 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2021) |
| The Hollywood Palace | |
|---|---|
 Opening logo from Don Rickles/Phyllis Diller episode | |
| Genre | Variety |
| Directed by | Grey Lockwood |
| Narrated by | Dick Tufeld Ernie Anderson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 192 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Nick Vanoff |
| Producer | William O. Harbach |
| Production location | Hollywood Playhouse near Hollywood and Vine in Hollywood |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production companies | ABC United Artists Television Zodiac Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 4, 1964 – February 7, 1970 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
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.