Admiral Broadway Revue: Difference between revisions

| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mel Brooks]]<br>
* [[Lucille Kallen]]<br>
* Max Liebman<br>
* [[Mel Tolkin]]

| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sid Caesar]]<br>
* [[Imogene Coca]]<br>
* [[Marge Champion]]<br>
* [[Gower Champion]]

| network = {{Plainlist|
* [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]<br>
* [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]

| first_airedlast_aired = {{startEnd date|1949|0106|2803}}

'''''Admiral Broadway Revue'''''<ref name=brooks>{{cite book|lastlast1 = Brooks|firstfirst1 = Tim|authorlink = Tim Brooks (television historian)|author2last2 = Marsh, |first2 = Earle |title = [[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present]] |Thesection=Admiral CompleteBroadway DirectoryRevue to|edition=9th Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present Eighth Edition]]|publisher = [[Ballantine Books]]|year = 2003|pages = 13–142007|isbn = 978-0-345-4554249773-84 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Admiral+Broadway+Revue+Variety%22&pg=PA13 pp.&nbsp;13-14] {{access-date|July 24, 2024}}.</ref> is an American [[live television]] [[variety show]] that ran from January 28 to June 3, 1949. The show was notable for being "television's first full scale Broadway type musical revue."<ref name="n">{{cite news |title=Admiral Television Show Starts Jan. 28 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50315732/admiral-broadway-revue/ |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |work=The News |date=January 19, 1949 |location=New Jersey, Paterson |page=31|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Episodes of ''Admiral Broadway Revue'' included music, comedy., well-known guest stars and "lavish production numbers".<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=10|edition=2nd}}</ref> Each episode's dances, sketches, and songs related to a common theme such as cross-country, night life, and Radio City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Admiral's TV Show Network Premiere Tomorrow Night |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50316644/admiral-broadway-revue/ |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 27, 1949 |location=Massachusetts, Boston |page=35|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The show was telecast from the since-demolished [[Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle)|International Theatre]] (also known as the Park Theatre) at 5 Columbus Circle in New York City.<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2936/ International Theatre in New York at CinemaTreasures.org]</ref> The hour-long series was directed by [[Max Liebman]], hosted by [[Sid Caesar]], and also starred [[Imogene Coca]]. Liebman, Caesar, and Coca went on to work on NBC's ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', which debuted February 25, 1950.<ref name=brooks />

The series was sponsored by TV-set manufacturer [[Admiral (electrical appliances)|Admiral]], a competitor of NBC's parent company [[Radio Corporation of America|RCA]] and of DuMont, both of which manufactured [[TV set]]s. CancellationThe cancellation of the series resulted from demand for Admiral's TV sets exceeding the company's manufacturing capacity. Admiral's executives chose to shift the money spent on the program into an increase in manufacturing capabilities.<ref name="gcat">{{cite book |last1=Adir |first1=Karin |title=The Great Clowns of American Television |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1303-4 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jr9L--C4tMC&dq=%22Admiral+Broadway+Revue%22&pg=PA70 |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090216055809/http://dumonthistory.tvcom/a1.html DuMont History]

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[[Category:Television shows filmed in New York (state)City]]