ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
Cast (119)
Directors
Stanley Prager
Director
Ages 49-50
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Ages 35-36
Paul Bogart
Director
Ages 46-47
James Gilbert
Director
Ages 43
Sam Peckinpah
Director
Ages 41-42
Burt Shevelove
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Ages 46
Noel Black
Director
Ages 29
Frank Perry
Director
Ages 36
Alex Segal
Director
Ages 51
Terry Sanders
Director
Ages 34-35
Joe Layton
Director
Bill Davis
Director
Writers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English