Episodes

12 episodes in this season

The Judy Garland Show

90 min

Together With Music

90 min

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

90 min

I Hear America Singing

90 min

Blithe Spirit

90 min

The Day Lincoln Was Shot

90 min

High Tor

90 min

Twentieth Century

90 min

This Happy Breed

90 min

E10

A Bell For Adano

90 min

E11

You're The Top

90 min

E12

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The Wizard of Oz

90 min

Ford Star Jubilee

TV Series

19551h 30m7.0

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The Wizard of Oz

Season 1 · Episode 12 · Nov 3, 1956

The final Ford Star Jubilee was the first television broadcast of the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. The show was expanded to two hours and Bert Lahr was engaged to host with assistance from 10 year old Liza Minnelli and Justin G. Schiller, a 13 year old Oz expert. CBS paid MGM for the right to show the film twice at $225,000 each airing. The broadcast was a ratings smash. CBS showed it again December 13, 1959 (Red Skelton and his daughter Valentina hosting) in an earlier time slot and it was an even bigger hit. CBS exercised its options ($200,000 each for four more broadcasts) for further airings in what became a TV tradition. Later hosts included Richard Boone and his son Peter (1960), Dick Van Dyke and his children (1961-62), and Danny Kaye (1964-67).

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Ford Star Jubilee

TV Series

19551h 30m7.0

ComedyDrama

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The Wizard of Oz

Season 1 · Episode 12 · Nov 3, 1956

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