RUSC - Old Time Radio Shows

Comedy

From the early 1930s onwards comedy was arguably the most popular category of radio programming on the air. Classics of this category include Fibber, Jack Benny, Amos and Andy, The Aldrich Family and Our Miss Brooks.

Abbott & Costello Show
Show Count: 84
Broadcast History: 3 July 1940 to 26 March 1949
Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes
Cast: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Sid Fields, Iris Adrian, Martha Wentworth, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton
Producer: Martin Gosch
After working as Fred Allen's summer replacement, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in 1941, while two of their films (Buck Privates and Hold That Ghost) were adapted for Lux Radio Theater. They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.

Abbott and Costello Children's Show
Show Count: 4
Broadcast History: 6 December 1947 to 26 March 1949
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Anna Mae Slaughter, Johnny McGovern
The American Broadcasting Company presents the Abbott and Costello Kid's Show produced and transcribed in Hollywood, and featuring the Lou Costello Jr Youth Foundation Award. Every Saturday morning on this program, some lucky boy or girl will win hundreds of dollars of valuable gifts, and the Gold Trophy for Good Citizenship!

Abie's Irish Rose
Show Count: 2
Broadcast History: 24 January 1942 to 2 September 1944
Cast: Bud Collyer, Alan Reed, Walter Kinsella , Alfred White, Menasha Skulnik, Anna Appel, Carl Eastman, Ann Thomas, Bill Adams, Dolores Gillen, Amanda Randolph, Sydney Smith, Betty Winkler, Rosemary Levy, Richard Bond, Julie Stevens, Marion Shockley
Director: Joe Rines
Abie's Irish Rose, a situation comedy about a young married couple from Jewish and Catholic families, replaced Knickerbocker Playhouse and ran from January 24, 1942 through September 2, 1944.

Adventures of Maisie
Show Count: 82
Broadcast History: 1945 to 1952
Sponsor: Eversharp
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Elvia Allman, Ann Sothern, Hy Averback, Arthur Q. Bryan, Hans Conried, Virginia Gregg, Peter Leeds, Johnny McGovern, Sidney Miller, Pat McGeehan, Lurene Tuttle, Ben Wright, Sandra Gould, Jeffrey Silver
Director: Tony Sanford
Producer: John L. Greene

Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet, The
Show Count: 86
Broadcast History: 8 October 1944 to 18 June 1954
Sponsor: International Silver, Heinz Foods
Cast: Harriet Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, Tommy Bernard, Henry Blair, Joel Davis, John Brown, Lurene Tuttle, Janet Waldo
Director: Glenhall Taylor, Dave Elton
Producer: Glenhall Taylor, Dave Elton

Adventures Of Topper, The
Show Count: 3
Broadcast History: 7 June 1945 to 13 September 1945
Cast: Roland Young, Hope Emerson, Paul Mann, Frances Chaney

Alan Young Show, The
Show Count: 57
Broadcast History: 28 June 1944 to 20 September 1944, 3 October 1944 to 28 June 1946, 20 September 1946 to 30 May 1947, and 11 January 1949 to 5 July 1949
Cast: Alan Young, Jean Gillespie, Doris Singleton, Ed Begley, Louise Erickson, Jim Backus, Nicodemus Stewart, Hal March, Ken Christy
Director: Helen Mack
Producer: Helen Mack
The series began on NBC Radio as a summer replacement situation comedy in 1944, featuring vocalist Bea Wain. It then moved to ABC Radio with Jean Gillespie portraying Young's girlfriend Betty. The program was next broadcast by NBC for a 1946-47 run and was off in 1948. When it returned to NBC in 1949, Louise Erickson played Betty and Jim Backus was heard as snobbish playboy Hubert Updike III.

Aldrich Family, The
Show Count: 120
Broadcast History: 2nd July 1939 to 19th April 1953
Cast: Ezra Stone, Norman Tokar, Dickie Jones, Raymond Ives, Bobby Ellis, House Jameson, Clyde Fillmore, Tom Shirley, Katharine Raht, Lea Penman, Regina Wallace, Betty Field, Patricia Peardon, Charita Bauer, Ann Lincoln, Jone Allison, Mary Mason, Mary Rolfe, Jackie Kelk, Johnny Fiedler, Jack Grimes, Michael O'Day, Ed Begley, Arthur Vinton, Howard Smith, Agnes Moorehead, Leona Powers, Mary Shipp, Ethel Blume, Jean Gillespie, Eddie Bracken, Charles Powers
Director: Harry Ackerman, Edwin Duerr, Fran Van Hartesveldt, George McGarrett, Sam Fuller, Bob Welsh, Lester Vail, Joseph Scibetta, Day Tuttle

Amos & Andy Show
Show Count: 229
Broadcast History:
Sponsor: Pepsodent, Campbell Soups, Lever Brothers
Cast: Edward G Robinson, Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden, Ernestine Wade, Amanda Randolph, Harriette Widmer, Elinor Harriot, Terry Howard, Madeline Lee, Lou Lubin, Eddie Green, Johnny Lee
Producer: Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher

Anderson Family
Show Count: 30
Broadcast History:

Archie Andrews
Show Count: 43
Broadcast History: 31 May 1943 to 24 December 1943, 17 January 1944 to 2 June 1944, and 2 June 1945 to 5 September 1953
Sponsor: Swift and Company
Cast: Charles Mullen, Jack Grimes, Burt Boyar, Bob Hastings, Harlan Stone, Cameron Andrews , Rosemary Rice, Joy Geffen, Doris Grundy, Gloria Mann, Vivian Smolen , Alice Yourman, Arthur Kohl, Vinton Hayworth, Reese Taylor, Peggy Allenby, Paul Gordon, Arthur Maitland
Producer: Kenneth W. MacGregor
Archie Andrews, created in 1941 by Vic Bloom and Bob Montana, is a fictional character in an American comic book series published by Archie Comics, as well as the long-running Archie Andrews radio series, a syndicated comic strip, The Archie Show, and Archie's Weird Mysteries.

Baby Snooks Show
Show Count: 160
Broadcast History: 29 February 1936 to 6 June 1936, 23 December 1937 to 25 July 1940, 5 September 1940 to 15 June 1944, 17 September 1944 to 28 May 1948, and 8 November 1949 to 22 May 1951
Cast: Lois Corbett, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford, Lalive Brownell, Arlene Harris, Leone Ledoux, Alan Reed, Danny Thomas, Charlie Cantor, Ken Christy, Irene Tedrow, Frank Nelson, Ben Alexander, Lillian Randolph, Elvia Allman, Earl Lee, Sara Berner, Anne Whitfield
Director: Mann Holiner, Al Kaye, Ted Bliss, Walter Bunker, Arthur Stander
Producer: Mann Holiner, Al Kaye, Ted Bliss, Walter Bunker, Arthur Stander

Beulah Show, The
Show Count: 16
Broadcast History: 2 July 1945 to 17 March 1946, 24 February 1947 to 20 August 1947, 24 November 1947 to 10 April 1953 and 28 September 1953 to 28 May 1954
Sponsor: Procter & Gamble, General Foods, General Motors
Cast: Lois Corbett, Marlin Hurt, Hattie McDaniel, Lillian Randolph, Amanda Randolph, Hugh Studebaker, Mary Jane Croft, Henry Blair, Ruby Dandridge, Ernie Whitman, Sammy Ogg, Bob Corley, Butterfly McQueen, Nicodemus Stewart, Roy Glenn, Jess Kirkpatrick, John Brown, Louise Beavers, Vivian Dandridge, Dorothy Dandridge
Director: Tom McKnight, Steve Hatos
Producer: Helen Mack, Tom McKnight, Steve Hatos
An American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable for being the first sitcom to star an African American actress.

Bickersons, The
Show Count: 60
Broadcast History: 8 September 1946 to 1 June 1947, 24 September 1947 to 25 June 1948 and 5 June 1951 to 28 August 1951
Sponsor: Drene Shampoo, Old Gold Cigarettes
Cast: Frances Langford, Don Ameche, Danny Thomas, Lew Parker, Frank Morgan

Blondie
Show Count: 44
Broadcast History: 3 July 1939 to 26 June 1944, 21 July 1944 to 1 September 1944, 13 August 1944 to 26 September 1948, 6 October 1948 to 29 June 1949 and 6 October 1949 to 6 July 1950
Cast: Penny Singleton, Ann Rutherford, Alice White, Patricia Vann Cleve, Arthur Lake, Leone Ledoux, Tommy Cook, Larry Sims, Bobby Ellis, Jeffrey Silver, Marlene Aames, Norma Jean Nilsson, Joan Rae, Hanley Stafford, Elvia Allman, Frank Nelson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Harry Lang, Dix Davis, Mary Jane Croft, Veola Vonn, Lurene Tuttle, Rosemary DeCamp, Ed MacDonald, Hans Conried
Producer: Ashmead Scott

Bloopers
Show Count: 21
Broadcast History:

Blue Ribbon Town
Show Count: 5
Broadcast History: 27 March 1943 to 5 August 1944
Sponsor: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
Cast: Virginia O'Brien, Groucho Marx, Leo Gorcey, Fay McKenzie
Director: Dick Mack
Producer: Dick Mack
Host: Groucho Marx, Kenny Baker

Bob & Ray Show
Show Count: 128
Broadcast History: 2 July 1951 to 9 October 1953, 7 July 1951 to 26 September 1951, 3 October 1955 to 20 September 1957 and 29 June 1959 to 24 June 1960
Cast: Ray Goulding, Bob Elliot
Director: Ken MacGregor

Bob Hope Show
Show Count: 47
Broadcast History: 4 January 1935 to 5 April 1935, 14 September 1935 to 3 September 1936, 9 May 1937 to 26 September 1937, 8 December 1937 to 23 March 1938, 27 September 1938 to 8 June 1948, 14 September 1948 to 13 June 1950, and 3 October 1950 to 21 April 1955
Sponsor: Emerson Drug Company, Bromo Seltzer, Atlantic Oil, Lucky Strike, Swan Soap, American Dairy, General Foods, Woodbury Soap
Cast: Bob Hope, James Melton, Jane Froman, Patricia Wilder, Frank Parker, Jerry Colonna, Blanche Stewart, Elvia Allman, Doris Day, Frances Langford, Barbara Jo Allen, Stan Kenton, Skinnay Ennis, Desi Arnaz, Les Brown
Director: Bill Lawrence, Norman Morrell, Bob Stephenson, Al Capstaff
Producer: Bill Lawrence, Norman Morrell, Bob Stephenson, Al Capstaff

Bright Star
Show Count: 20
Broadcast History: 1952-1953
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray

Burns & Allen
Show Count: 283
Broadcast History: 15 February 1932 to 13 June 1934, 19 September 1934 to 24 March 1937, 12 April 1937 to 1 August 1938, 30 September 1938 to 23 June 1939, 4 October to 1939 to 26 June 1940, 1 July 1940 to 24 March 1941, 7 October 1941 to 30 June 1942, 6 October 1942 to 25 June 1945, 20 September 1945 to 23 June 1949 and 21 September 1949 to 17 May 1950
Sponsor: Robert Burns Panatella, White Owl Cigars, Campbell Soups, Grape Nuts, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Hinds Cream, Hormel Meats, Lever Brothers, Swan Soap, Maxwell House Coffee Time, Block Drugs
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc, Margaret Brayton, Sara Berner, Clarence Nash, Elliott Lewis, Mary Lee Robb, Richard Crenna, Joseph Kearns, Eric Snowden, Hal March, Gerald Mohr, Marvin Miller, Wally Maher, Doris Singleton, Dawn Bender, Tommy Bernard, Gale Gordon, Hans Conried
Director: Ed Gardner, Ralph Levy, Al Kaye
Producer: Ed Gardner, Ralph Levy, Al Kaye

Candid Microphone
Show Count: 9
Broadcast History: 28 June 1947 to 23 September 1948 and 6 June 1950 to 29 August 1950
Cast: Allen Funt
Host: Allen Funt

Couple Next Door, The
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History: 1935 to 1937, 30 December 1957 to 25 November 1960
Cast: Elinor Harriot, Pat O'Brien, Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce, Olan Soulé, Margaret Hamilton

Date With Judy, A
Show Count: 39
Broadcast History: 24 June 1941 to 16 September 1941, 23 June 1942 to 15 September 1942, 18 January 1944 to 4 January 1949 and 13 October 1949 to 25 May 1950
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Lois Corbett, Ann Gillis, Paul McGrath, Margaret Brayton, Tommy Bond, Lurene Tuttle, Dellie Ellis, Stanley Farrar, Louse Erickson, Joseph Kearns, John Borwn, Georgia Backus, Myra Marsh, Dix Davis, Harry Harvey, Richard Crenna, Sandra Gould
Director: Tom McAvity, Helen Mack
Producer: Tom McAvity, Helen Mack, Robert Holmes, Clara Groves

Day In The Life Of Dennis Day, A
Show Count: 54
Broadcast History: 3 October 1946 to 30 June 1951
Sponsor: Lustre-Creme Shampoo
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Dennis Day, Sharon Douglas, Barbara Eiler, Betty Miles, Francis Trout, John Brown
Director: Frank O'Connor
Producer: Frank O'Connor

Duffy's Tavern
Show Count: 65
Broadcast History: 29 July 1940 to 30 June 1942, 6 October 1942 to 27 June 1944, and 15 September 1944 to 18 January 1952
Cast: Shirley Booth, Florence Halop, Sandra Gould, Helen Lynd, Doris Singleton, Sara Berner, Connie Manning, Florence Robinson, Helen Eley, Margie Liszt, Gloria Erlanger, Pauline Drake, Hazel Shermet, Charlie Cantor, Eddie Green, Alan Reed, F. Chase Taylor, Dickie Van Patten
Director: Rupert Lucas, Jack Roche, Rory Sanford, Mitchell Benson
Producer: Ed Gardner
Top of the pops in radio situation comedy for more than a decade through the forties and into the fifties and all built around a character who never made even one appearance on the show.

Dunninger the Mentalist
Show Count: 7
Broadcast History:

Easy Aces
Show Count: 279
Broadcast History: October 1931 to December 1948
Cast: Goodman Ace, Jane Ace, Mary Hunter, Peggy Allenby, Ethel Blume, Alfred Ryder, Martin Gabel, Helene Dumas, Ann Thomas, John Griggs, Evelyn Varden, Pert Kelton, Eric Dressler, Cliff Hall
Director: Frank Hummert, Anne Hummert

Eb & Zeb
Show Count: 7
Broadcast History: 1932
Sponsor: Shell Oil Company
Cast: Al Pearce, Bill Wright
Today we introduce two new characters, who we believe you're going to find extremely entertaining, extremely amusing - although perhaps introduce is hardly the proper word, for these two characters are so essentially American, so typically a product of the country in which we live, that you already know all about them.

Ethel And Albert
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History: Early 1940s, 29 May 1944 to 24 June 1949, and 16 January 1949 to 28 August 1950
Cast: Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce, Richard Widmark, Madeleine Pierce
Director: Robert Cotton, William D Hamilton
Producer: Peg Lynch
Ethel and Albert (aka The Private Lives of Ethel and Albert) was a radio and television comedy series about a married couple, Ethel and Albert Arbuckle, living in the small town of Sandy Harbor. Created by Peg Lynch (born 1916), who scripted and portrayed Ethel, the series first aired on local Minnesota radio in the early 1940s, followed by a run on NBC, CBS and ABC from May 29, 1944 to August 28, 1950.

Fabulous Dr. Tweedy, The
Show Count: 5
Broadcast History: 2 June 1946 to 26 March 1947
Sponsor: Lucky Strike, Pall Mall
Cast: Frank Morgan, Barbara Eiler, Harry Von Zell, John Hiestand, Nana Bryant, Eddie Green

Father Knows Best
Show Count: 112
Broadcast History: 25 August 1949 to 19 November 1953
Sponsor: General Foods
Cast: Robert Young, Sam Edwards, Norma Jean Nilsson, Herb Vigran, June Whitley, Eleanor Audley, Ted Donaldson, Rhoda Williams, Jean Vander Pyl
Director: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Ken Burton, Murray Bolen
Producer: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Ken Burton, Murray Bolen
An American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by writer Ed James in the 1940s, and ran on radio from 1949 to 1954 and on television from 1954 to 1960.

Fibber McGee & Molly
Show Count: 1169
Broadcast History: 16 April 1935 to 2 June 1935, 8 July 1935 to 7 March 1938, 15 March 1938 to 30 June 1953, 5 October 1953 to 23 March 1956, and 1 June 1957 to 6 September 1959
Sponsor: Johnson's Wax, Pet Milk, Reynolds Aluminum
Cast: Marian Jordan, Jim Jordan, Arthur Q. Bryan, Cliff Arquette, Shirley Mitchell, Hugh Studebaker, Bill Thompson, Marlin Hurt, Isabel Randolph, Ransom Sherman, Gene Carrol, Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Harold Peary
Director: Frank Pittman, Cecil Underwood, Max Hutto
Producer: Frank Pittman, Cecil Underwood, Max Hutto
Fibber McGee & Molly was first broadcast in 1935 and ran in a variety of formats until the final broadcast in 1956. Jim and Marian Jordan played Fibber and his wife Molly in this hilarious domestic comedy.

Fountain of Fun
Show Count: 11
Broadcast History:

Fred Allen Show, The
Show Count: 89
Broadcast History: 23 October 1932 to 16 April 1933, 4 August 1933 to 1 December 1933, 3 January 1934 to 26 June 1940, 2 October 1940 to 25 June 1944, 7 October 1945 to 28 December 1947, and 4 january 1948 to 26 June 1949
Cast: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Helen Morgan, Sheila berrtt, Roy Atwell, Charlie Carlisle, Jack Smart, Minerva Pious, Lionel Stander, Eileen Douglas, Town Hall Quartet, Merry Macs, Alan Reed, John Brown, Charlie Cantor, Peter Donald, Parker Fennelly, Kenny Delmar
Producer: Roger White, Sylvester Weaver, Vick Knight, Howard Reilly

Gasoline Alley
Show Count: 4
Broadcast History:

Glamour Manor
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History: 25 August 1945 to 27 June 1947
Cast: Bea Benaderet, John McIntire, Lurene Tuttle, Barbara Eiler, Tyler McVey, Cliff Arquette

Granby's Green Acres
Show Count: 6
Broadcast History: 3 July 1950 to 21 August 1950
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Parley Baer, Louise Erickson
Director: Jay Sommers
Producer: Jay Sommers

Great Gildersleeve, The
Show Count: 526
Broadcast History: 31 August 1941 to 21 March 1957
Sponsor: Kraft Foods
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Arthur Q. Bryan, Gale Gordon, Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Walter Tetley, Cathy Lewis, Lurene Tuttle, Hans Conried, Earle Ross, Lillian Randolph, Shirley Mitchell, Tommy Bernard, Una Merkel, Forrest Lewis, Marylee Robb, Richard Legrand, Dick Crenna, Louise Erickson, Mary Lee Robb, Ken Christy, Ben Alexander, Jim Backus, Pauline Drake, Gloria Holliday
Director: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Cecil Underwood, Karl Gruener, Frank Pittman Fran Van Hartesveldt, Virgil Reimer
Producer: Fran Van Hartesveldt, Cecil Underwood, Karl Gruener, Frank Pittman Fran Van Hartesveldt, Virgil Reimer

Halls Of Ivy, The
Show Count: 84
Broadcast History: 6 June 1950 to 6 January 1952
Cast: Arthur Q. Bryan, Willard Waterman, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume Colman, Alan Reed, Herb Butterfield, Elizabeth Patterson, Gloria Gordon, Jerry Hausner, Paula Winslowe, Raymond Lawrence, Sheldon Leonard, Herb Vigran, Ken Christy, Jean Vander Pyl, Jeffrey Silver, Johnny McGovern, Charles Seel, Bob Seeney, Virginia Gregg, Rolfe Sedan
Director: Nat Wolff
Producer: Don Quinn, Nat Wolff
A situation comedy show, which follows the daily trials and tribulations of a college president in a small American College. It ran for two seasons from 1950 to 1952 and was aired at 8pm initially on Fridays and then on a Wednesday evening for the second season.

Hardy Family
Show Count: 14
Broadcast History: 1949 to 1950 and 3 January 1952 to 1 January 1953
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Lewis Stone
Director: Thomas McAvity

Henry Morgan Show The
Show Count: 24
Broadcast History: 28 October 1940 to 25 January 1943, 8 October 1945 to 16 July 1946, 3 September 1946 to 24 June 1948, 13 March 1949 to 16 June 1950, and 6 February 1950 to 23 June 1950
Cast: Henry Morgan, Arnold Stang, Art Carney, Florence Halop, Madeline Lee, Kenny Delmar
Director: Kenneth MacGregor, Charles Powers
Host: Henry Morgan
Henry Morgan's radio career began as a page at New York station WMCA in 1932, after which he held a number of obscure radio jobs, including announcing. He strenuously objected to the professional name "Morgan". What was wrong with his own name, Henry van Ost, Jr.? he asked. Too exotic, too unpronounceable, he was told. "What about the successful announcers Harry von Zell or Westbrook Van Voorhis?" he countered. But it was no use, and the bosses finally told Henry he could take the job or leave it. Thus began a long history of Henry's having arguments with executives.

Honest Harold
Show Count: 38
Broadcast History: 17 September 1950 to 13 June 1951
Cast: Harold Peary, Joseph Kearns, Olan Soule, Parley Baer, Jane Morgan, Cliff Arquette, Lynn Allen, Shirley Mitchell, Gloria Holliday, Mary Oldham, Stuffy Singer, Kathryn Card, Mary Jane Croft, Sammy Ogg
Director: Norman Macdonnell

I Love Lucy
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History: 27 February 1952
Cast: Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley, Vivian Vance

It's Higgins, Sir
Show Count: 13
Broadcast History: 3 July 1951 to 25 September 1951
Cast: Harry McNaughton, Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley, Denise Alexander
Director: Paul Harrison

Jack Benny Program
Show Count: 697
Broadcast History: 2 May 1932 to 22 May 1955
Sponsor: Canada Dry, Chevrolet, General Tyres, Jell-O, Grape Nuts, Grape Nuts Flakes, Lucky Strike, Home Insurance Company, General Motors
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Elliott Lewis, Jack Benny, Joseph Kearns, Mel Blanc, Phil Harris, John Brown, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume Colman, Dennis Day, Verna Felton, Andy Devine, Bob Crosby, Jane Morgan, Sheldon Leonard, Dix Davis, Kenny Baker, Frank Nelson, Eddie Marr, Paul Douglas, Sara Berner, Gloria Gordon, Don Wilson, Frank Parker, Howard Claney, Veola Vonn, Bill Days, James Melton, Blanche Stewart, George Hicks, George Olsen, Ethel Shutta, Sadye Marks, Ted Weems, Alois Havrilla, Frank Black, Don Bestor, Jimmy Grier, Johnny Green, Michael Bartlett, Eddie Anderson, Sam Hearn, Joe Besser, Artie Auerbach, Larry Stevens, Max Smith, John Rarig, Gurney Bell, Jay Mayer, Marty Sperzel, Thurl Ravenscroft, Bob Gregor, Sid Silvers, Frank Fontaine, Mary Livingstone, Benny Rubin, Benita Colman, Rochester Van Jones
Producer: Hilliard Marks, Irving Fein

Jack Webb Show, The
Show Count: 2
Broadcast History: Spring 1946
Cast: Jack Webb, John Gilbraith

Jean Shepherd
Show Count: 27
Broadcast History: 1948 until the 1970s
Host: Jean Shepherd
Shepherd began his broadcast radio career on WSAI in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1948. From 1951 to 1953 he had a late-night broadcast on KYW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to Cincinnati for a show on WLW.

Johnson Family
Show Count: 35
Broadcast History:

Life Of Riley, The
Show Count: 255
Broadcast History: 12 April 1941 to 6 September 1941, 16 January 1944 to 8 July 1945, and 8 September 1945 to 29 June 1951
Sponsor: American Meat Institute, Procter & Gamble, Pabst Beer
Cast: William Bendix, John Brown, Jack Grimes, Sharon Douglas, Hans Conried, Grace Coppin, Paula Winslowe, Peggy Conklin, Scotty Beckett, Shirley Mitchell, Lionel Stander, Charlie Cantor, Francis Trout, Jackie Grimes, Conrad Binyon, Bobby Ellis, Barbara Eiler, Tommy Cook
Director: Marx B Loeb, Al Kaye, Don Bernard, Leonard Bercovici
Producer: Irving Brecher

Life With Luigi
Show Count: 146
Broadcast History: 21 September 1948 to 3 March 1953
Sponsor: Wrigley’s Gum
Cast: J. Carrol Naish, Alan Reed, Jody Gilbert, Gil Stratton Jr., Mary Shipp, Hans Conried, Joe Forte, Ken Peters
Director: William N Robson, Mac Benoff
Producer: Cy Howard

Lum and Abner
Show Count: 1599
Broadcast History: 26 April 1931 to 7 May 1954
Cast: Norris Goff, Chester Lauck, Andy Devine, Lurene Tuttle, Clarence Hartzell, Cliff Arquette, Jerry Hausner, Francis "Dink" Trout, Frank Graham, Zasu Pitts, Elmore Vincent, Opie Cates, Francis X Bushman
Producer: Larry Berns. Forrest Owen

Magnificent Montague
Show Count: 30
Broadcast History:
Cast: Monty Woolley

Mama Bloom's Brood
Show Count: 8
Broadcast History:

Meet Corliss Archer
Show Count: 8
Broadcast History: 7 January 1943 to 30 September 1956
Cast: Priscilla Lyon, Irvin Lee, Dexter Franklin, Bill Christy, David Hughes, Burt Boyar, Frank Martin, Gloria Holden, Irene Tedrow, Norman Field, Mary Wickes, Janet Waldo, Lugene Sandars, Sam Edwards, Fred Shields, Tommy Bernard, Kenny Godkin, Bebe Young, Barbara Whiting, Dolores Crane
Director: Bert Prager, Helen Mack
Although Meet Corliss Archer was CBS's answer to NBC's popular A Date with Judy, it was also broadcast by NBC in 1948 as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. From October 3, 1952 to June 26, 1953, it aired on ABC, finally returning to CBS. Despite the program's long run, less than 24 episodes are known to exist.

Mel Blanc Show
Show Count: 41
Broadcast History: 3 September 1946 to 24 June 1947
Sponsor: Colgate
Cast: Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc, Mary Jane Croft, Hans Conried, Alan Reed, Earle Ross, Jim Backus, Joe Kearns, Sportsmen Quartet
Director: Joe Rines, Sam Fuller
Producer: Joe Rines, Sam Fuller

Milton Berle Show
Show Count: 2
Broadcast History: 3 March 1943 to 15 June 1949
Cast: Arthur Q. Bryan, Milton Berle, Charles Irving, Ed Begley, Mary Shipp, Arnold Stang, Pert Kelton, Jack Albertson, Kay Armen, Al Kelly
Director: Cy Howard
Producer: Cy Howard

Misadventures of Si and Elmer, The
Show Count: 41
Broadcast History:

Mr. & Mrs. Blandings
Show Count: 7
Broadcast History:

My Favorite Husband
Show Count: 105
Broadcast History: July 23rd, 1948 - March 31st, 1951
Cast: Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, Gale Gordon, Bea Benaderet, Ruth Perrott
Producer: Jess Oppenheimer
My Favorite Husband is based on the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cougat, by Isabel Scott Rorick.

My Friend Irma
Show Count: 104
Broadcast History: 1947 to 1954

Nebbs, The
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History:
Cast: Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart
Straight from America's famous comic strip with Junior, Obie Slider, and all the others you've laughed, worried, and adventured with for over 22 years!

Old Gold Comedy Theater
Show Count: 30
Broadcast History: 1929 to 1948
Host: Harold Lloyd

Our Miss Brooks
Show Count: 182
Broadcast History: 19 July 1948 to 7 July 1957
Sponsor: Lustre-Creme Shampoo, Colgate, Toni Home Permanent
Cast: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jeff Chandler, Jane Morgan, Gloria McMillan, Leonard Smith, Dick Crenna, Robert Rockwell
Director: Al Lewis
Producer: Larry Berns

Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show, The
Show Count: 209
Broadcast History: 29 September 1946 to 18 June 1954
Sponsor: Fitch Shampoo, Rexall, RCA Victor
Cast: Jeanine Roose, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Elliot Lewis, Walter Tetley, Anne Whitfield, Robert North, John Hubbard, Gale Gordon
Director: Paul Phillips
Producer: Paul Phillips

Red Skelton Show, The
Show Count: 97
Broadcast History: 7 January 1939 to 26 May 1953
Cast: Ozzie Nelson, Red Skelton, Verna Felton, Lurene Tuttle, Ge Ge Pearson, Red Foley, Curt Massey, Janette Davis, Marlin Hurt, Edna Stillwell, Dick Todd, Tommy Mack, Bud Vandover, Harriet Nelson, Wonderful Smith
Director: Keith McLeod
Producer: Keith McLeod

Sam & Henry
Show Count: 5
Broadcast History: 12 January 1926 to 18 December 1927
Cast: Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden

Stan Freberg Show
Show Count: 25
Broadcast History: 14 July 1957 to 20 October 1957
Cast: Stan Freberg, Peter Leeds, June Foray, Daws Butler
Producer: Stan Freberg, Peter Barnum

That's Rich
Show Count: 8
Broadcast History: 8 January 1954 to 23 September 1954
Cast: Hans Conried, Stan Freberg, Lou Merrill, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield, Myra Marsh, Peter Leeds, Hugh Studebaker, Patricia Dunlap, Pattie Chapman, Daws Butler, Hal March, Eleanor Cannon
Director: Al Schwartz

Vic & Sade
Show Count: 189
Broadcast History:
Cast: Clarence Hartzell, Bill Idelson, Bernadine Flynn, Art Van Harvey