# Talent Varieties
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{{Infobox television
| image = Talent Varieties set.jpg
| caption = The set for ''Talent Varieties'' (November 1955)
| genre = [Talent show](/source/Talent_show)
| creator =
| developer =
| writer =
| director = Bryan T. Bisney
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = [Slim Wilson](/source/Slim_Wilson)
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](/source/Ely_E._%22Si%22_Siman%2C_Jr.)
John B. Mahaffey
| producer = Bryan T. Bisney
| editor =
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera = [multi-camera](/source/multi-camera)
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = [Crossroads TV Productions](/source/Ralph_D._Foster)
| channel = [ABC-TV](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)
[ABC Radio](/source/Citadel_Media)
| first_aired = {{start date|1955|06|28}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1955|11|01}}
| related = ''[Ozark Jubilee](/source/Ozark_Jubilee)''
}}
'''''Talent Varieties''''' is a [country music](/source/country_music) [talent show](/source/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](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) program was a live half-hour summer replacement series hosted by [Slim Wilson](/source/Slim_Wilson). Wilson introduced the amateur and professional talent, including music and comedy acts (many from the [Ozarks](/source/Ozarks)); and his Tall Timber Trio,[{{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](/source/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}}] composed of [Speedy Haworth](/source/Speedy_Haworth) (guitar), Bob White (upright bass) and Bryan "Doc" Martin ([steel guitar](/source/console_steel_guitar)) provided [accompaniment](/source/accompaniment). Auditions were handled by Bill Ring.[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent and Tunes" (July 23, 1955) ''[The Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'', p. 93] The Westport Kids appeared July 12,[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (July 23, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 93] and [Buck Griffin](/source/Buck_Griffin) appeared August 2.[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (August 27, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 107]
The show aired on Tuesday nights from June 28–November 1. Its original time slot was 7:30–8 p.m. [Eastern Time](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone), replacing ''[Cavalcade of America](/source/Cavalcade_of_America)'', but moved to [10–10:30 p.m. in September](/source/1955%E2%80%931956_United_States_network_television_schedule) to briefly replace ''[Break the Bank](/source/Break_the_Bank_(1948))''.[{{citation|first=Alex|last=McNeil|title=Total Television|publisher=Penguin Books|year=1996|isbn=0-14-024916-8}}]
[ABC Radio](/source/Citadel_Media) 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.[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (May 28, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 56]
The program originated from the Jewell Theatre in [Springfield, Missouri](/source/Springfield%2C_Missouri), home to ABC's ''[Ozark Jubilee](/source/Ozark_Jubilee)''; and was produced and directed by the ''Jubilee's'' Bryan Bisney,[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (October 1, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 64] who took over from Ring in September.[Sachs, Bill "Folk Talent & Tunes" (July 23, 1955), ''The Billboard'', p. 93]
==Notes==
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== References ==
* {{citation|first1=Tim|last1=Brooks|first2=Earle|last2=Marsh|title=[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows](/source/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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'', 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
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