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Directed by Charles Maxwell Country of origin United States Final episode date 2 December 1950 Number of seasons 1 | 6.7/10 IMDb Starring Hank McCune Original language(s) English First episode date 9 September 1950 Director Charles Maxwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) Samuel Z. ArkoffDick FarrellHank McCune Similar Mary Kay and Johnny, The George Burns an, I Married Joan, The Stu Erwin Show, Private Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hank McCune Show was an American television situation comedy. Filmed without a studio audience, the series is notable for being the first television program to incorporate a laugh track.
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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, but without a laugh track.
Overview
The premise foreshadowed that of The Larry Sanders Show in that it contained a show within a show. 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.