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The Bell Telephone Hour

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The Bell Telephone Hour
Premiere January 12, 1959
Finale April 26, 1968
Network/Provider NBC
Style 60-minute musical variety
Company Henry Jaffe Enterprises
Seasons 10
Episodes 109
Origin USA

The Bell Telephone Hour is a musical variety program that aired on NBC.

Contents

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
NBC
Season One January 12, 1959 April 9, 1959 4
Season Two October 9, 1959 April 29, 1960 11
Season Three September 30, 1960 April 28, 1961 13
Season Four September 29, 1961 April 27, 1962 14
Season Five September 24, 1962 April 11, 1963 8
Season Six October 8, 1963 September 8, 1964 22
Season Seven October 6, 1964 May 25, 1965 15
Season Eight September 26, 1965 April 24, 1966 16
Season Nine December 18, 1966 January 29, 1967 3
Season Ten October 18, 1967 April 26, 1968 3

In-Depth

DVD Releases

Title Release Date #
Individual Episodes
Cole Porter - An All-Star Tribute October 26, 2004 1


'Best Of' Collections
Great Stars of Opera November 28, 2000 1


Great Pianists of the Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1967) June 25, 2002 1


Great Violinists of the Bell Telephone Hour (1959-1964) June 25, 2002 1


Great Stars of Opera, Volume 2 April 22, 2003 1


Great Stars of Opera, Volume 3 May 25, 2004 1


Episode Collections - Specific Artists
Joan Sutherland - The Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances, 1961-1968 September 18, 2001 1


Rudolf Nureyev & Erik Bruhn - Their Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances (1961-1967) October 22, 2002 1


Barbara Cook - Bell Telephone Hour Appearances 1960-1965 October 18, 2005 1


Carol Lawrence - Bell Telephone Hour Appearances 1960-1967 November 1, 2005 1


The Art of Leontyne Price March 30, 2004 1


Renata Tebaldi - A Portrait July 5, 2005 2


Birgit Nilsson - Bell Telephone Hour 1961-1967 March 28, 2006 1


Dolores Gray - Bell Telephone Hour Appearances 1959-1965 April 25, 2006 1


Van Cliburn - A Portrait from the Bell Telephone Hour (1966) June 29, 2004 1


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