The Joey Bishop Show (talk show)

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show_name = The Joey Bishop Show


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genre = Talk show
presenter = Joey Bishop
Regis Philbin (sidekick)
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 2
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producer = Ernest Chambers
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asst_producer = Bob Carman
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runtime = 90 mins.
channel = ABC
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first_aired = April 17, 1967
last_aired = September 26, 1969

"The Joey Bishop Show" is an American talk show which debuted on ABC on April 17, 1967 [cite news
last =Severo
first =Richard
title =Joey Bishop, ‘Rat Pack’ Comic, Dies at 89
publisher =New York Times
date =2007-10-19
url =http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/arts/18cnd-bishop.html?_r=1&oref=login
accessdate =2007-12-03] hosted by Joey Bishop and featuring Regis Philbin, in his first concentrated national television exposure, as his sidekick/announcer (similar to Ed McMahon's job with Johnny Carson).

The show was created to challenge "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Unable to garner high ratings, the show was cancelled after two seasons. [cite news
title =Joey Bishop Dead At 89
work =Showbuzz
publisher =CBS
date =2007-10-18
url =http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/18/people_late_great/main3381547.shtml
accessdate =2007-12-03 ] The program ran five nights a week, Monday through Friday, with Carson as competition on NBC and Merv Griffin also hosting a talk show on CBS, all in the same time slot, from 11:30PM to 1:00AM. Jack Paar appeared on the first broadcast as a kind of co-host as a favor to Bishop.

Joey Bishop was part of the legendary 1960s entertainment phenomenon "the Rat Pack," and other members Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford occasionally appeared on his show, sometimes as unbilled surprises, but Frank Sinatra never did.

Famously, sidekick/announcer Regis Philbin walked off the program as a result of the continuous drubbing he'd been getting from critics, stating that the network never wanted him and he feared that he was injuring the series, but soon returned at Bishop's behest. This proved to be one of the few installments of the series to top "The Tonight Show" in the ratings.

The program was eventually replaced by a similar but more sophisticated talk show hosted by Dick Cavett.

ee also

* "The Joey Bishop Show" - A situation comedy starring Bishop "as a talk show host" that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1964, and on CBS from 1964 to 1965.

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