The Denny Vaughan Show

The Denny Vaughan Show
Genre	music variety
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
Production
Producer	Loyd Brydon (1955–1957)
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	16 June 1954 (1954-06-16) – 17 June 1957 (1957-06-17)

The Denny Vaughan Show is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1954 to 1957.

Premise

The series began as a 1954 mid-season production featuring Denny Vaughan (piano) and Joan Fairfax (vocals), with an informal, easy-listening approach.^[1] It entered the regular season schedule in October 1955 when it was sponsored by Lever Brothers, and its format changed to showcase segments featuring guest comedians and musicians from the US. The final season, 1956–57, reverted to a primarily musical format featuring more Canadian artists. Vaughan's orchestra was also concealed from viewers until it was seen in the last season. Guests also included French Canadian artists. However, viewership declined and the series was cancelled in 1957.^[2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):

Day	Time	Season run
Wednesday	8:00 p.m.	16 June 1954	1 July 1954
Wednesday	10:30 p.m.	7 July 1954	28 July 1954
Monday	9:30 p.m.	31 October 1955	18 June 1956
Monday	9:30 p.m.	24 September 1956	17 June 1957

References

1. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 194. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.
2. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "The Denny Vaughan Show". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "The Denny Vaughan Show". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• The Denny Vaughan Show at IMDb