About The Judy Garland Show
- Released on September 29, 1963
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties.
Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format.
While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season.
TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Main Cast of The Judy Garland Show
Judy Garland plays Herself (26 episodes)
Jerry Van Dyke plays Himself (26 episodes)
Mel Tormé plays Herself (26 episodes)
Secondary Cast of The Judy Garland Show
Donald O'Connor plays Himself (1 episode)
Barbra Streisand plays Herself (1 episode)
Dick Smothers plays Himself (1 episode)
Tom Smothers plays Himself (1 episode)
Lena Horne plays Herself (1 episode)
Terry-Thomas plays Himself (1 episode)
George Maharis plays Himself (1 episode)
Leo Durocher plays Himself (1 episode)
Steve Lawrence plays Himself (1 episode)
June Allyson plays Herself (1 episode)
Zina Bethune plays Herself (1 episode)
Count Basie plays Himself (1 episode)
Judy Henske plays Herself (1 episode)
Peggy Lee plays Herself (1 episode)
Jack Carter plays Himself (2 episodes)
Carl Reiner plays Himself (1 episode)
Mickey Rooney plays Himself (1 episode)
Tony Bennett plays Himself (1 episode)
Dick Shawn plays Himself (1 episode)
Lorna Luft plays Herself (1 episode)
Joey Luft plays Himself (1 episode)
Bobby Darin plays Himself (1 episode)
Bob Newhart plays Himself (1 episode)
Steve Allen plays Himself (1 episode)
Jayne Meadows plays Herself (1 episode)
Ethel Merman plays Herself (2 episodes)
Shelley Berman plays Himself (1 episode)
Chita Rivera plays Herself (1 episode)
Louis Nye plays Himself (1 episode)
Martha Raye plays Herself (1 episode)
Peter Lawford plays Himself (1 episode)
Rich Little plays Himself (1 episode)
Louis Jordan plays Himself (1 episode)
Diahann Carroll plays Herself (1 episode)
Jack Jones plays Himself (2 episodes)
Ken Murray plays Himself (3 episodes)
Ray Bolger plays Himself (1 episode)
Liza Minnelli plays Herself (2 episodes)
Jane Powell plays Herself (1 episode)
Soupy Sales
Vic Damone plays Himself (3 episodes)
Robert Cole plays Himself (1 episode)
- Donald O'Connor
- Barbra Streisand
- Dick Smothers
- Tom Smothers
- Lena Horne
- Terry-Thomas
- George Maharis
- Leo Durocher
- Steve Lawrence
- June Allyson
- Zina Bethune
- Count Basie
- Judy Henske
- Peggy Lee
- Jack Carter
- Carl Reiner
- Mickey Rooney
- Tony Bennett
- Dick Shawn
- Lorna Luft
- Joey Luft
- Bobby Darin
- Bob Newhart
- Steve Allen
- Jayne Meadows
- Ethel Merman
- Shelley Berman
- Chita Rivera
- Louis Nye
- Martha Raye
- Peter Lawford
- Rich Little
- Louis Jordan
- Diahann Carroll
- Jack Jones
- Ken Murray
- Ray Bolger
- Liza Minnelli
- Jane Powell
- Soupy Sales
- Vic Damone
- Robert Cole