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Shower of Stars is an American variety television series broadcast live in the United States from 1954 to 1958 by CBS. The series was broadcast in color which was a departure from the usual programming broadcast by CBS.
Original Release
09/30/1954 on CBS
US Release
09/30/1954
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| William Lundigan | Self - Host / Self / Host |
| Jack Benny | Self / Self -Host / Self - Host / Lawyer in Courtroom Skit / Loring Rigley / Jack Benny / Howard Carroll / Skip |
| Art Gilmore | Announcer / Self - Announcer |
| Mary Costa | Self / Self - Hostess / Self - Co-host |
| Red Skelton | Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - Guest Star / Self - Guest Comedian |
| Fredric March | Ebenezer Scrooge / Eugene Tesh |
| Gary Crosby | Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest Vocalist / Eddie Davis |
| Bob Crosby | Self |
| Betty Grable | Self / Betty Grable |
| Ed Wynn | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comedy Time | Thursday, 31 October 1957 |
| 2 | Jack Benny, George Burns, Ed Wynn, Jo Stafford, Tommy Sands, Paul Weston, Chiquita Johnson | Thursday, 09 January 1958 |
| 3 | Jack Benny Celebrates His 40th Birthday | Thursday, 13 February 1958 |
| 4 | Episode #4.4 | Thursday, 20 March 1958 |
| 5 | Jack Benny, Hermione Gingold, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gogi Grant, Van Johnson, Patty McCormack | Thursday, 20 March 1958 |
| 7 | Jack Benny, Janis Paige, John Raitt, Barbara Nichols, and Betty Grable | Thursday, 17 April 1958 |
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Directors
Ralph Levy, Seymour Berns, Ralph Nelson
Writers
Al Gordon, Hal Goldman, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, George Balzer, Sam Perrin, John Tackaberry, Hal Goodman, Herbert Baker, George Manker Watters, Maxwell Anderson, Charles Dickens, Karen DeWolf, Arthur Hopkins, David Friedkin, Ronald Alexander, George Kelly, Milton Lazarus, Milton Pascal, Morris Freedman, Morton S. Fine, Hal Kanter
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| William Lundigan | Self - Host / Self / Host |
| Jack Benny | Self / Self -Host / Self - Host / Lawyer in Courtroom Skit / Loring Rigley / Jack Benny / Howard Carroll / Skip |
| Art Gilmore | Announcer / Self - Announcer |
| Mary Costa | Self / Self - Hostess / Self - Co-host |
| Red Skelton | Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - Guest Star / Self - Guest Comedian |
| Fredric March | Ebenezer Scrooge / Eugene Tesh |
| Gary Crosby | Self / Self - Singer / Self - Guest Vocalist / Eddie Davis |
| Bob Crosby | Self |
| Betty Grable | Self / Betty Grable |
| Ed Wynn | Self |
| Harry James | Self |
| Frankie Laine | Self - Singer / Self / Self - Guest Vocalist |
| Ethel Merman | Self / Self - Vocalist / Self - Guest Vocalist |
| George Burns | Self |
| Basil Rathbone | Marley's Ghost |
| Bob Sweeney | Bob Cratchitt / Bob Cratchit |
| Mel Blanc | Self |
| Van Johnson | Self |
| Jo Stafford | Self |
| Barrie Chase | Self - Guest Dancer / Dancer / Blonde starlet / dancer |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lucille Ball | Executive Producer |
| Desi Arnaz | Executive Producer |
| Cecil Barker | Executive Producer |
| Ralph Levy | Producer |
| Nat Perrin | Producer |
| John F. Meyers | Producer |
| Cecil Barker | Producer |
| Jule Styne | Producer |
| Richard Fisher | Producer |
| Seymour Berns | Producer |
| James Starbuck | Producer |
| Ralph Nelson | Producer |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Emmy | Best Variety Series | Nominated |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Actor in a Single Performance | Nominated |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Individual Program of the Year | Nominated |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Art Direction of a Filmed Show | Won |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Art Direction of a Live Show | Nominated |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Original Music Composed for TV | Nominated |
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program | Nominated |
