The Jack Benny Program
TVG
Comedy
The host plays a version of himself as a pompous, vain, and stingy vaudevillian showman with a penchant for violin playing.
Cast & Crew
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Wednesday, December 10
Jack Directs a Film
Season 14 • Episode 6
Jack crashes a set where James Stewart is working.
Wednesday, December 10
Amateur Show
Season 11 • Episode 10
Jack puts on his annual amateur-talent show.
Thursday, December 11
Harlow Gets a Date
Season 14 • Episode 27
Jack wants Harlow to escort the sponsor's daughter.
Thursday, December 11
How Jack Found Dennis
Season 14 • Episode 19
Jack recalls how he discovered Dennis Day.
Friday, December 12
The Final LeBlanc Sketch
Season 14 • Episode 20
Jack gives new hope to his old violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc.
Friday, December 12
Peter, Paul and Mary
Season 14 • Episode 15
Peter, Paul and Mary adapt the folklore of Jack Benny to a song.
Saturday, December 13
How Jack Met George Burns
Season 14 • Episode 14
Jack recalls being in vaudeville with George Burns.
Saturday, December 13
Bobby Darin Show
Season 14 • Episode 17
Jack decides that Bobby Darin should play him in his film biography.
Monday, December 15
Nat King Cole Show
Season 14 • Episode 16
Nat King Cole performs in an instrumental group with Jack on the violin.
Monday, December 15
Jack Goes to an Allergy Doctor
Season 14 • Episode 26
Jack thinks his itching arm is caused by an allergy.
Tuesday, December 16
I Am the Fiddler
Season 14 • Episode 28
Jack reminisces about the early days of radio.
Tuesday, December 16
The Lettermen
Season 14 • Episode 25
Jack thinks about what it might have been like to have gone to college.
Wednesday, December 17
Hillbilly Sketch
Season 15 • Episode 6
Connie Francis and Jack play hillbillies.
Wednesday, December 17
Andy Williams Show
Season 15 • Episode 3
A tuxedo-clad Andy Williams joins Jack at the opening of a meat market.
Thursday, December 18
Jack Makes a Comedy Record
Season 15 • Episode 5
Bob Hope and Jack decide to cut a comedy record.
Thursday, December 18
The Income Tax Show
Season 15 • Episode 4
The IRS begins to doubt Jack's tax return.
Friday, December 19
The Lucille Ball Show
Season 15 • Episode 2
Lucille Ball joins Jack in a sketch about Paul Revere's famous ride.
Friday, December 19
Jack Adopts a Son
Season 15 • Episode 16
Jack plays a man who adopts an unwanted orphan (Milton Berle).
Saturday, December 20
Wayne Newton/Louie Nye Show
Season 15 • Episode 11
Jack, Wayne Newton and Louis Nye perform at a charity fund-raising garden party.
Saturday, December 20
The Jack Jones Show
Season 15 • Episode 15
Jack Jones joins Jack in a sketch about the teaching profession.
Monday, December 22
The Kingston Trio Show
Season 15 • Episode 17
The Kingston Trio's song "Tijuana Jail" is presented as a comedy sketch.
Monday, December 22
Smothers Brothers Show
Season 15 • Episode 28
Jack and the Smothers Brothers play wartime performers.
Tuesday, December 23
Ben Blue Show
Season 10 • Episode 8
Jack hires Ben Blue to do a trick in which he is a shooting target in a laundry bag.
Tuesday, December 23
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart Show
Season 10 • Episode 4
Jack and Barbara join Jimmy Stewart and his wife for their anniversary celebration.
Friday, December 26
Musicale
Season 11 • Episode 18
Jack recalls making music in his home as a boy.
Friday, December 26
Jack at Supermarket
Season 11 • Episode 14
A supermarket clerk causes problems for Jack.
Saturday, December 27
Jack Casting for TV Special
Season 11 • Episode 11
Jack casts a TV special about his own life.
Saturday, December 27
Jack's Lunch Counter
Season 5 • Episode 11
Jack performs in a sketch about a lunch-counter murder.
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