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The Steve Allen Show

1956–1960·Canceled·5 Seasons·163 Episodes·51 min·NBC

Studio: Bellmeadows Enterprises, NBC

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Overview

The Steve Allen Show is an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen from June 1956 to June 1960 on NBC, from September 1961 to December 1961 on ABC, and in first-run syndication from 1962 to 1964. The first three seasons aired on Sunday nights at 8:00pm Eastern Time (directly opposite The Ed Sullivan Show), then on Mondays at 10:00pm Eastern in the 1959-60 season (as The Steve Allen Plymouth Show). After a season's absence, the series briefly returned on Wednesdays at 7:30pm Eastern. The syndicated version aired mostly in late nights. The program, between September 1957 and June 1960, became one of the first programs to be telecast in "compatible color". Kinescopes of the NBC version were later edited into 104 half-hour episodes and rerun on the short-lived '"HA!'" channel and Comedy Central in the early 1990s, with new introductions by Allen.

Cast

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Keywords

variety show

Seasons

Season 19 episodes

1956

Premier with guests Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Kim Novak, Vincent Price, Wally Cox, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Elvis Presley, Andy Griffith, Imogene Coca, Milton Berle, Steve Lawrence & Edye Gorme

Sammy Davis, Jr., Jack Palance, Vic Damone, Margaret Truman, Gogi Grant

Buddy Hackett, Count Basie & his Orchestra, The Four Lads

James Mason, Pamela Mason & Portland Mason, Rise Stevens & Jan Peerce, Roger Ray, Eddie Condon, Dayton Allen, Bambi Linn & Rod Alexander

Judy Holliday, Tony Bennett, Carmen Cavallaro, Louis Nye, Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five, The 321st National Military Drill Team

Frank Sinatra, Don Adams, Julius LaRosa, Mamie Van Doren, Eddie Lawrence, Augie & Margo

Buddy Hackett, Andy Williams, Jaye P. Morgan & the Morgan Brothers, Gregory Ratoff, The Ice Capades

Ann Sheridan, Fats Domino, Georgia Gibbs, Steve Lawrence, Smith & Dale

Season 248 episodes

1956

Andy Williams, Milt Kamen, Gogi Grant, The Will Mastin Trio (featuring Sammy Davis, Jr.), Marian Ann McKnight , The Baird Puppets

Billy Eckstine, Rin Tin Tin, Joni James, Professor Irwin Corey, Jose Molina, the Midwestern States Glee Club

Claudette Colbert, Mickey Rooney, Jerome Hines, Erin O'Brien, Joey Forman

Abbott & Costello, Kukla, Fran & Ollie, Peggy King, Lionel Hampton, Don Lamond, Louis Bellson Mrs. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle

Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray

Peter Lawford, Frank Parker, The Harlem Globetrotters, Rocky Graziano, Olga James, Janik & Arnaut, cameo appearance by Julius LaRosa

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Alfred Drake, Erin O'Brien, T.C. Jones, Jim Henson & the Muppets, Rod Alexander Dancers, Les Brown & His Band of Renown

Jerry Lewis, Georgia Gibbs, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Buster Crabbe, cast members of "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Bob Hope, Duke Ellington & Orchestra, Gene Nelson, Betty Walker, Erin O'Brien, George Hamilton IV, Olsen & Johnson, World's Champion Women Boxers

Gene Autry, Jim Lowe, Betty Kean & Lew Parker, Floyd Patterson & Archie Moore, the Chicago Bears

Charlton Heston, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Waters, Bobby Van, Don Newcombe, Floyd Patterson, Archie Moore, Vince Martin & The Tarriers

Anne Jeffreys & Robert Sterling, The Hi-Lo's, Bud Wilkinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Betty Kean & Lew Parker

Martha Raye, Alan Young, the Collins Kids, Ricky Vera, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the Vienna Boys Choir

Tony Bennett, Andy Griffith, the New York Rangers, live premiere of the motion picture "Around the World in 80 Days"

Errol Flynn, Polly Bergen, Guy Mitchell, Alan Young

Joe E. Brown, Julius La Rosa, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Rocky Graziano, Dorothy Miller ("Mrs. Miller", audience member)

New York Film Critics Awards

Season 2, Episode 18

Peter Lawford, Charles Van Doren, Lou Costello, Margaret Whiting, The Step Brothers

Frankie Laine, Alan Young, Martha Carson, Tab Hunter, Ken Rosewall, Pancho Gonzales, Jack Kramer, Pancho Segura

Yehudi Menuhin, Arlene Dahl, Aldo Ray, Robert Ryan, Brenda Lee, the Hilltoppers

Jerry Lewis, Martha Raye, Steve Lawrence, Diahann Carroll, Fernando Lamas

Greer Garson, Lou Costello, Dean Jones, Steve Peck, Janik & Arpaut, Howard McNear, Sandra Gould, Veola Vonn, The Lancers

Tennessee Ernie Ford, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mercer, Dinah Shore, Esther Williams, The Collins Kids

Salute to the All American Basketball Teams

Esther Williams, Eydie Gorme, Jackie Cooper, Stan Freberg, The Four Lads

Mickey Rooney, Eleanor Steber, Joey Forman, Betty Walker, Mickey & Sylvia, Jim Henson's Muppets

Brenda Lee, Don Adams, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Jack Carson, Peter Gennaro & Ellen Ray

Orson Welles, Jill Corey, Peggy Cass, The Will Mastin Trio featuring Sammy Davis Jr.

Tallulah Bankhead, Milton Berle, Pearl Bailey, Dean Jones, Reverend Billy Graham

Ann Sothern, Bert Lahr, Brenda Lee

Andy Griffith, Marty Robbins, Errol Garner, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Martha Raye, a cameo appearance from Dean Martin

Xavier Cugat, Abbe Lane, Pat Carroll, The Four Diamonds, Erin O'Brien, Jerry Lewis

Orson Welles, Wally Cox, Meg Myles, Jim Reeves, The Step Brothers, Reverend Billy Graham

Steve Lawrence, Mamie Van Doren, The Hi-Lo's, Walter Chiari

Lou Costello, Pat Boone, Jonathan Winters, Abbey Lincoln, Fay DeWitt, Dulcie Cooper, The Ames Brothers

Bob Hope, George Jessel, Alexis Smith, Vera Miles, Dean Martin, the Rod Alexander Dancers, The Axidentals

Benny Goodman, Yvonne De Carlo, Peter Lawford, Professor Irwin Corey

Debra Paget, Buddy Rich, Frankie Laine, Cornelia Otis Skinner

Tony Bennett, George Nader, Joanne Gilbert, Hal Le Roy, Floyd Patterson & Joe Louis

Jerry Lee Lewis, Shelley Winters, Anthony Franciosa, The Four Coins, Jodie Sands, Shai K. Ophir, Leona Gage

Marie MacDonald, The Four Diamonds, Jack E. Leonard, Don Rondo, Brenda Lee

Jane Russell, Ferlin Husky, Larry Storch, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Rod Alexander Dancers

Lou Costello, Liberace, Andy Williams, Abbey Lincoln, Jean Fenn

Hedy Lamar, Joe E. Brown, The Coasters, Irish McCalla, Pat Kirby

Pearl Bailey, Joan Collins, Jeff Chandler, Shaike Ophir, Pete Rademacher

Robert Young, Martha Raye, Marion Lorne, Milton Caniff, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Dave Garroway, Miss America of 1958

Ed Wynn, Frankie Laine, Dorothy Collins, Don Adams, Audrey Meadows, Sugar Ray Robinson & Carmen Basilio

Season 340 episodes

1957

NBC Fall Preview

Corinne Calvet, Jimmy Dean, Jerry Lester, Barbara Nichols, Sugar Ray Robinson & Carmen Basilio

Anthony Perkins, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Johnny Puleo & his Harmonica Gang, cameo by Killer Joe Piro

Dorothy Lamour & Jon Hall, Buddy Knox, Hank Aaron & Lew Burdette

Ginger Rogers, Lou Costello, The Hi-Lo's, The Harlem Globetrotters

Jerry Vale, William Bendix, Judy Canova, Shelley Berman, Janice Harper, Art Blakely, Candido, Sabu Martinez, Bob Rosengarden

Jerry Lee Lewis, Dennis Day, Joanne Gilbert, cameo by Jerry Lewis

Gloria Swanson, Charlie Ruggles, Tony Bennett, Jack E. Leonard, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Marie McDonald, Walter Chiari, Edward Everett Horton, Ferlin Husky, The King Sisters

Joan Caulfield, Sam Levenson, Audrey Meadows, Greta Thyssen, Steve Lawrence, Teal Joy, The Treniers

Errol Flynn, Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Don Adams, Jennie Smith, the Army-Navy Football Stars

Sal Mineo, Rosemary Clooney, Shelley Berman, Dale Robertson, Peter Lawford, Guy Lombardo & Orchestra

Ann Sothern, Jackie Cain & Roy Kral, Lou Costello, Steve Lawrence, Milt Kamen

Anthony Perkins, Mahalia Jackson, Gertrude Berg, George London, the U.N. Singers

Peter Ustinov, Margaret O'Brien, Jerry Vale, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Martha Davis & Spouse

Sam Cooke, Abbe Lane, Xavier Cugat, Johnny Haymer, Ward Bond, Robert Horton

From the Riviera Hotel, Havana

Martha Raye, Jimmy Dean, Erin O'Brien, Charles Laughton, Rubinoff & his violin

Henry Fonda, Shelley Berman, Jennie Smith, The Treniers

From Hollywood: The Photoplay Movie Awards

Dale Robertson, Peggy King, Don Adams, The Hi-Lo's, Duke Hazlitt, cameo appearances from Jerry Lewis and Red Skelton

The McGuire Sisters, Teddi King, The Playmates, Haller & Hayden, Jayne Meadows, Audrey Meadows

Sam Cooke, Peter Ustinov, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane, Bobby Rivera, Jill Corey, Tommy Leonetti, Virginia Gibson, Alan Copeland

Lou Costello, Jack Jones, Dolores Gray, Sabrina, Janik & Arnaut

Lena Horne, Keenan Wynn, Jack E. Leonard, Mark Murphy, Carmen Basilio

Anita Ekberg, Alan Young, Joni James, John Bubbles, Tommy Prisco

Edgar Bergen, The Step Brothers, Marie McDonald, The All-American High School & College Basketball Teams

Orson Welles, Jane Powell, Senor Wences, Alan Dale, The Bay Bops

Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae, Dody Goodman, Jayne Meadows, Audrey Meadows

Season 3, Episode 30

Claudette Colbert, Toni Arden, Abe Burrows, Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane

Count Basie, Joe Bushkin, Teddy Wilson, Jane Powell, Phil Harris, Igor and H

Lionel Hampton, Rosemary Clooney, Rory Calhoun

Julie Newmar, Dick Clark, Lou Costello, Ronnie Deauville, Beverly Kenney, Carl Ballantine, Abigail Van Buren, Maurice Gosfield, Sid Gould, Franklin Pangborn

Peter Ustinov, Louis Armstrong, Barbara McNair, Van Cliburn

Henry Fonda, Shari Lewis, Mel Torme, Martha Raye, Terry Gibbs, Gus Bivona, Gary Peacock, Mundell Lowe

Kirk Douglas, Joni James, Roy Hamilton, Jonathan Winters, The Hi-Lo's

Jack Lemmon, Peter Ustinov, Jerry Vale, Jeri Southern

Oscar Levant, Tony Bennett, Don Adams, Dorothy Collins, Sandra McCorkle

Tribute to original 'Tonight' show with Steve Allen

Season 435 episodes

1958

Andy Griffith, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, The McGuire Sisters

Audrey Meadows, Jayne Meadows, Roberta Sherwood, Mary Ann Mobley

NBC Fall Preview

Joan Davis, Art Linkletter, Jimmie Rodgers, Ray Anthony

Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Walker, Larry Daniels, Carole Simpson, the Rocky Mario Trio

Gertrude Berg, Tony Bennett, Peter Lawford, Kathy Linden, The Harlem Globetrotters

Peter Ustinov, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Laura Leslie, Dorothy Collins, Augie & Margo, Warren Covington

Jane Russell, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Earl Grant, George Melachrino & his orchestra

Harry Belafonte & The Belafonte Singers, Johnny Carson, Martha Raye

Count Basie & his Orchestra, Joe Williams, Alan Young, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Don Cornell

Claudette Colbert, Jackie Cooper, Carol Hughes, Roger Ray, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Don Adams, Pat Boone, the Incomparable Hildegarde, Augie & Margo

Joan Davis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Leo DeLyon, Andre Previn, The Hi-Lo's

Tony Bennett, Jonathan Winters, Clara Ward & Her Gospel Singers, Ingrid Bergman and Curt Jurgens

The Ice Capades, Pat Kirby, The Four Lads

Patrice Munsel, The King Sisters, Roy Hamilton, Chuck McCann

Diana Dors, Perez Prado & his Orchestra, The Three Stooges, Chuck McCann

Esther Williams, Vic Damone, Jennie Smith, The Mary Dwight Swimmers

Lee Marvin, Johnny Carson, James Darren, Dolores Gray

Martha Raye, Carl Ballantine, Danny Staton, Rex Stuart, Pee Wee Russell, Eddie Condon, Al Clink, Hank Jones, Woody Herman & the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, cameos by Arthur & Kathryn Murray

Liberace, Steve Lawrence, Marie McDonald, the U.S. Army Chorus, Cameo by Phil Silvers

Frank Gorshin, Ray Anthony & his Band, Terry Gibbs, Diana Maxwell, Steve Allen presents Hollywood Merit Awards

Andy Griffith, Diana Dors, Otto Harbach, Jimmy Hurst, The Three Stooges

Jayne Mansfield, Eydie Gorme, Tommy Leonetti

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Johnny Carson, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Vic Damone, Jane Harvey

Charlton Heston, Peter Lawford, Jayne Meadows, Debra Paget, Jonathan Winters

Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Gorshin, Joanne Gilbert, Carlos Montoya, Sessue Hayakawa, The U.F.O.'s, the Nikolais Dancers

The Three Stooges, Connie Russell, David Allen, Lenny Bruce

Diana Dors, George Jessel, Mark Murphy, Don Elliott, cameo by Richard Dawson

Richard Kiley, Georgia Gibbs, Jack E. Leonard, Carole Costello

Tony Bennett, Jean Shepherd, Jimmie Rodgers, Betty Walker, The Modernaires

Lenny Bruce, Sarah Vaughan, Anita Ekberg, Tommy Prisco, Georgie Taps

Diahann Carroll, George Gobel, Vaughn Monroe, Marty Ingels, The Nikolais Dancers, The Naval Aviation Cadet Choir

Cyril Ritchard, Irene Kral, The Axidentals, Eli Mintz, the Ruth Walton Dancers

Ginger Rogers, Ingemar Johansson, Steve Lawrence

Season 531 episodes

1959

Tab Hunter, The Nikolais Dancers

Teresa Brewer, Buddy Hackett, Jaime Laredo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Lee Marvin, The King Sisters, Crystal Joy

Lola Albright, Tony Bennett, the Nikolais Dancers

Rock Hudson, Johnny Carson, Jayne Meadows, Jane Harvey

Chuck Connors, Peggy Lee, George Jessel, Billy Eckstine

Jack Kerouac, William Bendix, Frankie Laine, Pam Garner

Mickey Rooney, Mel Torme, June Christy, The Nutty Squirrels

Tony Randall, Buddy Hackett, Miriam Makeba, Jo Stafford

Vic Damone, Andre Previn, Sandra 'Sandy' Warner, Jayne Meadows

Gene Autry, Patti Page, Frank Gorshin

10th Annual Magazine Awards

Keenan Wynn, Sheree North, Roger Williams, Belle Montrose

Tony Bennett, Jayne Meadows, Caroline Richter, Monica Zetterlund

Jimmy Durante, Peggy Lee, Bob Dineri

Tony Randall, Jo Stafford, Jean Wald and her Swingin' Mothers

Jayne Meadows, Steve Lawrence, Carlos Montoya

Julie London, Buddy Hackett, Julius LaRosa

Henry Fonda, Tony Bennett, Don Adams, Pat Kirby, The Jazztet

Maurice Evans, Martha Raye, Johnny Desmond, Tom Poston

Nat 'King' Cole, Cyril Ritchard, Ann Richards, Charlie Manna

The Movie Premiere of 'Can-Can'

Ann Blyth, Nick Adams, Jan Murray, the Alwin Nikolais Dancers

Johnny Carson, Diana Dors, Johnny Mercer, Belle Montrose

Charlton Heston, Rise Stevens, Jerry Vale, Jackie Mason

Charles Laughton, Martha Raye, Mark Murphy

Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders

Ginger Rogers, Tony Bennett, Erroll Garner, Henny Youngman, the Ralph Sharon Quartet

Patrice Munsel, Jonathan Winters, Phil Harris, The Buddy Cole Quintet, The North American Air Defense Command Band

Diana Dors, Andre Previn, Mort Sahl, Jayne Meadows

Martha Raye, Frank Gorshin, Buddy Greco, The Nikolais Dancers

Added: 5/19/2026Updated: 6/4/2026