''The Johnny O'Connor Show'' is an early Australian television series which aired on Sydney station

TCN-9 TCN is the flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the ...

. The first episode aired 28 October 1956. The quarter-hour variety series proved to be short-lived, running just a couple months. Performers on the series included pianist Glen Marks and

Toni Lamond Toni Lamond AM (born as Patricia Lamond Lawman; 29 March 1932) is an Australian former vaudevillian, cabaret performer, singer, actress, dancer, comedian, writer and television and radio personality. She had a successful career spanning over 8 ...

. It ended at around the same time as two other early TCN productions, '' Accent on Strings'' and '' Campfire Favourites'', being outlived by other 1956 TCN debuts such as ''

Fun Farm ''Fun Farm'' was an early Australian television series. It debuted on 29 October 1956, and was aired live on Nine Network Sydney station TCN-9. Along with the likes of the Nine Network program '' Happy Show'' and the Seven Network programs '' F ...

'', ''

What's My Line ''What's My Line?'' is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS, originally in black and white and later in color, with subsequent American revivals. The game uses celebrity panelists to questi ...

'' and '' Give us this Day''. The early offerings by the station had varying degrees of success, reflecting how new television was to Australia. Notable as one of the first Australian television series, information on this series is very scarce, and it is not known if any kinescope recordings exist of it. The series similar to the US music show ''

The Patti Page Show ''The Patti Page Show'' is an American television series which aired from 1955 to 1956. It aired in a 15-minute time-slot, with two commercial breaks for sponsor Oldsmobile. In the series, Patti Page lip-synced pop songs, mostly standards, with ad ...

'', proved that live shows where expensive in production costs

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnny O'Connor Show Nine Network original programming 1956 Australian television series debuts 1956 Australian television series endings Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Australian live television series Australian variety television shows