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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show that was hosted by Mike Douglas. It began as a local program in Cleveland in 1961 before being carried on other stations owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting. The show went into national syndication and was moved to Philadelphia in 1965. The program ran until 1981.
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Jun 23, 2001 · The Mike Douglas Show ran in syndication from 1961 to 1983, first from Cleveland, then Philadelphia, and finally Los Angeles. The show was famous for its variety of guests.
US Talk Show 1961-81 (11-Dec-1961 to 30-Nov-1981) Host Mike Douglas (born 11-Aug-1920, died 11-Aug-2006) B&W (1961-67) / Color (1967-1982) Theme song "Here's Mike" (1961-79) "Mike Makes Your Day!" (1979–81) Note: The show started 1961 in Cleveland, when Westinghouse owned Channel 3 and called it KYW.
The Mike Douglas Show started December 11, 1961 in Cleveland as a local show on Westinghouse's KYW-TV (now WKYC-TV), it proved popular and, in July 1963, was syndicated by Westinghouse to all five of its owned-and-operated stations. By 1967 the show was available in 171 markets and seen by an audience of six million viewers a day.
Douglas next appeared in 1961 in Cleveland, where a onetime Chicago colleague hired him for $400 a week as an afternoon television talk-show host at KYW-TV. The Mike Douglas Show rapidly gained popularity, and ultimately, national syndication in August 1963 on other stations owned by KYW-TV's parent company Westinghouse Broadcasting.
The show was broadcast in syndication from 1961 to 1982. Westinghouse Broadcasting distributed the show. Many of the programs were made in studios of two of the company's TV stations . Guests. The show featured the first television appearance of then 2 year old Tiger Woods who showed off his swing for Bob Hope and James Stewart.
The show started 1961 in Cleveland, when Westinghouse owned Channel 3 and called it KYW. When Westinghouse won a court case against NBC in 1965, they opted to own Philadelphia's Channel 3, taking "KYW" call letters and The Mike Douglas Show with them.
