| Genre: | Comedy |
| Starring: | Paul Gilbert Phyllis Coates Allen Jenkins |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Producer: | Bill Harmon |
| Runtime: | 24 mins. |
| Channel: | NBC |
The Duke is an American comedy series that aired on NBC from July 2 to September 3, 1954. The series was broadcast live[1] on Fridays from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Duke London a/k/a Duke Zenlee[2] was a professional boxer who was also an accomplished painter. Through his artwork he met Rudy Cromwell, who offered to teach him to live a more cultured life.[3] Duke left the boxing ring and opened a nightclub called The Duke's, but both his former promoter and trainer kept trying to persuade him to make a prize-fighting comeback.[1]
A review in The New York Times said that The Duke "trudges along with log-grade comedy and some silly situations".[5]