The final Ford Star Jubilee was the first television broadcast of the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. The show was expanded to two hours and Bert Lahr was engaged to host with assistance from 10 year old Liza Minnelli and Justin G. Schiller, a 13 year old Oz expert. CBS paid MGM for the right to show the film twice at $225,000 each airing. The broadcast was a ratings smash. CBS showed it again December 13, 1959 (Red Skelton and his daughter Valentina hosting) in an earlier time slot and it was an even bigger hit. CBS exercised its options ($200,000 each for four more broadcasts) for further airings in what became a TV tradition. Later hosts included Richard Boone and his son Peter (1960), Dick Van Dyke and his children (1961-62), and Danny Kaye (1964-67).
Musical variety with Judy Garland in her TV debut as a performer. Songs included: You Made Me Love You-Garland/Swanee-Garland/Palace Medley: Shine On, Harvest Moon/Some of These Days/My Man/I Don't Care-Garland/Japanese song-Sawamura/It's De-Lovely-Garland, Wayne, Sawamura/This is the Time of the Evening-Garland/While We're Young-Garland/Medley: But Not for Me-Garland/For Me and My Gal-Garland & Wayne/The Boy Next Door-Garland/The Trolley Song-Garland & Escorts/Rock-A-Bye Your Baby-Garland//Get Happy-Garland/The Man That Got Away-Garland/A Couple of Swells-Garland & Wayne/Over the Rainbow-Garland.
Musical revue. Songs included: Together With Music-Martin & Coward/Uncle Harry, Nina, Mad Dogs and Englishmen-Coward/I Only Have Eves For You, I Get A Kick Out of You, Les Filles de Cadix-Martin/90 Minutes Is A Long, Long Time-Martin & Coward/I'll See You Again, Dance Little Lady, Poor Little Rich Girl, Room With A View, Someday I'll Find You, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, If Love Were All, Play Orchestra Play-Coward/South Pacific Medley: Dites Moi, Cockeyed Optimist, Some Enchanted Evening, Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair, Wonderful Guy-Martin/My Heart Belongs to Daddy-Martin/World Weary, What's Going to Happen to the Tots-Coward/London Pride-Martin/Deep In The Heart of Texas-Coward/Get Out Those Old Records, They Didn't Believe Me, 'SWonderful, Time On My Hands, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, Anything Goes, Dancing In The Dark, Ballerina, I Won't Dance, Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?, Charleston, The Way You Look Tonight, You're An Old Smoothie, Young and Foolish, Always True T