Everything about The Herb Shriner Show totally explained
The Herb Shriner Show was the title of two different
American television series shown in
prime time by
CBS during the late
1940s and
1950s. A similar program, also hosted by
Herb Shriner, was
Herb Shriner Time, which was aired by
ABC as part of its
1951-52 lineup.
The first
Herb Shriner Show was essentially a continuation of what Shriner had previously done on
radio. It was aired by CBS five nights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) from 7:55 to 8:00 P.M. Eastern time and consisted solely of Shriner's folksy monologues, which had already earned him comparisons to
Will Rogers. This program was seen only from November of 1949 until February of 1950.
Herb Shriner Time was a half-hour format aired by ABC on Thursday nights at 9 PM Eastern from October of 1951 to April of 1952. In addition to the comedy monologues, this format provided time for guest stars, and also allowed for Shriner to play his
harmonica and act in
comedy sketches.
The final (aka "The [New] Herb Shriner Show" [N.B.,"New" was announced, but not written in the title]) was a predecessor of the current "late night" monologue + guest TV shows. It was sponsored by Geritol and, as Shriner said on the air during episode #2 (? possibly contributing to the show's early demise ? [seebelow]): "...you know, I've been taking Geritol myself, folks, and I'll tell you one thing: It does put iron in your blood. In fact, I got my blood so full of iron now, I cut myself -- I didn't bleed, I just rusted". Like its previous format on ABC, it had a half hour time-slot, and was aired by CBS on Tuesdays at 9 PM Eastern from October to December 1956. As can be deduced from its short run, it was a near-complete failure in the
Nielsen ratings, even though it boasted such guest talent as Jacky Gleason in its first episode, Orson Welles in its second and Beryl Ives in its third. Shriner was never offered the opportunity to host another regular network series; his television career overall was considerably less successful than that which he'd enjoyed in radio. However, his sons
Wil Shriner and
Kin Shriner both had considerably more success on television in the
1980s, Wil as a comic and
talk show host, Kin as a
soap opera actor noted primarily for portraying Scotty Baldwin on ABC's long running
General Hospital.
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