 In order to serve as a regular host, it was necessary for Burnett to leave her role in the Broadway musical "Fade Out - Fade In", and was summarily sued by the show's producers for breach of contact.Broadcast weekly from New York, where it was taped Friday evenings at CBS Studio 50 (now the Ed Sullivan Theater), the variety show format was typical of the period.It contained a mix of comedy sketches, musical numbers performed by a regular group of series' artists and having one or two guest stars (such as Boris Karloff, Phil Silvers, and Chita Rivera) who hosted, alongside Burnett and Valente each week.