The Nat King Cole Show

E942859

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
The Nat King Cole Show canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11721621 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Nat King Cole Show
Context triple: [Nathaniel Adams Coles, televisionShow, The Nat King Cole Show]

A. The Bing Crosby Show
The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
B. The Perry Como Show
The Perry Como Show was a popular American television variety series featuring singer Perry Como, known for its relaxed style, musical performances, and celebrity guests during the 1950s and 1960s.
C. The Hazel Scott Show
The Hazel Scott Show was a pioneering early 1950s American television program featuring virtuoso jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott, notable as one of the first U.S. network TV shows hosted by a Black woman.
D. The Harry Belafonte Show
The Harry Belafonte Show was a television variety program hosted by singer and activist Harry Belafonte, featuring music, dance, and guest performances.
E. The Kate Smith Hour
The Kate Smith Hour was an American radio and television variety show hosted by singer Kate Smith, featuring music, comedy, and guest performances during the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Nat King Cole Show
Target entity description: 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.

A. The Bing Crosby Show
The Bing Crosby Show was an American situation comedy television series starring legendary crooner Bing Crosby and his real-life wife Kathryn Grant, airing in the mid-1960s.
B. The Perry Como Show
The Perry Como Show was a popular American television variety series featuring singer Perry Como, known for its relaxed style, musical performances, and celebrity guests during the 1950s and 1960s.
C. The Hazel Scott Show
The Hazel Scott Show was a pioneering early 1950s American television program featuring virtuoso jazz pianist and singer Hazel Scott, notable as one of the first U.S. network TV shows hosted by a Black woman.
D. The Harry Belafonte Show
The Harry Belafonte Show was a television variety program hosted by singer and activist Harry Belafonte, featuring music, dance, and guest performances.
E. The Kate Smith Hour
The Kate Smith Hour was an American radio and television variety show hosted by singer Kate Smith, featuring music, comedy, and guest performances during the mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ