The Judy Garland Show

Released: 1963-12-08

Runtime: 60 minutes

Episode Overview

Taped: June 24, 1963 Aired: December 8, 1963 Regulars: Jerry Van Dyke Guests: Mickey Rooney Program Highlights: Overture: Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody / By Myself / I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby) / You Made Me Love You / Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody (reprise) / Swanee (Mort Lindsey and Orchestra) I Feel a Song Comin' On "All I Need Is the Girl" brief dialog Medley: When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love / Girls / Thank Heaven for Little Girls When the Sun Comes Out You're So Right for Me Mickey and Judy look at old MGM publicity stills and reminisce Mickey pantomimes golf tournament; Judy is commentator You're So Right for Me Judy Garland - Mickey Rooney MGM Sketch / Medley (comedy): Where or When How About You But Not for Me Fascinating Rhythm God's Country Could You Use Me? Our Love Affair How About You? Born in a Trunk: Too Late Now Who Cares (As Long as You Care for Me) Ol' Man River Maybe I'll Come Back

Series 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".