The Nat King Cole Show

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American television variety show music television program

The Nat King Cole Show was a pioneering 1950s American television variety program hosted by legendary jazz and pop singer Nat King Cole, notable as one of the first U.S. network TV shows led by an African American star.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television variety show ⓘ
music television program ⓘ
broadcastSchedule weekly ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfBroadcast 1950s ⓘ
featuredGenre jazz ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
featuredPerformer Nat King Cole Trio NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingStudio NBC studios in Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAired 1956-11-05 ⓘ
format 15-minute program ⓘ
30-minute program ⓘ
genre music show ⓘ
variety show ⓘ
hasGuest Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry Belafonte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lena Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahalia Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mel Tormé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pearl Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peggy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sammy Davis Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme showcasing African American musical talent on network television ⓘ
historicalContext aired during the era of racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
hostEthnicity African American ⓘ
lastAired 1957-12-17 ⓘ
locationOfFilming Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium black-and-white television ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first U.S. network TV shows hosted by an African American star ⓘ
breaking racial barriers on American television ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalChannel NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
presenter Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForEnding lack of national sponsorship ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode 15 minutes ⓘ
30 minutes ⓘ
star Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf studies of race and television history ⓘ
targetAudience national U.S. television audience ⓘ
typicalContent duets with guest artists ⓘ
guest appearances ⓘ
musical performances ⓘ

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Nathaniel Adams Coles → televisionShow → The Nat King Cole Show ⓘ
hosted The Nat King Cole Show, one of the first network TV variety shows by an African American → notableWork → The Nat King Cole Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Nat King Cole
hosted The Nat King Cole Show, one of the first network TV variety shows by an African American → hosted → The Nat King Cole Show ⓘ
subject surface form: Nat King Cole