The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was a musical variety series that aired Saturday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on ABC from September 29, 1962 until December 22, 1962.All Major Networks Reshuffling Program Schedules; Some Shows Dropped For Good, The Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD), December 8, 1962, page 21ABC to Drop Roy and Dale, Omaha World-Herald, November 26, 1962, page 10
The series was called "a very wholesome musical variety hour" and one reviewer referred to it as "A kind of Lawrence Welk with spurs."Television Scout, The World (Coos Bay, Oregon), September 29, 1962, page 10 Writers were Borden Chase, Stan Davis, Elon Packard, and Bob Henry. Henry was also the director.
The show became the first series to be cancelled during the 1962 television season.
Synopsis Besides professional musical and comedy cast members Pat Brady, Sons of the Pioneers, Cliff Arquette, Kirby Buchanon, Cathie Taylor and Ralph Carmichael's orchestra Roy Rogers and Dale Evans also featured their four youngest children: Debbie, Dusty, Sandy and Dodie Rogers.
Each episode had a theme, and several were filmed at various locations, including the Seattle World's Fair,Tops In TV Today, Portland Press Herald, September 29, 1962, page 21 the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro,Top Viewing Today, Independent (Long Beach, CA), December 15, 1962, page 32 and San Francisco's Cow Palace."Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Show" Feature The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Riders At Famed Cow Palace, The Times-Mail (Bedford, Indiana), November 17, 1962, page 13 The remaining episodes were filmed at the ABC-TV Center in Hollywood before a live audience.Roy Rogers 8-Day Week, Standard-Speaker, (Hazelton, PA), December 1, 1962, page 22
Cast Roy Rogers Dale Evans Cliff Arquette (as Charley Weaver) Pat Brady Sons of the Pioneers Kirby Buchanon Cathie Taylor Ralph Carmichael's orchestra Debbie, Dusty, Sandy and Dodie Rogers
Cancellation In November 1962 it was announced that The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show was canceled, with its last telecast to be on December 22. The Gallant Men was moved from its Friday night time slot to replace the Saturday evening variety show.Gallant Men Moves, Fort Lauderdale News, December 29, 1962, page 36
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External links Empty Saddles, series tribute to silent film stars