[1] Guest stars on the program included Gloria Swanson, Hal Le Roy,[6] Edmond O'Brien, Olga San Juan,[7] and Charles Boyer.
[12] Broadcast from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday, it featured John W. Bubbles,[13] Anita Bryant, Don Cherry, and the Four Voices as performers in addition to Hayes and Healy.
[14] Guest stars included Sonny James,[15] Ricardo Montalbán,[16] Margaret Truman, Ray McDonald,[17] Ferlin Husky,[18] and Mickey & Sylvia.
[19] A Motion Picture Daily poll of TV columnists and critics rated The Peter Lind Hayes Show second in the Best Daytime Program category.
[24] A review of the premiere episode in The New York Times said that Hayes's performance overcame even "an unconscionable number of commercials".
[25] Critic Jack Gould compared the informal nature of the program favorably to that of The Tonight Show and said that Hayes "is quick and amusing of tongue, chats with his guests in leisurely fashion and has a slight suggestion of agreeable weariness.
"[25] The trade publication Broadcasting called the program "undoubtedly the best entry in daytime tv [sic] this year".
[26] The radio version of The Peter Lind Hayes Show was broadcast on Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. E. T.[27] beginning February 13, 1954.
"[28] A review in the trade publication Broadcasting found little to like about The Peter Lind Hayes Show.
[30] The review commended the singing of Vale and 10-year-old Uggams and noted that Healy was "an ideal foil" in matching wits with Hayes.