The Johnny Cash Show: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Johnny Cash Show is an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, invariably preceding the first number with his customary "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" greeting, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash (his wife) and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. An instrumental version of "Folsom Prison Blues" was used for the opening credits. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.

Series details

• Title: The Johnny Cash Show
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Children, Family, Music
• Premiere date: 1969-06-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 1971-03-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 53375
• IMDb ID: tt0063919
• TVDB ID: 78450

Cast and credited roles

• Johnny Cash — Johnny Cash

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1969-06-07; final listed air date 1970-05-13; episode order: 32.
• Season 2: premiered 1970-09-23; final listed air date 1971-03-31; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

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