Synopsis
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show. The program began as a series of nine monthly specials substituting in the regular time slot of the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports. NBC first tested the singing star in an hour long format with two prime time specials early in 1956. The first Chevy Show episode aired on October 5, 1956 with Frank Sinatra as guest. By this time, Shore was already a veteran television performer, having hosted five seasons of the 15-minute-long Dinah Shore Show, also sustained by Chevrolet. It was in its final season (the final season for all 15-minute prime time network entertainment series) when The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was launched. The series featured celebrity guests from the worlds of music, theater, sports, and movies. During the fourth season, Carl Reiner was one of the show's writers and sometimes appeared on-camera as well, adding levity to a show which primarily focused on music.The program was well-received and renewed the following fall as a weekly Sunday night series, broadcast in color, where it remained until Bonanza, another Chevy sponsored hour, moved from Saturday at 7:30 p.m. into that time slot for the 1961-62 season. Dinah ended her decade-long…
Synopsis from TVmaze
Details
- Language
- English
Cast & crew
Stephen Boyd
Dinah Shore
Episodes
- 1 November 1959 1959
- 10 May 1959 1959
- 11 December 1960 1960
- 11 January 1959 1959
- 12 January 1958 1958
- 15 February 1959 1959
- 15 March 1959 1959
- 17 May 1957 1957
- 17 May 1959 1959
- 20 March 1960 1960
- 24 April 1960 1960
- 24 January 1960 1960
- 26 January 1958 1958
- 29 December 1957 1957
- 4 October 1959 1959
- 8 March 1959 1959
- The Chevy Show 1958
- The Chevy Show - 10 April 1956 1956
- The Chevy Show - State Fair U.S.A. 1959