{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Talent Varieties set.jpg | caption = The set for ''Talent Varieties'' (November 1955) | genre = Talent show | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = Bryan T. Bisney | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Slim Wilson<br/>The Tall Timber Trio | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 (summer) | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Si Siman<br/> John B. Mahaffey | producer = Bryan T. Bisney | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = multi-camera | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Crossroads TV Productions | channel = ABC-TV<br>ABC Radio | first_aired = {{start date|1955|06|28}} | last_aired = {{end date|1955|11|01}} | related = ''Ozark Jubilee'' }}
'''''Talent Varieties''''' is a country music talent show on American television and radio in 1955 that featured performers hoping to achieve fame in the entertainment business.thumb|right|100px|Host Slim Wilson
The weekly ABC-TV program was a live half-hour summer replacement series hosted by Slim Wilson. Wilson introduced the amateur and professional talent, including music and comedy acts (many from the Ozarks); and his Tall Timber Trio,<ref name="directory">{{Cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|author-link=Tim Brooks (historian)|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle F.|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|publisher=Ballantine Books|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Talent+Varieties+variety%22&pg=PA1354|page=1354|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref> composed of Speedy Haworth (guitar), Bob White (upright bass) and Bryan "Doc" Martin (steel guitar) provided accompaniment. Auditions were handled by Bill Ring.<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent and Tunes" (July 23, 1955) ''The Billboard'', p. 93</ref> The Westport Kids appeared July 12,<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (July 23, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 93</ref> and Buck Griffin appeared August 2.<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (August 27, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 107</ref>
The show aired on Tuesday nights from June 28–November 1. Its original time slot was 7:30–8 p.m. Eastern Time, replacing ''Cavalcade of America'', but moved to 10–10:30 p.m. in September to briefly replace ''Break the Bank''.<ref>{{citation|first=Alex|last=McNeil|title=Total Television|publisher=Penguin Books|year=1996|isbn=0-14-024916-8}}</ref>
ABC Radio simulcast the program under the name ''Talent Round-Up'' from 7:30 p.m., as well as carrying an additional half-hour until 8:30.<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (May 28, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 56</ref>
The program originated from the Jewell Theatre in Springfield, Missouri, home to ABC's ''Ozark Jubilee''; and was produced and directed by the ''Jubilee's'' Bryan Bisney,<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (October 1, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 64</ref> who took over from Ring in September.<ref>Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (July 23, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 93</ref>
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== References ==
* {{citation|first1=Tim|last1=Brooks|first2=Earle|last2=Marsh|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows|publisher=Ballantine Books|year=1992|isbn=0-345-37792-3}}. * {{citation|first=Alex|last=McNeil|title=Total Television|publisher=Penguin Books|year=1996|isbn=0-14-024916-8}}. *Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (May 28, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 56 *Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (July 23, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 93 *Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (October 1, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 64
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0124263}}
Category:1950s American music television series Category:1955 American television series debuts Category:1955 American television series endings Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming Category:Black-and-white American television shows Category:Country music television series Category:English-language American television shows Category:American talent shows