The Red Buttons Show

The Red Buttons Show premiered on the CBS television network in 1952, and ran for two years on that network, then moved to NBC for the final 1954–55 season.

The Red Buttons Show
GenreVariety show
Sitcom
Created byMarlo Lewis
Developed byCBS
Directed byBurt Shevelove
StarringRed Buttons
Theme music composerElliot Lawrence
ComposerMitch Miller
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Executive producerMarlo Lewis
ProducerAl Span
Running time30 min.
Release
Original networkCBS

Red's catch phrase from the show, "Strange things are happening!" entered the national vocabulary briefly in the mid-1950s. The series finished #11 for the 1952–1953 season in the Nielsen ratings and #12 in 1953–1954.[1]

Format

The CBS run of the series featured monologues, dance numbers, and sketches with Red and the other series regulars. Among the characters played by Red included, boxer Rocky Buttons, the Kupkekin Kid, the Sad Sack, and Keeleforven. When the series was canceled by CBS it moved to NBC which at first keep it a variety show. When the ratings remained low the program was overhauled and turned into a sitcom with Red playing himself as a TV comic, Phyllis Kirk played his wife, Bobby Sherwood played the director of Red's program and Paul Lynde the network vice president.[2]

CBS regulars

NBC regulars

References
  1. http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-ratings.htm
  2. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  3. Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1955). The 1955 Radio and Television Yearbook. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1173.


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