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{{Infobox television
| show_name = Admiral Broadway Revue
| image = Admiral Broadway Revue.png
| caption =
| genre = [[Variety show|Variety]]
| creator = [[Max Liebman]]
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mel Brooks]]<br>
* [[Lucille Kallen<br>]]
* Max Liebman<br>
* [[Mel Tolkin]]
}}
| director = Max Liebman
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sid Caesar]]<br>
* [[Imogene Coca]]<br>
* [[Marge Champion]]<br>
* [[Gower Champion]]
}}
| country = United States
| producer = Max Liebman
| camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 52 minutes{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
| network = {{Plainlist|
|* channel = [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]<br>[[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]
| picture_format = [[Black-and-white]]
* [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]
| audio_format = [[Monaural]]
}}
| first_aired = {{start date|1949|01|28}}▼
| last_airedfirst_aired = {{endStart date|1949|0601|0328}}
▲ | first_airedlast_aired = {{startEnd date|1949|0106|2803}}
| num_episodes = 19
}}
'''''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]] Eighth|section=Admiral Broadway Revue |edition=9th 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 broadcastnotable livefor onbeing Fridays"television's fromfirst 8full toscale 9Broadway pmtype ETmusical simultaneouslyrevue."<ref onname="n">{{cite bothnews the|title=Admiral [[NationalTelevision BroadcastingShow Starts Jan. 28 Company|NBC]]url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50315732/admiral-broadway-revue/ and|accessdate=May the5, [[DuMont2020 Television|work=The News Network|DuMont]]date=January networks19, 1949 |location=New Jersey, Paterson |page=31|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
 
== Distribution ==
The program was broadcast live on Fridays from 8 to 9 p.m. ET simultaneously on both the [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] and [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] networks. Live broadcasts were carried by 24 stations in 16 cities. Another 14 stations broadcast [[kinescope]] recordings of the live episodes.<ref name="n" />
 
The dual-network distribution resulted from Admiral executives' desire to have the program on NBC and to have it seen in Chicago. During the show's time slot, DuMont had sole use of the coaxial cable linking New York City to Chicago. Therefore, the company used both networks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brighton |first1=Dick Jr. |title=Televiewing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50317348/the-sunday-news/ |accessdate=May 6, 2020 |work=The Sunday News |date=January 30, 1949 |location=New Jersey, Ridgewood |page=34|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
 
==Overview==
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.<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 would go on to work on NBC's ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'', which debuted February 25, 1950.<ref name=brooks />▼
 
▲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 would gowent 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.
 
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. The 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>
 
Its final episode aired June 3, 1949.<ref name=brooks />
 
==Episode statusPersonnel ==
''Admiral Broadway Revue'' provided the first pairing of Caesar and Coca. [[Marge Champion|Marge]] and [[Gower Champion]] performed dance numbers on the shows.{{r|gcat|page1=67}} Others appearing on the show included Roy Atwill, [[Mary McCarty (actress)|Mary McCarty]], [[Bobby Van]], and Loren Welch.<ref name=etvs/> Charles Sanford conducted the orchestra, and Don Walker orchestrated the music.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Suskin |first1=Steven |title=The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations |date=2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-979084-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yy_9UJLhAUMC&dq=%22Admiral+Broadway+Revue%22&pg=PT63 |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Writers for the program included [[Lucille Kallen]] and [[Mel Tolkin]].{{r|gcat|page1=67}}
The [[Paley Center for Media]] holds 18 [[kinescope]] episodes of the series, and the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] has one episode.
 
==Episode and script status==
Episodes of ''Admiral Broadway Revue'' were made available on videocassettes by Video Dimensions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sid Caesar's filmography |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50314293/the-philadelphia-inquirer/ |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 2, 1990 |location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |page=64|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The [[Paley Center for Media]] holds 18 [[kinescope]] episodes of the series, and the [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]] has one episode.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
 
In 2000, workers who opened an apparently overlooked closet in [[New York City Center]] found boxes of papers that belonged to Liebman, including "many scripts" from ''Admiral Broadway Revue''. A contemporary newspaper report indicated that the papers would go to the Library of Congress, where researchers could use them.<ref>{{cite news |title=And the jokes were SO old... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50314895/the-anniston-star/ |accessdate=May 5, 2020 |work=The Anniston Star |date=November 15, 2000 |location=Alabama, Anniston |page=16|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==Further reading==
* David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: [[Temple University Press]], 2004) {{ISBN |1-59213-245-6}}
* Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: [[Penguin Books]], 1980) {{ISBN |0-14-024916-8}}
 
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0040993}}
* [https://archive.org/details/AdmiralBroadwayRevue ''Admiral Broadway Revue'' episode with Caesar, Coca, and Marge and Gower Champion] at Moving Image Archive.
* [httphttps://www.dumonthistory.tvcom/a1.html DuMont History]
 
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