''Club Seven'' is an early United States television series, which aired from 12 August 1948 to 1951 on
ABC
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. Some episodes were 30 minutes, while others were 15 minutes.
Overview
The series was a
live television
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variety show set in a mock nightclub. Featured were Tony Bavaar, Bobby Byrne, and Johnny Thompson.
The concept was also used by several other early television series. ''
The Morey Amsterdam Show
''The Morey Amsterdam Show'' is an American sitcom which ran from 1948 to 1949 on CBS Television (13 episodes) and 1949–50 on the DuMont Television Network (58 episodes), for a total of 71 episodes.
Synopsis
The show began on CBS Radio with Mo ...
'' (1948-1949 on
CBS, 1949-1950 on
DuMont) was also a variety series set at a night club, as was ''
The Ilona Massey Show
''The Ilona Massey Show'' is a DuMont Television Network variety show hosted by actress Ilona Massey and featuring musician Irving Fields. Massey sang on a set built to resemble a nightclub.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Sh ...
'' (1954-1955, DuMont). Additionally, ''
Hold That Camera'' (1950, DuMont), ''
Café de Paris'' (1949, DuMont), ''
Chez Paree Revue'' (1950, DuMont) and the British series ''
Café Continental'' (1947–1953, BBC) were variety series set in nightclubs or restaurants.
Early Australian variety series ''
Cafe Continental'' (1958-1961,
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
) was also set in a restaurant, along with ''
The Late Show'' (HSV-7, 1957-1959), and unrelated series ''
Club Seven'' (1959-1961, HSV-7). Another Australian series, ''
Rendezvous at Romano's'' (TCN-9, 1957) may have also featured such a setting. Early Canadian series ''
Nightcap'' also used the cabaret concept.
Episode status
A single 30-minute episode from 1949 is held by the
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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, featuring
Lord Buckley
Lord Richard Buckley (born Richard Myrle Buckley; April 5, 1906 – November 12, 1960) was an American stand-up comedian and recording artist, who in the 1940s and 1950s created a character that was, according to ''The New York Times'', "an unl ...
as the guest star.
See also
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1948-49 United States network television schedule (Thursdays at 8:30pm ET, 30 minutes)
*
1949-50 United States network television schedule (Mondays thru Fridays at 7:15pm ET, 15 minutes)
*
1950-51 United States network television schedule
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(Mondays thru Fridays at 7pm ET, 30 minutes)
References
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External links
''Club Seven'' at IMDB 1948 American television series debuts
1951 American television series endings
American Broadcasting Company original programming
Black-and-white American television shows
1940s American variety television series
1950s American variety television series
English-language television shows