Paul Dixon Show

Paul Dixon Show
GenreVariety/Comedy/Talk/Music
Created byJohn Murphy
Paul Dixon
Directed byGordon Waltz
Steve Womack
Presented byPaul Dixon
Bonnie Lou (co-host)
Colleen Sharp (co-host)
Theme music composerBruce Brownfield
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJohn Murphy
Production locationsWLWT Studios, Crosley Square, Cincinnati, Ohio
Running time30 minutes (later expanded to 90)
Original release
ReleaseApril 1955 (1955-04) 
December 1974 (1974-12)

The Paul Dixon Show is an American television variety program originating in Cincinnati on WLWT Television beginning in 1955 and ending in December 1974, following Dixon's death. The show began as a 30-minute series expanding to 90 minutes in the 1960s, but the other stations along the Crosley/Avco regional television network in nearby Dayton, Columbus and Indianapolis only ran 60 minutes of the show. Pre-recorded episodes were sold to other markets throughout the Midwest.

The show was originally co-hosted by Bonnie Lou and Marian Spelman, who was later replaced by Colleen Sharp. The house band, originally called The Bel-Aires, was led by pianist Bruce Brownfield.