"If people can hear you for free on television every week, why go buy an album?" he recalled wondering just before the show premiered on Jan. 23, 1976 When the Donny & Marie show debuted 50 years ago, ...

As a musical duo, the two continued to perform well on the charts. But it was after Fred Silverman, ABC's president, saw them guest-host The Mike Douglas Show that they were offered their own program.

It's been 50 years since Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond soared to popularity with their variety show, Donny & Marie. The brother-and-sister pop duo took over screens on Jan. 23, 1976, and hosted the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "He thought we’d be naturals to host our own weekly musical variety show," Donny wrote in his autobiography, Donny Osmond: Life is ...