The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace
Opening logo from Don Rickles/Phyllis Diller episode
GenreVariety
Directed byGrey Lockwood
Narrated byDick Tufeld
Ernie Anderson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes192
Production
Executive producerNick Vanoff
ProducerWilliam O. Harbach
Production locationHollywood Playhouse near Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood
Running time45–48 minutes
Production companiesABC
United Artists Television
Zodiac Enterprises
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 4, 1964 (1964-01-04) –
February 7, 1970 (1970-02-07)
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Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, 1968

The Hollywood Palace was an hourlong American television variety show broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Tuesday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970.[1] Titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace for its first few weeks, it began as a midseason replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show, which lasted only three months.

It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse (where Lewis's series had originated, temporarily renamed "The Jerry Lewis Theater" from September through December 1963) on Vine Street, which was renamed the Hollywood Palace during its duration and subsequently renamed Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet, Raquel Welch, was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard (similar to that of a vaudeville house).[2] [circular reference] The show's musical theme was a fast-paced instrumental rendition of "Put On a Happy Face" from the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie.