George Burns Comedy Week

George Burns Comedy Week was a Syndication network comedy anthology series hosted by comedian George Burns.

The show aired from September 18 to December 25, 1985, lasting for one season & 13 episodes. It was produced by 40 Share Productions and Universal Television.

Production
As he was 89 years old when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series.

Burns had been around television in one way or another since shortly after its inception; like many old-time radio stars he had brought his routine over more-or-less intact from the older medium.

However, Burns' actual role in this series was rather slight; aside from lending his name, introducing the night's program, and providing an occasional voice-over narration, he was not involved in any of the episodes as an actor and those who tuned in expecting to see him as such were disappointed.

Reception\Cancellation
"George Burns Comedy Week" did poorly in the Nielsen ratings and was last broadcast on Christmas night 1985, making it George Burns' last ongoing role in a TV series, although he continued to appear as a guest on programs for the next nine years, until suffering a serious fall at age 98 which ended his active performing career (Burns died at age 100).