Club Seven (Australian TV series)
| Company type | Television program |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television entertainment |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Defunct | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne , Australia |
| Products | Variety television show |
Club Seven was an Australian variety program broadcast live on Melbourne's HSV-7 from 1959 until 1961, airing Thursdays at 10:00 PM. The series, hosted by Terry Scanlon and Frank Wilson, aired in competition with the well-known In Melbourne Tonight on GTV-9. Some segments of the show have been preserved and can be viewed on YouTube.
Night-club setting
In a review dated 20 August 1959 published in The Age, it was observed that the program faced challenges in convincingly portraying a night-club environment, especially when compared to the Sydney-produced ABC series Cafe Continental. Utilizing a night-club backdrop was a prevalent approach in early television, previously adopted by HSV-7’s earlier series The Late Show (1957–1959) and potentially by Rendezvous at Romano's (1957, TCN-9). Comparable formats were also seen internationally on American programs such as The Morey Amsterdam Show, The Ilona Massey Show, and Café de Paris, alongside British Café Continental and Canadian Nightcap.
External links
- Seven Network original programming
- 1959 Australian television series debuts
- 1961 Australian television series endings
- Australian variety television shows
- Black-and-white Australian television shows
- Australian English-language television shows
- Australian live television series
- 1950s Australian comedy television series
- 1960s Australian television series