TV Show Details
Air Date:September 13th, 1977
Last Air Date:October 20th, 1977
Network:NBC
Status:Ended
Genres:Comedy
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Burt Sugarman Productions
TV Show Tags:
variety show
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
NBC
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Plot
The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days.
The show was produced by Rocco Urbisci for Burt Sugarman Productions. It was conceived out of a special that Pryor did for NBC in May 1977. Because the special was a major hit, both critically and commercially, Pryor was given a chance to host and star in his own television show.
TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
