''Star of the Family'' is a

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program which premiered on September 22, 1950, and aired until June 26, 1952.

Production history

The show aired in these time slots: *(22 September 1950 – 15 June 1951) Fridays 10-10:30 pm ET *(29 July 1951 – 6 January 1952) Sundays 6:30-7pm ET *(10 January 1952 – 26 June 1952) Thursdays 8-8:30pm ET Hosts included

Morton Downey Sean Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey Sr., was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1 ...

(1950–1951) and

Peter Lind Hayes Peter Lind Hayes (born Joseph Conrad Lind Jr.; June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer, songwriter, and film and television actor. Early life Hayes was born in San Francisco, the son of Joseph Conrad Lind Sr., a ...

with Mary Healy (1951–1952). The series was directed by Norman Frank, produced by

Perry Lafferty Perry Francis Lafferty (October 3, 1917 – August 25, 2005) was an American television producer and network television executive who produced several television programs, including the CBS programs ''All in the Family'', ''M*A*S*H'', '' Maude'' ...

and Coby Ruskin, and written by

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. Music was by Carl Hoff and His Orchestra, with the Beatrice Kroft Dancers also featured. Beginning with the January 10, 1952, episode, the show alternated with ''

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''. The first season featured people who might be related to a celebrity, and the show contestants tried to guess the name of the celebrity. The celebrity was then brought out to entertain the audience. In the second season, the show became a musical comedy show. One of the few surviving episodes is available online at TV4U. This is the December 9, 1951 episode, hosted by Hayes and Healy, and featuring

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, and Andy Russell. Cobey Ruskin was the producer, and John Wray was the director of the program, which was sponsored by

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External links

''Star of the Family'' (1950–1952) at IMDBkinescopes at TV4U
1950 American television series debuts 1952 American television series endings 1950s American variety television series Black-and-white American television shows CBS original programming English-language television shows

Production history

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