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Donny & Marie

Overview

Series synopsis

Donny & Marie is an American comedy talk television series that premiered on ABC on January 23, 1976. It ended on January 19, 1979. It was created by Marty Krofft. It stars Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Debby Boone and Edgar Bergen.

Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts.

The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followe ...

Premise

Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts.

The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.

Cast and characters

Leading cast

Supporting cast

Guest cast

Episodes

This series spans 5 seasons with 72 episodes.

Season Episodes First aired Last aired
Season 0 1
Season 1 14 January 23, 1976 April 30, 1976
Season 2 22 September 24, 1976 March 18, 1977
Season 3 22 September 23, 1977 May 19, 1978
Season 4 13 September 22, 1978 January 19, 1979
Season 0 preview 1 episodes total
Season 1 preview 14 episodes total
Season 2 preview 22 episodes total
Season 3 preview 22 episodes total
Season 4 preview 13 episodes total

Production

Genres
Comedy, Talk
Country
US
Original language
en

Release

Original network/platform ABC
First aired January 23, 1976
Last aired January 19, 1979
Runtime 46 minutes
Status ended
Schedule Friday at 20:00:00

References

  1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
  2. TVMaze
  3. IMDb
  4. Official Website
  5. EpisodeTime Show Page