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From: Wikipedia.org
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.
The program featured light banter with guests and musical performances. Each week would have a different co-host who would appear every day with Douglas. The program was initially aired "live" on KYW-TV in its city of origination, but after off-color on-air remarks by Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1965 (she called Morey Amsterdam a "son of a bitch"), the producers taped all shows in advance of broadcast. This allowed for the editing-out of any objectionable material. During much of its time on the air, it remained strong in ratings, consistently finishing among the most popular daytime television shows nearly every season.
The show's run spanned 21 years and more than 6,000 episodes. In 1978, production of the show moved to Los Angeles, where it remained until the end of the show's run in 1982.
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