The Hank McCune Show
| The Hank McCune Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Directed by | Charles Maxwell |
| Starring | Hank McCune |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Samuel Z. Arkoff Dick Farrell Hank McCune |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | United Television Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 9 – December 2, 1950 |
The Hank McCune Show was an American television situation comedy. Filmed without a studio audience, the series is notable for being the first television program to incorporate a laugh track.
The series began as a local Los Angeles program in 1949. NBC placed it on its national primetime schedule at the start of the 1950-51 season. It debuted at 7:00pm Eastern Time on September 9 and was cancelled three months later. It was briefly resurrected as a syndicated program in 1953-54, but without a laugh track.
The premise foreshadowed that of The Larry Sanders Show in that it contained a show within a show. McCune portrayed a television variety show host named after himself, and each week the character managed to blunder his way into a variety of comic predicaments.
The supporting cast included Larry Keating, Charles Maxwell, Frank Nelson, and Florence Bates.
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