Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974)

About This Series

Tony Orlando and Dawn is a family and comedy series. Its leading cast includes Tony Orlando, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson. It premiered on December 4, 1974 on CBS. TMDB lists 3 seasons and 54 episodes so far and has ended.

Synopsis

CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of 1974, after The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour ended its run, until December 1976. The show was in the same vein as its predecessor (with sketches featuring sarcastic back-and-forth banter between Orlando, Hopkins and Vincent, similar to the sarcastic dialogue between Sonny and Cher) and became a Top 20 hit. They are most famous for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" &  "Knock Three Times"!

Synopsis from TMDB.

Cast

• Tony Orlando Self 54 episodes
• Telma Hopkins Self 54 episodes
• J Joyce Vincent Wilson Self 44 episodes
• Kate Smith Self 5 episodes
• Ruth Buzzi Self 4 episodes
• Nancy Walker Self 3 episodes
• Charo Self 3 episodes
• Tony Randall Self 3 episodes
• Georgia Engel Self 3 episodes
• Anne Meara Self 3 episodes
• Dom DeLuise Self 3 episodes
• Demond Wilson Self 2 episodes
• Totie Fields Self 2 episodes
• Loretta Swit Self 2 episodes
• Danny Thomas Self 2 episodes
• Mel Tillis Self 2 episodes
• Fred MacMurray Self 2 episodes
• Art Carney Self 2 episodes

Seasons

• Season 11974 · 21 episodes
• Season 21975 · 23 episodes
• Season 31976 · 10 episodes