Texaco Star Theater(1948)
Overview
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC in the spring of 1948. When Texaco first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.
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2 episodes • 1948
Season 1
2 episodes • 1948
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| 1 | Episode 1 | Jun 8, 1948 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Guest Host: Georgie Price; guest stars: Al Bernie, Bert Wheeler | Jul 27, 1948 | 0.0 |
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| 14 | Ronald Reagan and Dolores Gray | Jan 13, 1953 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gertrude Berg and Andrew Sisters | Jan 20, 1953 | 0.0 |
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| 1 | Oct. 13, 1954 | Oct 13, 1954 | 0.0 |
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| 1 | 2/21/56 | Feb 21, 1956 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode #9 | Mar 13, 1956 | 0.0 |
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