The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Show 20 - Series Premiere
TV Flash files “Show 20 - Series Premiere” as a desk essential hour — The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974) on CBS, season 2, episode 1, aired 1972-09-15, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 20 of 42 in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1972-09-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Show 19 - Season Finale” (S01E19). Next is “Show 21” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Show 20 - Series Premiere”. Show 20, billed as a series premiere, is the brand restated. Marital digs still the liturgy: the public divorce plot twist not yet the plot, the armor still the costume.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Show 20 - Series Premiere sit in the The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 20 of 42 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour S02E01 air?
Show 20 - Series Premiere aired 1972-09-15 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch for the songs or the insults?
Variety means both: duets, sketches, and marital digs. The loving insults are the couple brand — until they stop feeling like a bit.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sonny's bobblehead grin, Cher's Bob Mackie armor, and marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit. Variety as a couple brand, then a public divorce plot twist. The hour that made Cher a comedy and fashion force beyond radio, while the marriage imploded in prime time.
The armor arrives before the grin. CBS, 1971–1974: husband-and-wife pop stars host sketches and duets built around loving insults, guest stars, and Cher's increasingly architectural fashion. Chris Bearde and Allan Blye's The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour was a top variety draw of the early 1970s. Sonny Bono's bobblehead grin, Cher's Bob Mackie armor, I got you babe as the password. *Architectural gowns, a bobblehead as a press strategy, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit.* Style is the plot. On-air insults…
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Filed against
- Cher as Host
Cher hosted The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour in Bob Mackie armor — Sonny's bobblehead grin, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit, variety as a couple brand, then a public divorce plot twist. The hour that made her a comedy and fashion…
- Sonny Bono as Host
Sonny Bono hosted The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour as the bobblehead grin beside Bob Mackie armor — variety as a couple brand, marital digs that stopped feeling like a bit, then a public divorce as plot twist. TV Flash files him as 1970s…