The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show explained
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Producer: | Arthur Rush, Ralph Wonders[1] |
| Runtime: | 54 minutes |
| Channel: | ABC |
The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a musical variety series that aired Saturday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on ABC from September 29, 1962[2] until December 22, 1962.[3] [4]
The series was called "a very wholesome musical variety hour" and one reviewer referred to it as "A kind of Lawrence Welk with spurs."[5] Writers were Borden Chase, Stan Davis, Elon Packard, and Bob Henry. Henry was also the director.[1]
The show became the first series to be cancelled during the 1962 television season.[4]
Synopsis
Besides professional musical and comedy cast members Pat Brady, Sons of the Pioneers, Cliff Arquette, Kirby Buchanon, Cathie Taylor and Ralph Carmichael's orchestra Roy Rogers and Dale Evans also featured their four youngest children: Debbie, Dusty, Sandy and Dodie Rogers.[1]
Each episode had a theme, and several were filmed at various locations, including the Seattle World's Fair,[6] the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro,[7] and San Francisco's Cow Palace.[8] The remaining episodes were filmed at the ABC-TV Center in Hollywood before a live audience.[9]
Cast
Cancellation
In November 1962 it was announced that The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was canceled, with its last telecast to be on December 22.[4] The Gallant Men was moved from its Friday night time slot to replace the Saturday evening variety show.[10]
External links
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=sI-WEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Roy+Rogers+and+Dale+Evans+Show%22&pg=PA180 Vincent Terrace, From Radio to Television: Programs That Made the Transition, page 180, McFarland, Inc.,2022
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present, Ballantine Books, 1979, page 539.
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/28311943/?terms=%22The%20Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 All Major Networks Reshuffling Program Schedules; Some Shows Dropped For Good, The Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD), December 8, 1962, page 21
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/884995576/?terms=%22The%20Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 ABC to Drop Roy and Dale, Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 1962, page 10
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/507909704/?terms=%22The%20Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 Television Scout, The World (Coos Bay, Oregon), September 29, 1962, page 10
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/847890487/?terms=%22Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 Tops In TV Today, Portland Press Herald, September 29, 1962, page 21
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/719513199/?terms=%22Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 Top Viewing Today, Independent (Long Beach, CA), December 15, 1962, page 32
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/547268768/?terms=%22Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 "Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show" Feature The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Riders At Famed Cow Palace, The Times-Mail (Bedford, Indiana), November 17, 1962, page 13
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/61490499/?terms=%22Roy%20Rogers%20and%20Dale%20Evans%20Show%22&match=1 Roy Rogers 8-Day Week, Standard-Speaker, (Hazelton, PA), December 1, 1962, page 22
- https://www.newspapers.com/image/272314172/?terms=%22The%20Gallant%20Men%22&match=1 Gallant Men Moves, Fort Lauderdale News, December 29, 1962, page 36
