The Flip Wilson Show
The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September 17, 1970 to June 27, 1974. The show starred American comedian Flip Wilson; the program was one of the first American television programs starring a black person in the title role to become highly successful with a white audience. Specifically, it was the first successful network variety series starring an African American. During its first two seasons, its Nielsen ratings made it the nation's second most watched show. The show consisted of many skits over an hour. It also broke new ground in American television by using a 'Theatre-in-the-Round' stage format, with the audience seated on all sides of a circular performance area. Wilson was most famous for creating the role of Geraldine Jones, a sassy, modern woman who had a boyfriend named Killer. Flip also created the role of Reverend Leroy, who was the minister of the Church of What's Happening Now!. New parishioners were wary of coming to the church as it was ...
Details
- First aired
- 17 Sept 1970
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 96
- TMDB 5.2
- Last aired
- 28 Feb 1974
- Genres
Comedy
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NBC
- Episode runtime
- 30 min
- Countries
US
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- The Flip Wilson Show
- Cast
- Writers
Hal Goodman Stan Burns Flip Wilson Norman Steinberg Larry Klein Dick Hills Peter Gallay Paul McCauley Mike Marmer Sid Green Herbert Baker Don Hinkley Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf
