The following has been compiled through reference to the TV listings in The New York Times.
Further details may be obtained by consulting the bound editions of VARIETY television reviews.
It should be noted that the timeslot was not always sponsored by Colgate, with Frigidaire initially taking over one week each month. In later seasons, the Comedy Hour was often pre-empted for 90-minute musical specials.
NBC Sundays 8-00 to 9-00pm
Season One
September 10 1950 Eddie Cantor
September 17 1950 Martin & Lewis
September 24 1950 Fred Allen
October 1 1950 Bobby Clark (sponsored by Frigidaire)
October 8 1950 Eddie Cantor
October 15 1950 Martin & Lewis
October 22 1950 Fred Allen
October 29 1950 Bobby Clark (sponsored by Frigidaire)
November 5 1950 Eddie Cantor
November 12 1950 Martin & Lewis
November 19 1950 Fred Allen
November 26 1950 Bob Hope (sponsored by Frigidaire)
December 3 1950 Eddie Cantor
December 10 1950 The Hartmans
December 17 1950 Fred Allen
December 24 1950 Bob Hope (sponsored by Frigidaire)
December 31 1950 Eddie Cantor
January 7 1951 Abbott & Costello
January 14 1951 Jerry Lester and Fred Allen
January 21 1951 Bobby Clark (sponsored by Frigidaire)
January 28 1951 Eddie Cantor
February 4 1951 Martin & Lewis
February 11 1951 Spike Jones
February 18 1951 Bobby Clark (sponsored by Frigidaire)
February 25 1951 Eddie Cantor
March 4 1951 Milton Berle and Tony Martin
March 11 1951 Abbott & Costello
March 18 1951 Bea Lillie and Rex Harrison
March 25 1951 Eddie Cantor (with guest Jimmy Durante)
April 1 1951 Eddie Cantor
April 8 1951 Bop Hope (sponsored by Frigidaire)
April 15 1951 Fred Allen and Tony Martin
April 22 1951 Eddie Cantor
April 29 1951 Martin & Lewis
May 6 1951 Martin & Lewis and Phil Silvers
May 13 1951 Bea Lillie and Victor Moore
May 20 1951 Martin & Lewis
May 27 1951 Eddie Cantor
June 3 1951 Martin & Lewis
June 10 1951 Jackie Gleason and Fred Allen
June 17 1951 Eddie Cantor
June 24 1951 Martin & Lewis
Season Two
September 2 1951 Jackie Gleason
September 9 1951 Eddie Cantor
September 16 1951 Spike Jones
September 23 1951 Milton Berle and Ezio Pinza
September 30 1951 Eddie Cantor
October 7 1951 Donald O’Connor and Ed Wynn
October 14 1951 Abbott & Costello
October 21 1951 Jack Carson
October 28 1951 Eddie Cantor
November 4 1951 Martin & Lewis
November 11 1951 Donald O’Connor and Harpo Marx
November 18 1951 Abbott &Costello
November 25 1951 Eddie Cantor
December 2 1951 Bob Hope
December 9 1951 Eddie Cantor
December 16 1951 Alan Young and Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
December 23 1951 Eddie Cantor
December 30 1951 Martin & Lewis
January 6 1952 Donald O’Connoe and Harpo Marx
January 13 1952 Abbott & Costello
January 20 1952 Eddie Cantor
January 27 1952 Danny Thomas
February 3 1952 Donald O’Connor
February 10 1952 Martin & Lewis
February 17 1952 Eddie Cantor
February 24 1952 Danny Thomas
March 2 1952 Donald O’Connor
March 9 1952 Bob Hope
March 16 1952 Eddie Cantor
March 23 1952 Martin & Lewis
March 30 1952 Chico & Harpo Marx and Tony Martin
April 6 1952 Abbott & Costello
April 13 1952 Eddie Cantor
April 20 1952 Donald O’Connor and Andy Devine
April 27 1952 Martin & Lewis
May 4 1952 Abbott & Costello
May 11 1952 Donald O’Connor
May 18 1952 Eddie Cantor
May 25 1952 Ben Blue
June 1 1952 Herb Shriver
June 8 1952 Eddie Cantor
June 15 1952 Bob Hope
Series Three
September 21 1952 Martin & Lewis
September 28 1952 Eddie Cantor
October 5 1952 Donald O’Connor and Ben Blue
October 12 1952 Bob Hope
October 19 1952 Abbott & Costello
October 26 1952 Donald O’Connor and Ben Blue
November 2 1952 Judy Canova
November 9 1952 Bob Hope
November 16 1952 Donald O’Connor
November 23 1952 Abbott & Costello
November 30 1952 Martin & Lewis
December 7 1952 Bob Hope
December 14 1952 Abbott & Costello
December 21 1952 Ray Bolger
December 28 1952 Phil Harris and Ben Blue
January 4 1953 Bob Hope
January 11 1953 Abbott & Costello and Victor Borge
January 18 1953 Eddie Cantor
January 25 1953 Martin & Lewis
February 1 1953 Bob Hope
February 8 1953 Ben Blue
February 15 1953 Eddie Cantor
February 22 1953 The Ritz Brothers
March 1 1953 Bob Hope and George Jessel
March 8 1953 Donald O’Connor
March 15 1953 Eddie Cantor and George Jessel
March 22 1953 100TH EDITION with Abbott & Costello, Cantor, Hope, Martin & Lewis, O’Connor
March 29 1953 Bob Hope
April 5 1953 Donald O’Connor
April 12 1953 Eddie Cantor
April 19 1953 Bob Hope
April 26 1953 Abbott & Costello
May 3 1953 Martin & Lewis
May 10 1953 Eddie Cantor
May 17 1953 Donald O’Connor
May 24 1953 Bob Hope
May 31 1953 Martin & Lewis
June 7 1953 Eddie Cantor
June 14 1953 Bob Hope
Series Four
October 4 1953 Martin & Lewis
October 11 1953 Jimmy Durante
October 18 1953 Eddie Cantor
October 25 1953 Donald O’Connor
November 1 1953 Bud Abbott with Martin & Lewis (substituting for an ill Lou Costello)
November 8 1953 Jimmy Durante
November 15 1953 Martha Raye
November 22 1953 Donald O’Connor
November 29 1953 Eddie Cantor
December 6 1953 Jimmy Durante
December 13 1953 Perry Como and Martha Raye
December 20 1953 Donald O’Connor
December 27 1953 Eddie Cantor
January 3 1954 Jimmy Durante
January 10 1954 Martin & Lewis
January 17 1954 Alan Young, Stan Freberg, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
January 24 1954 Ethel Merman
January 31 1954 Eddie Cantor
February 7 1954 Jimmy Durante
February 14 1954 Donald O’Connor
February 21 1954 Sonja Henie (with Abbott & Costello)
February 28 1954 ANYTHING GOES w Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr
March 7 1954 Eddie Cantor
March 14 1954 Jimmy Durante
March 21 1954 Abbott & Costello
March 28 1954 RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN special
April 4 1954 Eddie Cantor
April 11 1954 Jimmy Durante
April 18 1954 Abbott & Costello
April 25 1954 ICE CAPADES special
May 2 1954 Martin & Lewis
May 9 1954 Jimmy Durante
May 16 1954 Eddie Cantor
May 23 1954 Abbott & Costello
May 30 1954 Martin & Lewis
Series Five (now titled THE COLGATE VARIETY HOUR)
replaced by 90 min specials Oct 10, Nov 7, Dec 5, Jan 2, Jan 30, Feb 27, Mar 27, Apr 24, May 22
September 19 1954 Eddie Fisher
September 26 1954 Johnny Ray and Joe E. Lewis
October 3 1954 Phil Harris and Dinah Shore
October 17 1954 FRIAR’S FROLIC with Milton Berle
October 24 1954 REVENGE WITH MUSIC with Harpo Marx
October 31 1954 Terry Moore
November 14 1954 Gordon MacRae
November 21 1954 LET’S FACE IT
November 28 1954 Gale Storm
December 12 1954 Gordon MacRae
December 19 1954 Martin & Lewis
December 26 1954 ICE SHOW
January 9 1955 Bob Hope
January 16 1955 Gordon MacRae
January 23 1955 Gordon MacRae
February 6 1955 Spike Jones
February 13 1955 Martin & Lewis
February 20 1955 Gordon MacRae
March 6 1955 Gordon MacRae
March 13 1955 Abbott & Costello
March 20 1955 Gordon MacRae
April 3 1955 Phil Harris
April 10 1955 ROBERTA with Gordon MacRae
April 17 1955 Gordon MacRae
May 1 1955 Liberace
May 8 1955 Martin & Lewis
May 15 1955 Abbott & Costello
May 29 1955 Eddie Fisher
June 5 1955 Martin & Lewis
Series Six
September 18 1955 Martin & Lewis
September 25 1955 Jack Carson, Thelma Ritter
October 2 1955 Martha Scott, Jack Carson, Harry Belafonte
October 9 1955 not on (90 minute SHOW BIZ FROM VAUDE TO VIDEO)
October 16 1955 SALUTE TO RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
October 23 1955 GALA FOOTBALL REVUE w Mickey Rooney, Stan Freberg, Rudy Vallee
October 30 1955 Billy Daniels, Anna Maria Alberghetti
November 6 1955 not on (90 minute THE CONSTANT HUSBAND w Rex Harrison)
November 13 1955 Martin & Lewis
November 20 1955 Harry Belafonte, Gordon MacRae
November 27 1955 ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM w screen stars
December 4 1955 not on (90 minute MAURICE CHEVALIER in Revue)
December 11 1955 SALUTE TO GEORGE ABBOTT
December 18 1955 Mickey Rooney, George Raft
December 25 1955 Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians
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