The George Burns Show The George Burns Show The George Burns Show is a short-lived comedy television program that aired on NBC for one season (1958–59). The program was sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive. "The George Burns Show" immediately followed the eight-season run of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", which had aired on CBS, and shared continuity with the earlier series. After Gracie Allen retired in 1958, George Burns tried to continue the old series without her, using many of the characters and settings from their show. In this new series, George was working as a producer in a downtown office, and trying to
Variety show show; in 2015, the academy separated late-night talk shows and sketch comedy series into separate categories. During Johnny Carson's tenure on "The Tonight Show" on NBC from 1962 to 1992, the show dominated late night ratings, and the other networks attempted late-night talk shows only sporadically. This changed with Carson's retirement, and other networks began to air their own talk show competitors, starting with "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS in 1993. As of 2014, late-night talk shows vary widely on their resemblance to the original variety format, with Jimmy Fallon's incarnation of "The Tonight Show" putting heavy emphasis