The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969. The series was a major success, especially considering it was scheduled against the major NBC television series, Bonanza, with content that appealed to contemporary youth viewership with daring political satire humor and major music acts like Buffalo Springfield, Pete Seeger and The Who. But continual conflicts with network executives over content led to the show being abruptly pulled from the schedule in 1969.

Series details

• Title: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1967-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1969-04-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21694
• IMDb ID: tt0061296
• TVDB ID: 70659

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Smothers — Thomas Smothers
• Dick Smothers — Richard Smothers

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1967-02-05; final listed air date 1967-06-25.
• Season 2: premiered 1967-09-10; final listed air date 1968-03-10.
• Season 3: premiered 1968-09-29; final listed air date 1969-04-20.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.