8.4
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
Overview
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
8.4
Overview
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The Judy Garland Show is a variety program centered on musical performances, comedy, and celebrity guests. Its core subject matter and narrative focus are primarily entertainment-driven and apolitical, not promoting any specific ideological viewpoint.
This variety show from the 1960s features traditional casting and character representation, consistent with the entertainment norms of its era. Its narrative focuses on musical performances and comedy, without engaging in critiques of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
As a mainstream variety show from the early 1960s, 'The Judy Garland Show' did not explicitly feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative or performances. Its content was typical of television programming of that era, which generally did not openly address queer identities.
The Judy Garland Show, a musical variety series from 1963, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The program's content primarily focused on musical performances, comedy sketches, and guest appearances, with no narrative elements or characters related to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
As a variety show, 'The Judy Garland Show' primarily features Judy Garland and guest stars performing as themselves or in original skits. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters whose gender is altered for the show.
The Judy Garland Show was a variety series featuring Judy Garland and various guest stars, primarily performing as themselves. It did not adapt existing fictional works with established character races, nor did it portray historical figures with actors of a different race.
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