The RCA Victor Show

[2] Initially, each episode began with Pinza in a set representing his "luxurious penthouse apartment".

[1] Pinza welcomed the audience and sang, then went out of the apartment, where he met the episode's guest star.

[1] The show's format changed beginning with the April 11, 1952, episode, when the program moved from New York to Hollywood.

[4] Guest stars on Pinza's episodes included Patricia Morison,[5] Harpo Marx,[6] Eddy Arnold, Rosemary Clooney,[7] Margaret Truman,[8] Nancy Davis,[9] Patrice Munsel,[10] Ezra Stone, and Beatrice Lillie.

"[11] Dwight Newton, writing in the San Francisco Examiner, called Pinza "a fabulous personality, a magnificent voice, a man of heroic stature, one who has captured the imagination of the public" but added that the show was diminished by "Trite writing, poor production, cheap comedy.

"[12] James Abbe wrote in the Oakland Tribune about an episode in which Pinza prepared spaghetti: "Even with his fine Italian voice and diction, the ham is always so much in evidence when Ezio Pinza is acting, that it must surely clash with properly seasoned spaghetti".

Verna Felton portrayed Day's mother, and Kathy Phillips played his girlfriend.

[2]: 211 When the show returned on October 3, 1952, after summer hiatus, Pinza was gone, and Day's episodes were broadcast weekly[14] with a revised format.

[1] Day still played himself, but this time as a "swinging young bachelor",[4] and his residence was a luxurious apartment in Hollywood.

[16] A review in the trade publication Billboard offered the opinion that the Day program "does not look as if it will amount to a serious threat" against the popularity of its competition, I Love Lucy.