They believed Andrews did not have sufficient name recognition and with Burnett appearing weekly on Moore's show the public would not tune in.

Burnett introduced the song "Meantime", written by Robert Allen and Al Stillman.

Billboard described the material as "warm and delightful" and noted "the hilarious hand of Mike Nichols" throughout.

[7] While describing the performance at taping as "smooth" and "scintillating",[4] Cynthia Lowry of the Associated Press criticized the material, direction and photography of the program as aired, writing "after gay, funny starts the comedy plummeted to banana-peel level".

[8] Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall received the 1963 Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Music.