The Garry Moore Show

The Garry Moore Show
Cast photo: Garry Moore, Carol Burnett, and Durward Kirby, 1961.
Created by	Garry Moore
Starring	Garry Moore Carol Burnett (1959-62) Durward Kirby Marion Lorne (1958-62)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30/60 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	June 26, 1950 – January 8, 1967

The Garry Moore Show is the name for several separate American variety series on the CBS television network in the 1950s and 1960s. Hosted by experienced radio performer Garry Moore, the series helped launch the careers of many comedic talents, such as Dorothy Loudon, Don Adams, George Gobel, Carol Burnett, Don Knotts, Lee Goodman, James Kirkwood, Jr. and Jonathan Winters. The Garry Moore Show garnered a number of Emmy nominations and wins.

The show originally started as a radio program; CBS eventually awarded Garry his own early evening television show in its place. Garry's radio partner since 1940, Durward Kirby, made the move to TV with him and appeared throughout all three versions of the TV show.

The first incarnation of the show began in June 1950 as a Monday-through-Friday 30-minute evening series. It was also simulcast on radio. The show changed to a once-weekly one-hour format by August. In the fall of 1950 CBS rescheduled the show each weekday in the afternoon, and it ran in this format until mid-1958 (another prime-time edition, The Garry Moore Evening Show, alternated with The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on Thursday nights from September through December 1951). The series featured a relaxed and flexible combination of comedy skits, monologues, singing, and interaction with the studio audience. The show became an important commercial success for CBS.