Hanlon was among several Americans who had shows on 1960s Australian television, the others included Delo and Daly, Larry K. Nixon, and Don Lane.
Broadcast originally on Melbourne station GTV-9, it eventually become a Nine Network show.
The unusual format (often involving reunions with long-lost relatives) was popular with female viewers.
The running time of the episodes is not known (Australian prime-time series typically ran 23–25 minutes during the 1960s, but daytime series could sometimes run shorter) The series was still popular when it ended,[1] with Hanlon hosting a new show called The Tommy Hanlon Show.
Despite this, several episodes of the series (both the original and the Evans-hosted revival) are held by the National Film and Sound Archive.