The Johnny Cash Show (1969)

Name: The Johnny Cash Show
Genre: Music
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash

Music

The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings in 1970. Cash opened each show, and its regulars included members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months after appearing on the show.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (280 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1969)

8.04 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 7.9 60 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	8.4	15
3	Eddie Albert, Charlie Callas, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Reed	8.4	11
6	Episode #1.6	8.7	10
15	Phil Harris, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobbi Martin, Roy Orbison	7.8	8
17	Episode #1.17	7.0	8
19	Episode #1.19	8.0	9
28	Episode #1.28	8.1	10
30	Episode #1.30	7.9	14

Season 2 (1970)

8.10 avg 7 episodes 8.4 → 7.9 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
4	Episode #2.4	8.4	7
8	Episode #2.8	8.3	8
9	Kris Kristofferson, Cass Elliot, Lorne Greene	8.4	7
11	Episode #2.11	8.1	9
13	The Johnny Cash Christmas Show	7.8	15
14	Episode #2.14	7.8	10
21	Episode #2.21	7.9	10