ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Love Song of Barney Kempinski | 1966-09-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn | 1966-09-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Where It's At | 1966-09-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Kennedy Wit | 1966-10-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Olympus 7-0000 | 1966-10-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Confession | 1966-10-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Canterville Ghost | 1966-11-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The People Trap | 1966-11-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Evening Primrose | 1966-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Noon Wine | 1966-11-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Legend of Marilyn Monroe | 1966-11-30 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | On The Flip Side | 1966-12-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Brave Rifles | 1966-12-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | A Christmas Memory | 1966-12-21 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Trap of Solid Gold | 1967-01-04 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Sex in the Sixties | 1967-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | General Eisenhower on The Military Churchill | 1967-01-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | David Frost's Night Out in London | 1967-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Light Fantastic | 1967-02-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | C'est La Vie | 1967-02-23 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Rodgers and Hart Today | 1967-03-02 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The American Boy | 1967-03-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | I'm Getting Married | 1967-03-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | A Time For Laughter: A Look at Negro Humor in America | 1967-04-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Wide Open Door | 1967-04-20 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Human Voice | 1967-05-04 | 60 min |
Production | Marc Merson | Producer |
Production | Phil Stein | Producer |
Writing | Truman Capote | Writer |