About this season
The ABC Comedy Hour is an American television variety series that aired on ABC in 1972. Seven of the 13 episodes featured a guest host and a team of comedy impressionists known as The Kopycats. Guest hosts included Steve Lawrence, Orson Welles, Ed Sullivan, Raymond Burr, Robert Young, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. The remaining six episodes were variety specials and included two Friars Club roasts and a revival of the musical Hellzapoppin' starring Jack Cassidy. The show originally aired on Wednesday at 8:30 PM. Summer reruns of the seven Kopycats episodes were aired under the title The ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopycats. The same episodes aired in Great Britain simply as The Kopycats.
Episodes (13)
1. Show 1
Aired 12 January 1972 • 60 min
2. Show 2
Aired 19 January 1972 • 60 min
3. Show 3
Aired 26 January 1972 • 60 min
4. Show 4
Aired 2 February 1972 • 60 min
5. Show 5
Aired 9 February 1972 • 60 min
6. Show 6
Aired 16 February 1972 • 60 min
7. Show 7
Aired 23 February 1972 • 60 min
8. Show 8
Aired 1 March 1972 • 60 min
9. Show 9
Aired 8 March 1972 • 60 min
10. Show 10
Aired 15 March 1972 • 60 min
11. Show 11
Aired 22 March 1972 • 60 min
12. Show 12
Aired 29 March 1972 • 60 min
13. Show 13
Aired 5 April 1972 • 60 min