Ford Star Jubilee

Ford Star Jubilee was a live, ninety minute, color spectacular that aired once a month on Saturday nights on CBS for, basically, one season. Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company the shows featured top of the line talent in front of, and behind, the camera. The shows were done live from New York or the CBS Television City Color Studios in Hollywood, CA. The program was nominated for an Emmy as Best Variety Series. Pictured here are Lillian Gish, Raymond Massey and Jack Lemmon in "The Day Lincoln Was Shot." In spite of the talent and cost involved the specials did not receive high enough ratings to satisfy Ford and CBS-especially CBS who had to preempt Gunsmoke every time it aired. After two shows in the fall of 1956 they pulled the plug. The last show was the first TV broadcast of the classic film The Wizard of Oz.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 78578
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired September 24, 1955
  • Recent November 3, 1956
  • Network CBS
  • Average Runtime 65 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified March 1, 2024 by
    F.J. Trescothik
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Season 1 September 1955 November 1956 12
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Unassigned Episodes 12
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Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 12
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Noël Coward 6 10/22/1955 - 05/05/1956
Franklin J. Schaffner 2 11/19/1955
Paul Nickell 2 04/07/1956 - 06/02/1956
Paul Harrison 2 09/24/1955 - 12/17/1955
Ralph Nelson 1 05/05/1956
Charles MacArthur 1 04/07/1956
Frederick De Cordova 1 01/14/1956
James Neilson 1 03/10/1956
Jerome Shaw 1 10/22/1955
Herman Wouk 1 11/19/1955
John Hersey 1 06/02/1956
Seymour Berns 1 10/06/1956
Jim Bishop 1 02/11/1956
Delbert Mann 1 02/11/1956
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Robert Buckner 2 04/07/1956 - 06/02/1956
Jean Holloway 2 12/17/1955 - 02/11/1956
Paul Gregory 1 11/19/1955
Carroll Carroll 1 09/24/1955
John Monks Jr. 1 03/10/1956
Denis Sanders 1 02/11/1956
Terry Sanders 1 02/11/1956
Ben Hecht 1 04/07/1956
Herbert Baker 1 10/06/1956
John Tackaberry 1 09/24/1955
Maxwell Anderson 1 03/10/1956

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