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The Julie Andrews Hour

★ 9.0 150 votes 1972–1973 1 season · 24 episodes Ended ABC
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Starring
Garrett LewisJerry TrentGary MenteerGary CrabbeJoe KyleWayne Dugger
Starring
Garrett LewisJerry TrentGary MenteerGary CrabbeJoe KyleWayne Dugger

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The Julie Andrews Hour is a television variety series starring Julie Andrews that was produced by ATV and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It aired on the ABC network in the United States. In order to secure Andrews for the series, Sir Lew Grade and ABC offered her an extremely lucrative contract. In 1963, when another major star, Judy Garland was signed to a weekly television variety series, it failed to catch on with the public. One of the main reasons for its demise was its constant change of format and the fact that critics and audiences felt that Garland was not shown off to her best advantage. In order to avoid that error, Andrews asked producer Nick Vanoff what the premise of the show would be about. Vanoff immediately answered her by saying "Julie Andrews...without Julie Andrews there is no 'Julie Andrews Hour'". The show premiered on ABC Wednesday, September 13, 1972 at 10:00 P.M. ET to rave reviews. Unfortunately, its time slot proved to be daunting because it was up against the popular CBS detective series, Cannon. Another reason for the low ratings was that the lateness of the hour was not conducive to family viewing since children were in bed by that time. On Thanksgiving Eve, November 22, 1972, "The Julie Andrews Hour" devoted an entire episode saluting Walt Disney. To make it more of a "family special", ABC switched the time slot of "The Julie Andrews Hour" that night to 8:30 P.M. and The ABC Wednesday Movie Of The Week to 9:30 P.M. The ratings improved a little so ABC then made a decision to alternate Andrews' time period each week This continued until January, 1973 when the series was moved to Saturday nights at 9:00 P.M. The ratings went from bad to worse as Andrews' chief competition was The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show on CBS. "The Julie Andrews Hour" was finally canceled by ABC after its 24th episode in April, 1973.

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Season 11972
8.230241h
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Episode #1.18.3
860 min
2Episode #1.2
3Ken Berry, Jack Cassidy, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little
4Episode #1.48.2
6
5Steve Lawrence, Rich Little and Alice Ghostley
6Don Rickles, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little
7Diahann Carroll, Phyllis Diller and Rich Little
8Episode #1.8
9Robert Goulet and Joel Grey: Come Here the Music Play
10Donald O'Connor, Alice Ghostley and the Young Americans: Musical Tribute to Disney
11Harry Belafonte, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little
12Episode #1.12
13Episode #1.13
14James Stewart, Cass Elliot, Alice Ghostly, Joel Grey, Carl Reiner, Steve Lawrence, Jack Cassidy, Dan Dailey, Rich Little, Sergio Franchi8.2
16
15Keith Michell
16Jim Nabors, Eydie Gorme, Maria Von Trapp and Rich Little
17Robert Goulet, Peggy Lee, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little
18Sid Caesar, John Davidson, Alice Ghostley and Rich Little
19Angela Lansbury, Steve Lawrence and Rich Little
20Episode #1.20
21Episode #1.21
22Episode #1.22
23Donald O'Connor, Harve Presnell and Rich Little
24Episode #1.24

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Julie Andrews Self - Host
Garrett Lewis Dancer, Abraham Lincoln, Photographer
Jerry Trent Dancer, Band Leader, Nero
Gary Menteer Dancer, Benjamin Franklin
Gary Crabbe Dancer, Sir Walter Raleigh
Joe Kyle Dancer
Wayne Dugger Dancer, Napoleon, Waiter
Walter Stratton Dancer, William Shakespeare
Tom Anthony Dancer
Rich Little Self

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