Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC in the spring of 1948. When Texaco first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.

Arnold Stang

Milton Berle

Host

Carol Burnett

Red Skelton

Clem Kadiddlehopper

Bobby Rydell

Donna Loren

Ruth Gilbert

First aired

June 8, 1948

Last aired

March 13, 1956

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

7

Genres

Comedy

• Season 12 episodes · 1948
• Season 20 episodes
• Season 30 episodes
• Season 40 episodes
• Season 52 episodes
• Season 60 episodes
• Season 71 episode · 1954
• Season 82 episodes · 1956

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