Donny & Marie (1976)

Genre

comedy, talk

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 71 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This variety show features the brother-and-sister pop duo Donny and Marie Osmond hosting a weekly program with music, comedy sketches, and guest performances. The show showcases their singing talents and youthful energy.

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What happens

Donny & Marie is an American variety show that aired on ABC from January 1976 to May 1979. The show starred brother-and-sister pop duo Donny 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 No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts (with "Paper Roses", in 1973). 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 All Up to You", "Morning Side of the Mountain" and "Make the World Go Away". Donny and Marie (18 and 16 years old, respectively, when the program premiered) were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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