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Dinner at Sardi's (1949-51)
 a.k.a. "The Bill Slater Show".
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Uploaded March 2019]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
New York Times, Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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DINNER AT SARDI'S
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WOR-TV Channel 9 New York

Host Bill Slater

US Talk Show 1949-51   69 episodes x 60 min

Premise: Entertainment talk show held at Sardi's restaurant in New York.

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Wednesdays 7:30 to 8:30pm (12Oct1949 to 31Jan1951)

[01] Dinner at Sardi's  [Premiere]
12Oct1949 Wed 7:30pm [NYT]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[02] Dinner at Sardi's
19Oct1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[03] Dinner at Sardi's
26Oct1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[04] Dinner at Sardi's
02Nov1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[05] Dinner at Sardi's
09Nov1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[06] Dinner at Sardi's
16Nov1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[07] Dinner at Sardi's
23Nov1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[08] Dinner at Sardi's
30Nov1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[09] Dinner at Sardi's
07Dec1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[10] Dinner at Sardi's
14Dec1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[11] Dinner at Sardi's
21Dec1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[12] Dinner at Sardi's
28Dec1949 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[13] Dinner at Sardi's
04Jan1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[14] Dinner at Sardi's
11Jan1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[15] Dinner at Sardi's
18Jan1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[16] Dinner at Sardi's
25Jan1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[17] Dinner at Sardi's
01Feb1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Sid Caesar
Jack Prince
Arne Sultun
and Selena Royal.

[18] Dinner at Sardi's
08Feb1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Arlene Whelan
Yvonne Adair
David Burns
and Jan August.

[19] Dinner at Sardi's
15Feb1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[20] Dinner at Sardi's
22Feb1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[21] Dinner at Sardi's
01Mar1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[22] Dinner at Sardi's
08Mar1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Tom Drake
and Dixie Dunbar.

[23] Dinner at Sardi's
15Mar1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Mike Mazurki
Thomas Gomez
and Eric Victor.

[24] Dinner at Sardi's
22Mar1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Victor Jory
Paul Stewart
Francis L. Golden
and James Scali.

[25] Dinner at Sardi's
29Mar1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[26] Dinner at Sardi's
05Apr1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[27] Dinner at Sardi's
12Apr1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[28] Dinner at Sardi's
19Apr1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Gloria Swanson
and Vicki Cummings.

[29] Dinner at Sardi's
26Apr1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest
William Prince

[30] Dinner at Sardi's
03May1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests

[31] Dinner at Sardi's
10May1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Sidney Franklin
Max Shulman
George McManus
and Ham Fisher.

[32] Dinner at Sardi's
17May1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
John Sebastian
and Bob Edge.

[33] Dinner at Sardi's
24May1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Jack Carter
Luba Malina
and Gigi Durston.

[34] Dinner at Sardi's
31May1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
George Gobel
Romo Vincent
and Toni Arden.

[35] Dinner at Sardi's
07Jun1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Bela Lugosi
Florence Rinard
Roger Price
and Fred Vandeventer.

[36] Dinner at Sardi's
14Jun1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Patricia Morison
and James A. Farley.

[37] Dinner at Sardi's
21Jun1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[38] Dinner at Sardi's
28Jun1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Anne Jeffreys
Norman Shelley
Gene Stanlee
Sammy White
and Joe Holland.

[39] Dinner at Sardi's
05Jul1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Felix Knight
and Ed Begley.

[40] Dinner at Sardi's
12Jul1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[41] Dinner at Sardi's
19Jul1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[42] Dinner at Sardi's
26Jul1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[43] Dinner at Sardi's
02Aug1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[44] Dinner at Sardi's
09Aug1950 Wed 7:30pm [NY Post]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Mike O'Shea
and Lenore Ulric.

[45] Dinner at Sardi's
16Aug1950 Wed 7:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Patricia Neway
Arthur Murray
Marshall Wawne
and Miller and Gilbert.

[46] Dinner at Sardi's
23Aug1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Raymond Swing
Earl Wilson
and Donald Buka.

[47] Dinner at Sardi's
30Aug1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Paul Manning

[48] Dinner at Sardi's
06Sep1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Sam Urzetta
and Florence Chadwick

[49] Dinner at Sardi's
13Sep1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Vicki Cummings
and Vanessa Brown.

[50] Dinner at Sardi's
20Sep1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Erskine Caldwell
Ruth St. Denis
and Charlton Heston.

[51] Dinner at Sardi's
27Sep1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Jean Simmons
Wally Wanger
and Franz Polgar.

[52] Dinner at Sardi's
04Oct1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Frederick Lewis Allen
Radie Harris
Vinton Freedley
and Marjorie Gateson.

[53] Dinner at Sardi's
11Oct1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Anne Jeffries
Geraldine Brooks
and Glen Langan.

[54] Dinner at Sardi's
18Oct1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Ilona Massey
Peggy Ann Garner
Rex Williams
John Ericson
and Igor Gorin.

[55] Dinner at Sardi's
25Oct1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Hugh Jackson
Gloria Stroock
and Alan Sanders.

[56] Dinner at Sardi's
01Nov1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Jose Ferrer
Mindy Carson
and Kurt Baum.

[57] Dinner at Sardi's
08Nov1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Ann Rutherford

[58] Dinner at Sardi's
15Nov1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Nadine Conner
and Ann Rutherforld

[59] Dinner at Sardi's
22Nov1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[60] Dinner at Sardi's
29Nov1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[61] Dinner at Sardi's
06Dec1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Josh White
Harry Hershfield
and Beatrice Howell.

[62] Dinner at Sardi's
13Dec1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Russell Nype
Bella Spewack
and Cliff Edwards.

[63] Dinner at Sardi's
20Dec1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest

[64] Dinner at Sardi's
27Dec1950 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater
Guest
Harvey Stone

[65] Dinner at Sardi's
03Jan1951 Wed 7:30pm [Long Island Star Journal]
Host Bill Slater
Guests
Bela Lugosi
Richard Arlen
and Arch Oboler.

[66] Dinner at Sardi's
10Jan1951 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater

[67] Dinner at Sardi's
17Jan1951 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater

[68] Dinner at Sardi's
24Jan1951 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater

[69] Dinner at Sardi's [Final episode of the series]
31Jan1951 Wed 7:30pm
Host Bill Slater

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