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Your Show of Shows

Season 1

12 listed hours · 1950–1954 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

Your Show of Shows is live ninety-minute sketch at factory voltage: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and a writers' room that later filled American comedy. Watch it in 2026 as the founding faculty meeting — Brooks, Simon, Reiner, and Caesar's elastic faces proving vaudeville could become appointment TV.

TV Flash files Season 1 of Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) on NBC as the first listed season of 5 — 12 listed hours, 1950-02-25–1950-05-20 from “Episode 1” (S01E01) to “Episode 12” (S01E12). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Episode 1

    February 1950 opener: ninety live minutes proving vaudeville could become appointment television at factory voltage.

  1. S01E01

    Episode 1

    Episode 1 — Season 1, Episode 1 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-02-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S01E02

    Episode 2

    Episode 2 — Season 1, Episode 2 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-03-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S01E03

    Episode 3

    Episode 3 — Season 1, Episode 3 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-03-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S01E04

    Episode 4

    Episode 4 — Season 1, Episode 4 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-03-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S01E05

    Episode 5

    Episode 5 — Season 1, Episode 5 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-04-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S01E06

    Episode 6

    Episode 6 — Season 1, Episode 6 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-04-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S01E07

    Episode 7

    Episode 7 — Season 1, Episode 7 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-04-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S01E08

    Episode 8

    Episode 8 — Season 1, Episode 8 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-04-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S01E09

    Episode 9

    Episode 9 — Season 1, Episode 9 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-04-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S01E10

    Episode 10

    Episode 10 — Season 1, Episode 10 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-05-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S01E11

    Episode 11

    Episode 11 — Season 1, Episode 11 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-05-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S01E12

    Episode 12

    Episode 12 — Season 1, Episode 12 of Your Show of Shows. Aired 1950-05-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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