The Hank McCune Show is an American television sitcom. Filmed without a studio audience, the series is notable for being the first television program to incorporate a laugh track.[1]
September 9 (1950-09-09) – December 2, 1950 (1950-12-02)
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,[2] but without a laugh track.[3]
The premise foreshadowed that of The Larry Sanders Show in that it contained a show within a show. Former radio comedian 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.
hank, mccune, show, american, television, sitcom, filmed, without, studio, audience, series, notable, being, first, television, program, incorporate, laugh, track, genresitcomdirected, bycharles, maxwellstarringhank, mccunecountry, originunited, statesoriginal. The Hank McCune Show is an American television sitcom Filmed without a studio audience the series is notable for being the first television program to incorporate a laugh track 1 The Hank McCune ShowGenreSitcomDirected byCharles MaxwellStarringHank McCuneCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducersSamuel Z ArkoffDick FarrellHank McCuneCamera setupSingle cameraRunning time25 minutesProduction companyUnited Television ProductionsReleaseOriginal networkNBCPicture formatBlack and whiteAudio formatMonauralOriginal releaseSeptember 9 1950 09 09 December 2 1950 1950 12 02 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 2 but without a laugh track 3 Contents 1 Overview 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksOverview EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The premise foreshadowed that of The Larry Sanders Show in that it contained a show within a show Former radio comedian 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 See also Edit1950 51 United States network television scheduleReferences Edit Ingram Billy 2002 TVparty Television s Untold Tales Bonus Books Inc p 17 ISBN 1 56625 184 2 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 Present by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh Ballantine Books 2003 p 502 ISBN 0 345 45542 8 Production Broadcasting Telecasting p 37 http americanradiohistory com Archive BC BC 1954 1954 01 04 BC pdfExternal links EditThe Hank McCune Show at IMDb This article relating to a comedy television series in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Hank McCune Show amp oldid 1101443057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
