Van Dyke and Company

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| genre = Comedy-Variety

| network = NBC

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 11

| director = John Moffitt

| country = United States

| first_aired = {{Start date|1976|09|20}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1976|12|30}}

| runtime = 60 mins

| starring = Dick Van Dyke

| executive_producer = Byron Paul

| language = English

}}

Van Dyke and Company is an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by Dick Van Dyke on NBC in 1976. Andy Kaufman made his prime time debut on the show and became a series regular.{{Cite book|last=Zmuda|first=Bob|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqAz08xkYkMC&q=andy+kaufman+van+dyke+and+company&pg=PT48|title=Andy Kaufman Revealed!: Best Friend Tells All|publisher=Little, Brown|year=2000|isbn=978-0-446-93049-9|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=August 29, 2019|title=Dick Van Dyke's forgotten variety show found the perfect way to introduce general audiences to Andy Kaufman|url=https://www.metv.com/stories/dick-van-dyke-s-forgotten-variety-show-found-the-perfect-way-to-introduce-the-world-to-andy-kaufman|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Me-TV Network|language=en}} The executive producer of the show, Byron Paul, was the manager and producer to Dick Van Dyke.{{Cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&q=Van+Dyke+and+Company+episodes+1976&pg=PA438|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1|pages=438|language=en}} The pilot episode was directed by Art Fisher and aired as a CBS TV special on October 30, 1975.{{Cite book|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ot6_DwAAQBAJ&q=Van+Dyke+and+Company+pilot&pg=PA317|title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d ed.|publisher=McFarland|year=2019|isbn=978-1-4766-7874-0|pages=317|language=en}} The series aired from September 20, 1976, to December 30, 1976, before it was cancelled due to low ratings.{{Cite book|last=Zehme|first=Bill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vg1D6XtYE6EC&q=low+ratings|title=Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|year=2009|isbn=978-0-307-42846-2|language=en}} Despite its cancellation, the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series at the 29th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1977.{{Cite web|title=Van Dyke and Company|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/van-dyke-and-company|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Television Academy|language=en}} Van Dyke also won Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program at the 3rd People's Choice Awards.{{Cite book|last1=Group|first1=Gale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TW1IcJGbPlIC&q=People's+Choice+Awards+van+dyke+1977|title=Contemporary Authors|last2=Peacock|first2=Scot|publisher=Gale|year=1998|isbn=978-0-7876-2667-9|pages=407|language=en}}