Season
- Season 1 1950-04-09
- Season 2 1951-10-14
- Season 3 1952-04-18
- Season 4 1953-10-20
- Season 5 1954-10-12
- Season 6 1955-10-04
- Season 7 1956-10-21
- Season 8 1957-10-06
- Season 9 1970-01-01
- Season 10 1959-10-08
- Season 11 1960-10-03
- Season 12 1961-12-13
- Season 13 1962-10-24
- Season 14 1963-09-27
- Season 15 1964-09-25
- Season 16 1965-09-29
- Season 17 1966-09-28
- Season 18 1967-09-20
- Season 19 1968-09-25
- Season 20 1969-09-22
- Season 21 1970-10-05
- Season 22 1971-09-13
- Season 23 1972-10-05
- Season 24 1973-09-26
- Season 25 1974-09-25
- Season 26 1975-10-24
- Season 27 1976-10-29
- Season 28 1977-10-28
- Season 29 1978-10-15
- Season 30 1979-09-16
- Season 31 1980-09-06
- Season 32 1981-09-27
- Season 33 1982-10-03
- Season 34 1983-09-19
The Bob Hope Show - Season 28
7.00 48 minutes The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
