The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. The kinescope recordings of the live telecasts from the 1950–1952 seasons of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" are thought to be in the public domain; they are available on "dollar DVD" collections and have rerun as part of America One's public domain sitcom rotation and on public television stations. A select number of episodes were released on VHS by Columbia TriStar Home Video. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, is a half-hour television series broadcast from
The Johnny Carson Show The Johnny Carson Show The Johnny Carson Show is a 1955–56 half-hour prime time television variety show starring Johnny Carson. While working as a staff writer on "The Red Skelton Show", local Los Angeles television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson’s performance, CBS created the primetime variety program "The Johnny Carson Show", a traditional potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues. It aired on Thursday nights at 10pm ET. The short-lived 1955-56 series served as a precursor of what would come later for Carson, planting the