On television, he was seen many times on the "Bell Telephone Hour". A clip of a television performance of Raitt singing the final section of the song "Soliloquy" from "Carousel" is included in the documentary film "". In 1957, also for television, he and Mary Martin re-created their starring roles in the national touring version of "Annie Get Your Gun". On September 29, 1953, he joined Jackie Gleason and Phil Foster in an appearance on the CBS panel discussion "This Is Show Business". On January 26, 1961, he appeared in the last season of NBC's "The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford".