The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show The Guy Mitchell Show is a half-hour television variety program hosted by and starring recording artist Guy Mitchell, which was broadcast from October 7, 1957, to January 13, 1958. The series aired on Monday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ABC following a half-hour prime time version of "American Bandstand". "The Guy Mitchell Show" faced strong competition from "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", a situation comedy on CBS, and from John Payne's NBC Western, "The Restless Gun". Mitchell’s guest stars, performing songs, dances, or skits, included dancer and pianist Johnny Bach, Jack Carson,
The Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to feature an African American host since 1956's "The Nat King Cole Show". "The Leslie Uggams Show" gave Uggams, who had first come to wide public notice as a singer on the early 1960s hit "Sing Along With Mitch", her own program to showcase herself and other black performers; unlike other early variety programs which were hosted by black entertainers but featured a large