The Abbott and Costello Show
American syndicated TV sitcom (1952–54) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The program premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran two seasons to the spring of 1954. Each season ran 26 episodes.
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Genre | Sitcom |
Directed by | Jean Yarbrough |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer | Pat Costello |
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Running time | 25–26 minutes |
Production company | T.C.A. Productions |
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Network | Syndicated |
Release | September 1952 (1952-09) – May 1954 (1954-05) |
The series is considered to be among the most influential comedy programs in history. In 1998, Entertainment Weekly praised the series as one of the "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time". In 2007, Time magazine selected it for its "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". Jerry Seinfeld has declared that The Abbott and Costello Show, with its overriding emphasis upon funny situations rather than life lessons, was the inspiration for his own long-running sitcom, Seinfeld.[1]