of Car 54 was sponsored by Procter & Gamble. Guest stars Several New York-based celebrities, including Hugh Downs, Mitch Miller, Jan Murray, and Sugar Ray Robinson, appeared as themselves. Among others cast in various episodes are: Carl Ballantine Gene Baylos Sorrell Booke Tom Bosley Heywood Hale Broun Wally Cox Dana Elcar Dan Frazer Alice Ghostley Arlene Golonka Bruce Gordon Margaret Hamilton Bob Hastings Katherine Helmond Don Keefer Jake LaMotta Shari Lewis Hal Linden Judith Lowry Simon Oakland Molly Picon B.S. Pully Charles Nelson Reilly Jane Rose Billy Sands Jean Stapleton Maureen Stapleton Larry Storch Primetime Emmy Awards Car 54, Where Are You? was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, earning one. 1961–1962 (presented May 22, 1962) Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Nat HikenWon Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of HumorNominated (Winner: The Bob Newhart Show) Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Terry RyanNominated (Winner: Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show) 1962–1963 (presented May 26, 1963) Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Nat HikenNominated (Winner: Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show) Syndication Car 54, Where Are You? first entered into syndication in January 1964. It began airing on the cable channel Nick at Nite in 1987 and ran on the network until 1990. It was seen for less than one year on the short-lived Ha! Channel in 1990–91 and also aired on another Viacom-owned cable channel, Comedy Central, in the early 1990s. In 2016, the show aired early Sunday mornings on MeTV, and currently airs Monday through Friday on its sister network Decades. 1994 film Car 54, Where Are You? was made into a 1994 film, shot mainly in Toronto, starring John C. McGinley as Muldoon, David Johansen as Toody, and Rosie O'Donnell as Toody's wife Lucille. Though made in 1990, it was not released until 1994 due to the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures. Original cast members Al Lewis and Nipsey Russell appeared in the film, which underperformed both critically and commercially upon release. Home media In the early 1990s, Republic Pictures Home Video released some episodes on VHS. Shanachie Entertainment announced in late 2010 it was releasing season one on DVD Region 1 on February 22, 2011. The second and final season was released on April 24, 2012. In popular culture The show's theme song is parodied as “Mario, Where Are You?” in an Atari commercial for Mario Bros. In the 1966 film