[2] After an appearance on The Hollywood Palace in May 1964 drew a reported 53,000 letters[citation needed], ABC decided to give the Kings their own hour-long special.

More letters poured into ABC and the King Family was given their own hour-long weekly musical variety series (replacing The Outer Limits), debuting on Saturday, January 23, 1965 (the King Family made a third Hollywood Palace appearance a week before the debut of their own series in order to promote it).

The series was full of songs from Broadway, film, The Great American Songbook and contemporary pop hits of the day.

The show starred the Grammy nominated vocal group The King Sisters (Yvonne, Alyce, Luise and Marilyn), along with their husbands, siblings, and children and The Alvino Rey Orchestra.

In all, some thirty-nine members of the King family, ranging in age from seven months to 79 years, appeared on the show.