The Sonny & Cher Zone | Television

Sonny & Cher appeared on US television screens in 1965, as semi-regulars on 'Shindig!' and 'Shivaree!', performing covers and early hits such as 'Baby Don't Go', 'Just You' and 'I Got You Babe'. Once the latter turned into a global smash hit, the duo were very much in demand to perform it and their following ditties on TV shows such as 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and 'Top Of The Pops'.

Even when their record sales dried up in the late-1960's, Sonny & Cher remained popular TV personalities, and after acting some in popular US shows 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E' and 'Love, American Style', the talents of Sonny & Cher were fully showcased in their super-successful 1971 variety show 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'.

After their much-publicised and sometimes nasty divorce, Sonny & Cher reunited - professionally - on further variety show 'The Sonny & Cher Show' in 1976. Long after going their separate ways, they once again turned up on the small screen together in 1987 for an award-winning appearance on 'Late Show With David Letterman', singing none-other-than 'I Got You Babe'. Full circle, indeed.

TV Series'

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (US) 1 August 1971 - 6 March 1974 Go to 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour' song guide
The Sonny & Cher Show (US)  1 February 1976 - 11 March 1977
TV Specials

The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour (US) - 1971
TV Acting Roles

The Man From U.N.C.L.E (US) - 10 March 1967 episode 'The Hot Number Affair'
Love, American Style (US) - 15 January 1971 episode 'Love and the Sack'
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (US) - 28 October 1972 episode "The Secret Of Shark Island"

TV Appearances

Shivaree (US) - 6 February 1965

Shindig! (US) – 17 February 1965 performed: 'Baby Don't Go'

Hollywood-A-Go-Go (US) - 3 April 1965 performed: 'Baby Don't Go'; 'Just You'
Shivaree (US) - 3 April 1965 performed: 'Sing C'est La Vie'; and 'Just You'

Shindig! (US) – 5 May 1965 performed:  'Treat Me Nice'; '(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear'; and 'All Shook Up' (Cher performed: 'Wooden Heart')
Hollywood-A-Go-Go (US) - 26 May 1965 performed: 'Just You'; and 'I Got You Babe' (Cher performed: 'All I Really Want To Do')
Shindig! (US) – 26 May 1965 performed: 'We're Gonna Make It'
Shindig! (US) – 7 July 1965 performed: 'I Got You Babe'; and medley of It's Gonna Rain' and 'Dream Baby' (Sonny performed: 'Hello Josephine')
Where The Action Is (US) - 8 July 1965 performed: 'I Got You Babe'; and 'Just You'

Shivaree (US) - 10 July 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'; and 'It's Gonna Rain' 
Shindig! (US) – 21 July 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'; and 'Do You Love Me' (Cher performed: 'All I Really Want To Do”) 
Where The Action Is (US) - 30 July 1965
performed: 'Baby Don't Go' (Cher performed: 'All I Really Want To Do') 
Ready, Steady, Go! (UK) - 6 August 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'

Thank Your Lucky Stars (UK) - 7 August 1965

Shindig! (US) – 11 August 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe' (Sonny performed: 'Laugh At Me')

Discs A Go-Go (UK) - 11 August 1965

Top Of The Pops (UK) - 12 August 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'

Ready Steady Go (UK) - 13 August 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe' 
Where The Action Is (US) - 2 September 1965
Cher performed 'All I Really Want To Do', cameo appearance by Sonny 
Where The Action Is (US) - 7 September 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'

Shivaree (US) - 13 September 1965
performed: 'All I Really Want To Do'

Hullabaloo (US) - 13 September 1965
performed: 'I Got You Babe'; and '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' 
The Ed Sullivan Show (US) - 26 September 1965
performed: medley of 'I Got You Babe', 'Where Do You Go' and 'But You're Mine'

The Hollywood Palace (US) - 23 October 1965
performed: 'Baby Don't Go' (Cher performed: 'Where Do You Go')

Cinnamon Cinder Christmas Special (US) - December 1965
performed: 'Baby Don't Go'

The Hollywood Palace (US) - 1 January 1966
performed: 'What Now My Love'

Where The Action Is (US) - 3 March 1966
performed: "What Now My Love" (Cher performed: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)")

Beat-Club (Germany) – 16 July 1966
performed: 'What Now My Love'

Top Of The Pops (UK) - 25 August 1966
performed: 'Little Man'

Ready Steady Go (UK) - 26 August 1966
performed: 'Little Man'

Beat-Club (Germany) - 24 September 1966
performed: 'Then He Kissed Me'; and 'Little Man' (Cher performed: 'I Feel Something In The Air'; Sonny performed: 'Laugh At Me')
Beat-Club (Germany) - 22 October 1966
performed; 'Monday'; and 'Little Man'

'Die Drehscheibe (Germany) - 7 November 1966

The Eamonn Andrews Show (US) - 12 February 1967

The Andy Williams Show (US) - 5 March 1967
performed: 'The Beat Goes On'; and 'Podunk'

The Joey Bishop Show (US) - 18 April 1967

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (US) - 21 May 1967
performed: 'It's The Little Things'; and 'Plastic Man' (Cher performed: 'Alfie') 
The Carol Burnett Show (US) - 6 November 1967
performed: 'Living For You' (Cher performed: 'You Better Sit Down Kids') 
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (US) - 11 March 1968
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (US) - 15 September 1969

The Hollywood Squares (US) - 25 August 1969

The David Frost Show (US) - 4 September 1969

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (US) - 29 September 1969
This Is Tom Jones (UK) -16 November 1969 performed: 'Just A Little' (Cher performed: 'Yours Until Tomorrow')
The Kraft Hall Music - 17 December 1969
performed: 'You and Me'; and 'Let The Good Times Roll' with Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope and Mike Douglas (Cher performed: 'Ol' Man River') 
Playboy After Dark (US) - 27 January 1970
performed: 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' (Cher performed: 'For Once In My Life') 
The Barbara McNair Show (US) - 15 February 1970
performed: 'What Now My Love'; and medley of 'The Beat Goes On', 'I Got You Babe', 'Sing C'est La Vie', 'All I Really Want To Do' and 'Little Man' (Cher performed: 'Danny Boy') 
The Merv Griffin Show (US) - 19 February 1970

The Best On Record (US) - 1 May 1970

The Dick Cavett Show (US) - 3 June 1970

The David Frost Show (US) - 17 June 1970

The David Frost Show (US) - 19 July 1971

Dinah's Place (US) - 10 September 1971

The 45th Annual Academy Awards (US) - 27 March 1973

The Tonight Show (US) – 14 July 1975

The Mike Douglas Show (US) - 1979
performed: medley of 'United We Stand' and 'Without You' 
Late Night With David Letterman (US) - 18 November 1987
performed: 'I Got You Babe' (Cher performed: 'I Found Someone')