The Bill Kenny Show [SEP] original network
The Bill Kenny Show
The Bill Kenny Show was a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television in 1966.
Premise.
Bill Kenny, a member of the popular vocal quartet The Ink Spots in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s and later a solo singer, hosted this series. He became a Vancouver resident in 1961 and became among the first black performers to star in a nationally-broadcast television series in Canada.
Series regulars included singing group The Accents, with Fraser MacPherson's house band.
episodes of the show aired in the United States on the Game Show Network before the show was officially relocated to the Comedy Central network, moving from Canada to the US.
The last episode, ("The Kenny vs. Spenny Christmas Special"), was aired in 2010. The series produced 89 original episodes, over six seasons. Each of the main characters of the show would go on to have their own shows the following year. Hotz also created the concept for the videogame "Versusville" to accompany the television