# The Jack Benny Program - first episode - 1950-10-28 - Dinah Shore

Jack Benny's first TV broadcast, from 28 October 1950. Jack's TV programs were only once every eight weeks in his first year, and he traveled from California to New York to do them. Ken Murray's program was preempted for this broadcast, and he makes an appearance to wish Jack good luck on TV. Also appearing with Jack in his TV debut are radio regulars Don Wilson, the Sportsmen Quartet, Mel Blanc, Artie "Mr Kitzel" Auerbach, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, who gets an impressive song-and-dance number. The guest star is Dinah Shore, who would come back in 1970 to appear in Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary Special. Some kinescope imperfections and video artifacts, but a clear image. With original Lucky Strike commercials.

- Kind: Commercial
- Year: 1950
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/19501028TheJackBennyProgramDinahShore)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.