The Red Buttons Show

The Red Buttons Show
Genre	Variety show sitcom
Created by	marlo lewis
Developed by	cbs
Directed by	burt shevelove
Starring	Red Buttons
Theme music composer	elliot lawrence
Composer(s)	mitch miller
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Executive producer(s)	marlo lewis
Producer(s)	al span
Running time	30 min.
Release
Original network	CBS

The Red Buttons Show premiered on the CBS television network in 1952, and ran for two years on that network, then moved to NBC for the final 1954-55 season.

Red's catch phrase from the show, "Strange things are happening!" entered the national vocabulary briefly in the mid-1950s. The series finished #11 for the 1952-1953 season in the Nielsen ratings and #12 in 1953-1954.

The CBS run of the series featured monologues, dance numbers, and sketches with Red and the other series regulars. Among the characters played by Red included, boxer Rocky Buttons, the Kupkekin Kid, the Sad Sack, and Keeleforven. When the series was canceled by CBS it moved to NBC which at first keep it a varitey show. When the ratings remained low the program was overhauled and turned into a sitcom with Red playing himself as a TV comic, Phyllis Kirk played his wife, Bobby Sherwood played the director of Red's program and Paul Lynde the network vice president.

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