1976 CBS - pre-empted for special: "Lucy --
The First 25 Years" (8:00-10:00pm)
2.10 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
5 Dec 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Andy Griffith
Twiggy
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Our Day Will Come."
Twiggy sings "Pieces Of April."
Cher sings "More Than You Know."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Best Of My
Love."
2.11 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
12 Dec 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Don Knotts
Joey Heatherton
Karen Valentine.
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Don't Pull Your Love."
Cher sings "Yesterday."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "We'll Sing In the Sunshine" and "You Are My
Sunshine."
Joey Heatherton sings "What I Did For Love."
2.12 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: Christmas Show
19 Dec 1976 CBS Sun
Guests: Bernadette Peters Elijah Blue Allman (Cher's baby boy, born July 10, 1976) Robert Keeshan (TV's "Captain Kangaroo")
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler, Shields and Yarnell, Chastity Bono
Music:
Sonny and Cher sing “Jingle Bells."
Cher solos on "O Holy Night."
Bernadette Peters sings a medley of "Send in the Clowns" and "Be a Clown."
Sonny, Cher, Chastity, and guests sing a medley of Christmas favorites
including:
"Christmas Rock 'n' Roll" (Sonny and Cher), "White Christmas" (Bernadette),
"Frosty the Snowman" (Cher and Bob),
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (Bernadette and Cher with Elijah Blue), "I Saw
Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Chastity),
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Sonny), "Parade Of the Wooden Soldiers"
(Shields and Yarnell),
"Winter Wonderland" (Sonny, Cher and Chastity) and "Here Comes Santa Claus"
(all).
2.13 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
02 Jan 1977 CBS Sun (repeated 25July1977)
Guests: John Davidson
Karen Valentine
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine."
Cher sings "As Time Goes By."
John Davidson sings "A Little Bit More."
John and Karen join Sonny and Cher for a medley of this year's TV theme songs:
"Movin' on Up" ('The Jeffersons'), "Welcome Back" ('Welcome Back Kotter'),
"Chico and the Man,"
"Making Our Dreams Come True" ('Laverne and Shirley'), "Happy Days," "Keep your
Eye On The Sparrow" ('Baretta'),
"Love Is All Around" ('The Mary Tyler Moore Show'), "The Tonight Show,"
"The Carol Burnett Show" and "The Sonny and Cher Show."
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Moves to Fridays 9-10pm Eastern
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2.14 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
14 Jan 1977 CBS Fri 9pm (repeated 30May1977)
Guests: Debbie Reynolds
Don Knotts
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Jim Nabors
Harold Battiste (cameo)
Regulars:
Chastity Bono
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "All I Really Want To Do."
Debbie Reynolds sings "Having a Party."
Sonny and Cher perform "Baby Don't Go" with their musical director Harold
Battiste playing the Clavietta,
2.15 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
21 Jan 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Betty White
Flip Wilson
Ken Berry
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "My Cherie Amour."
Cher sings "The Way We Were."
Sonny and Cher perform a medley of "Let It Be Me" and "Bring It On Home To Me."
2.16 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
28 Jan 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Engelbert Humperdinck
Barbi Benton
Ruth Buzzi
William Conrad
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Steppin' Out."
Engelbert Humperdinck sings "After the Lovin'."
Cher sings "Didn't We?"
Engelbert and Barbi join Sonny and Cher for "Nights On Broadway."
2.17 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
4 Feb 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Glen Campbell
Don Knotts
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Muhammad Ali
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing."
Glen sings "Southern Nights."
Cher joins Glen for a medley of his hits including "Country Boy (You Got Your
Feet In L.A.),"
"Don't Pull Your Love" and "Rhinestone Cowboy."
Cher sings "What a Difference a Day Makes."
2.18 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
11 Feb 1977 CBS Fri (postponed from 12 Dec 1977)
(repeated 01Aug1977)
Guests: Debbie Reynolds
Jim Nabors
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "For Once In My Life."
Sonny and Cher reprise their second hit recording, "Just You."
Debbie Reynolds sings "Gee, But It's Good To Be Here."
2.19 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
18 Feb 1977 CBS Fri (repeated 11July1977)
Guests: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
Muhammad Ali
Lyle Waggoner
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Ain't That Peculiar."
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. perform a medley of
"You Don't Have To Be a Star (To Be In My Show)" and "Your Love."
Marilyn and Billy join Sonny and Cher for a medley of "It Takes Two," "Where Is
the Love,"
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" and "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing."
2.20 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
25 Feb 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Peter Graves
Anne Meara
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Regulars:
Shields and Yarnell
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Swearin' To God."
Sonny and Cher perform their latest release, "You're Not Right For Me"
Cher sings "Reason To Believe."
2.21 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
4 March 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Charo
George Gobel
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler
Music:
Sonny and Cher open with "You Are the Sunshine Of My Life."
Charo performs "Concerto de Aranjuez."
Cher sings "Come Rain Or Come Shine."
Sonny and Cher perform "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown."
2.22 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show
11 March 1977 CBS Fri
Guests: Tina Turner
David Steinberg
Regulars:
Ted Zeigler, Shields and Yarnell
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the show with "Teach Me Tonight."
Cher sings "Danny's Song."
Tina performs "Watch Closely Now."
Cher and Tina perform a medley of "Music Makin'," "I Got the Music In Me" and
"Mr. Melody."
2.23 [--] The Sonny and Cher Show: THE SONNY AND CHER AWARDS SHOW
18 Mar 1977 CBS 10pm
Sonny and Cher present highlights — and low points — from the past season.
Music:
Sonny and Cher open the program with "The Beat Goes On."
Sonny & Cher perform a medley of "All I Really Want To Do," "Laugh At Me" and "I
Got You Babe."
Repeats (Mondays 10pm Eastern)
[--] 30May1977 - repeat from 4 Feb 1977 (Glen Campbell, Don Knotts, Farrah
Fawcett-Majors)
[--] 06June1977 - repeat from 21 Nov 1976 (Tom Jones, Redd Foxx)
[--] 13June1977 - pre-empted for special "6 RMS RIV VU" starring Carol Burnett,
Alan Alda (9:30-11pm)
[--] 20June1977 - repeat from 24 Oct 1976 (Ruth Buzzi, Alex Karras, Donny and
Marie)
[--] 27June1977 - repeat from 7 Nov 1976 (Ed McMahon, The Sylvers, Betty White)
[--] 04July1977 - pre-empted for "They Said It with Music: Yahkee Doodle to
Ragtime," a song and dance special.
[--] 11July1977 - repeat from 18 Feb 1977 (Muhammad Ali, Lyle Waggoner, Marilyn
McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.)
[--] 18July1977 - pre-empted for a comedy pilot titled "Husbands and Wives."
[--] 25July1977 - repeat from 02 Jan 1977 (Karen Valentine, John Davidson)
[--] 01Aug1977 - repeat from 11 Feb 1977 (Debbie Reynolds, Jim Nabors)
[--] 08Aug1977 - repeat from 28 Jan 1977 (Ruth Buzzi, Barbi Benton, William
Conrad, Engelbert Humperdinck)
[--] 15Aug1977 - repeat from 25 Feb 1977 (Anne Meara, Peter Graves, Dr. Joyce
Brothers)
[--] 22Aug1977 - pre-empted for Part 1 of "Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku
Klux Klan" (drama originally shown 20Feb75).
[--] 29Aug1977 - repeat from 21 Jan 1977 (Ken Berry, Flip Wilson, Betty White)
[--] 05Sep1977 - replaced by "Rafferty," a medical drama starring Patrick
McGoohan and John Getz.
########## Sonny and Cher
Hit Records ###########
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Sonny and Cher - Hit Records
Sonny and Cher (married 1964-74) had a no.1 hit in the US with 'I got you babe'
in 1965 which became their theme song
and continued having hits as a duo until 1972.
1965 I got you babe (no. 1)
1965 Baby don't go
1965 Just you
1965 But you're mine
1966 What now my love
1966 Little man
1967 The beat goes on (no. 6)
1971 All I ever need is you (no. 7)
1972 A cowboys work is never done (no. 8)
1972 When you say love Cher - Hit Records
Cher pursued a solo career during and after their split having hits with
1965 All I really wanna do
1965 Where do you go
1966 Bang Bang (My baby shot me down) (no. 2)
1966 Alfie
1967 You better sit down
1971 Gypsies tramps and thieves (no. 1)
1972 The way of love
1972 Living in a house divided
1973 Half-breed (no. 1)
1974 Dark Lady (no. 1)
1979 Take me home Sonny - Hit Records
Sonny Bono was a musician and songwriter and wrote 'Needles and Pins' which
became a hit for Jackie deShannon
and The Searchers in 1964. He also had one solo hit in
1965 Laugh at me (no. 10)
Sonny died in a skiing accident on January 5th, 1998 =====================
