The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show short-lived ABC sitcom, "Wendy and Me", with Connie Stevens and a cast including Ron Harper, James T. Callahan, and J. Pat O'Malley. All the TV shows were produced under the banner of McCadden Productions, a company run by George Burns which he named after the street on which his brother William lived. McCadden also produced the iconic TV show, "Mister Ed". The McCadden catalog is owned by Sony Pictures Television. "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" received the following Primetime Emmy Award nominations: In 1997, the 1954 episode, "Columbia Pictures Doing Burns and Allen Story", was ranked #56 on
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