Genre music variety Original language(s) English Running time 30 minutes Final episode date 24 October 1955 Number of seasons 2 Languages English, Tamil, Punjabi | Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 2 First episode date 6 October 1954 | |
Presented by George MurrayDenny VaughanJoan Fairfax Written by | ||
On Stage is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1955.
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Premise
George Murray hosted this variety series for most of its run, with mid-1955 episodes hosted by Denny Vaughan and Joan Fairfax. Series regulars included Jack Kane's orchestra, the Bill Brady Quartet, with singers Terry Dale, Phyllis Marshall and Wally Koster.John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt, later of Hee Haw, were the series scriptwriters, developing comedy segments which featured Alfie Scopp, Reuben Ship, Al Bertram, and Jillian Foster. Lever Brothers was the series sponsor.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast for a full season on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 6 October 1954 to 1 June 1955, then in the same day and time slot from 6 July to 21 September 1955. After an episode on 19 September 1955, it was broadcast for a short run in the next season, Mondays at 8:30 p.m. from 26 September to 24 October 1955 then replaced in that time slot with The Denny Vaughan Show.