The New Phil Silvers Show

The New Phil Silvers Show
Phil Silvers as Harry Grafton with his nephew, Andy (Ronnie Dapo), niece, Susan (Sandy Descher), and sister, Audrey (Elena Verdugo).
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Harvey Bullock R.S. Allen
Written by	R.S. Allen Rod Amateau Harvey Bullock Seaman Jacobs Ed James Ed Jurist Laurence Marks Bud Nye William Raynor A.J. Russell Phil Sharp Danny Simon Lou Solomon Ben Starr Myles Wilder
Directed by	Rod Amateau David Davis Al Lewis Thomas Montgomery Guy Scarpitta
Starring	Phil Silvers Elena Verdugo Stafford Repp Sandy Descher Herbie Faye Ronnie Dapo Buddy Lester
Composer(s)	Harry Geller
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producer(s)	Rod Amateau
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Editor(s)	Robert Moore
Running time	30 min (approx)
Production company(s)	Gladasya Productions, in association with United Artists Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 28, 1963 – April 25, 1964

The New Phil Silvers Show is an American situation comedy starring comedian Phil Silvers which aired thirty episodes on CBS from September 28, 1963, to April 25, 1964, under the sponsorship of General Foods.

Silvers tried to revive with considerable changes the theme of his earlier much more successful The Phil Silvers Show (CBS, 1955–1959). In the 1963–1964 version, Silvers played Harry Grafton, a plant foreman at the Osborne Corporation, who like the previous Bilko character is always eager to embrace a get-rich-quick scheme.

The large supporting cast included Stafford Repp as Grafton's supervisor, Mr. Brink; Jim Shane as Lester; Herbie Faye as Waluska; Douglas Dumbrille as Mr. Osborne, the factory owner; Eric Morris as Stanley; Steve Mitchell as Fred Starkey; Bob Williams as Bob, Buddy Lester as Nick; Pat Renella as Roxy, and Norm Grabowski as Grabowski.

At mid-season, the "new" program was altered again, as the Spanish actress Elena Verdugo joined the cast as Grafton's widowed sister and housemate, Audrey. Sandy Descher played Audrey's teenaged daughter and Grafton's niece, Susan. Child actor Ronnie Dapo played Audrey's son and Grafton's 11-year-old nephew, Andy.

The New Phil Silvers Show aired at 8:30 Eastern on Saturday, following The Jackie Gleason Show and preceding the acclaimed legal drama, The Defenders. Opposite Phil Silvers, NBC offered The Joey Bishop Show a sitcom with Joey Bishop and Abby Dalton, and ABC aired the first half of The Lawrence Welk Show. In November The Defenders returned to its former (1961–63) 8:30 slot and Silvers' show moved to 9:30, according to Brooks and Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, 7th edition, 1998.