Barbra made her TV Debut back in April 1961. You will notice as the years go on, her live performances become rarer. The following is based on information taken from Barbra-Streisand.com.

The Jack Paar Tonight Show, NBC, 4/5/61


    •"A Sleepin' Bee" {available on Just For The Record...; video excerpt available on "Putting It Together": The Making Of The Broadway Album}
    •"When The Sun Comes Out"

The Jack Paar Tonight Show, NBC, 5/22/61


    •"Much More"
    •"I Stayed Too Long At The Fair"

P.M. East (with Mike Wallace), Group W Television (NYC/syndicated) - NY airdates


    •June 22, 1961 (performance)
    •July 12, 1961: "A Sleepin' Bee," "Lover, Come Back To Me"
    •Oct. 13, 1961: "When The Sun Comes Out," "I Stayed Too Long At The Fair," "Come To The Supermarket (In Old Peking)"
    •Nov. 27, 1961: "Soon It's Gonna Rain," "I Had Myself A True Love," "I Wish I Were In Love Again" (duet with Mickey Rooney)
    •Dec. 1, 1961: "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" {available on Just For The Record... identified as Tonight Show performance}, "My Honey's Loving Arms," "A Taste Of Honey"
    •Dec. 21, 1961: "Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)," "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"
    •Jan. 2, 1962: "Lover, Come Back To Me," "Moon River" {available on Just For The Record...}, "Cry Me A River"

P.M. Starring Mike Wallace, Group W Television (NYC/syndicated)


    •April 6, 1962 (performance)
    •April 20, 1962 (performance)
    •April 24, 1962: "Nobody Makes A Pass At Me"
    •May 4, 1962 (performance)
    • May 8, 1962: "Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)"
    •June 1, 1962: "I Stayed Too Long At The Fair," "Soon It's Gonna Rain"

The Today Show, NBC, 4/4/62 (performance)

The Garry Moore Show, CBS, 5/29/62


    •"Teamwork" (brief opening song ensemble segment/duet with Robert Goulet)
    •"When The Sun Comes Out"
    •"Happy Days Are Here Again" {available on Just For The Record...}
    •"Moanin' Low" (part of "That Wonderful Year: 1929" medley)

The Tonight Show (Groucho Marx, interim host), NBC, 8/21/62


    •"Much More"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 10/4/62


    •"Right As The Rain"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 11/2/62


    •"Happy Days Are Here Again"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 12/3/62 (performance)

The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 12/16/62


    •"My Coloring Book"
    •"Lover, Come Back To Me"

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1/2/63 (performance)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 2/1/63


    • "A Sleepin' Bee"

Boston Ballroom, local Boston TV, early February 1963


    •"My Coloring Book"

The Mike Douglas Show, Group W Television (syndicated), 2/11-15/63 (co-host, performances)

Memory Lane with Joe Franklin, WOR (NYC local), 2/14/63 (performance)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 2/22/63 (performance)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 3/5/63 (performance)

The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 3/24/63


    •"Cry Me A River"

The Dinah Shore Show, NBC, 5/12/63


    •"Cry Me A River"
    •"Happy Days Are Here Again"
    •"Brotherhood Of Man" (with Dinah and guests)

The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 6/9/63


    •"When The Sun Comes Out" {audio available on Just For The Record..., video excerpt available on The Very Best Of The Ed Sullivan Show, Volume 1}

The Irv Kupcinet Show (Kup's Show), WBBM (Chicago local), 6/15/63 (performance)

The Keefe Brasselle Show, CBS, 6/25/63


    •"Soon It's Gonna Rain"
    •"A Taste Of Honey"

Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, syndicated, 9/63 (performance)

March of Dimes Telethon, syndicated, 9/63 (performance)

A Bob Hope Comedy Special, NBC, 9/27/63


    •"Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home"
    •"Gotta Move"
    •"Jimmy Crackcorn" (in comedy sketch)

The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 10/6/63 {available on The Judy Garland Show Vol. 5 DVD}


    •"Be My Guest" {excerpt available on Just For The Record...}
    •"Bewitched (Bothered And Bewildered)" 
    •"Down With Love" 
    •"Get Happy"/"Happy Days Are Here Again" (duet with Judy Garland) {available on Just For The Record...}
    •"There's No Business Like Show Business" (with Garland & Ethel Merman) 
    •Duet Medley: "Hooray For Love"/"After You've Gone"/"By Myself"/"'S Wonderful"/"(I Like New York In June) How About You?"/"Lover, Come Back To Me"/"You And The Night And The Music"/"It All Depends On You" {available on Just For The Record...}

What's My Line?, CBS, 4/12/64

Stars Salute '64, CBS, 12/20/64 (performance)

The Les Crane Show, ABC, 1/17/65 - Cue magazine Entertainer of Year presentation

What's My Line?, CBS, 4/25/65

My Name Is Barbra, CBS, 4/28/65 (one-hour special)

17th Emmy Awards, CBS, 9/12/65

Late Night Line-Up, BBC (UK), 3/17/66

Color Me Barbra, CBS, 3/30/66 (one-hour special)

Late Night Line-Up, BBC (UK), 7/17/66

Tony Awards, 1967

The Belle Of 14th Street, CBS, 10/11/67 (one-hour special)

40th Academy Awards, ABC, 4/68

A Happening In Central Park, CBS, 9/16/68 (one-hour special)

Kraft Music Hall, NBC, 9/18/68

Late Night Line-Up, BBC (UK), 1/15/69

41st Academy Awards, ABC, 4/14/69

The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 9/28/69


    •Medley: "Hello, Dolly!"/"Before The Parade Passes By"/"So Long Dearie" (recorded at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, 7/30/69)

42nd Academy Awards, ABC, 4/7/70

Tony Awards, NBC, 4/19/70

Entertainer of the Year Awards, CBS, 9/20/70


    •"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" (recorded at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, 7/30/69)

A World Of Love, CBS, 12/22/70


    •"The Best Gift" (recorded at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, 7/30/69)

Singer Presents Burt Bacharach, CBS, 3/14/71


    •"One Less Bell To Answer"/"A House Is Not A Home"
    •"Close To You" (duet with Burt Bacharach)
    {available on Just For The Record...}
    •"Be Aware"

Entertainer of the Year Awards, CBS, 1971

Entertainer of the Year Awards, CBS, 1/14/72

Barbra Streisand And Other Musical Instruments, CBS, 11/2/73 (one-hour special)

People's Choice Awards, CBS, 2/75

Today, NBC, 2/21-22/75

Funny Girl To Funny Lady, ABC, 3/9/75


    •"(It's Gonna Be A) Great Day" (audio only pre-recording)
    •"The Way We Were"
    •"Don't Rain On My Parade"
    •"My Man"
    •"It's Only A Paper Moon"/"I Like Him"/"I Like Her" (duet with James Caan)
    •"How Lucky Can You Get"

AFI Salute to William Wyler, CBS, 3/14/76

The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 12/14/76

Geraldo Rivera's Good Night America, ABC, 1/27/77

Golden Globe Awards, syndicated, 1/30/77

People's Choice Awards, ABC, 2/10/77

19th Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/19/77

Barbra: With One More Look At You, syndicated, 2/77 (one-hour special)
 


    •"Evergreen"
    •"The Way We Were"
    •"The Woman In The Moon"
    •"Everything"
    •"Watch Closely Now"
    •"With One More Look At You"

The Bill Collins Interview, Australian TV, 3/77

49th Academy Awards, ABC, 3/28/77


    •"Evergreen"

Iain Johnstone interview, BBC, 4/6/77

20th Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/23/78

The Stars Salute Israel At 30, ABC, 5/8/78


    •"Tomorrow"
    •"People"
    •"Happy Days Are Here Again"
    •Dialogue with Golda Meir {available on Just For The Record...}
    •"Hatikvah" {available on Just For The Record...}

Up Close With David Sheehan, HBO, 12/6/78

Getting In Shape For The Main Event, syndicated, 6/21/79

The Mike Walsh Show, Nine Network (Australia), 8/13-16/79

22nd Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/27/80


    •"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (duet with Neil Diamond) {audio available on Just For The Record..., video available on Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume 1}

23rd Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/25/81

I Love Liberty, ABC, 3/21/82


    •"America The Beautiful"

BAFTA Awards, BBC, UK, 3/83

20/20 - Barbra Streisand: Papa Watch Me Fly, ABC, 11/17/83

Today, NBC, 12/5-9/83

Barbra Streisand: A Film Is Born, syndicated, 11/83

City Lights: Barbra & Brian, Canadian TV & USA cable, 12/83

Awards Time with Charles Champlin, Z Channel (local LA.), 1/84

Golden Globe Awards, syndicated, 1/28/84

Champs-Elysees, French TV, 3/17/84


    •"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" (impromptu duet with Michel Legrand)

Barbra Streisand: A La Une, French TV, 3/20/84

Auf Los Geats Los, German TV, 3/24/84

Domenica In, RAI, Italy, 3/25/84

Breakfast Time, BBC, UK, 3/30/84 

Coupe Ter Weÿden, Dutch TV, 4/2/84

Viewpoints, Israeli TV, 4/4/84

Good Morning America, ABC, 4/4-5/84 

The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 9/13/85

"Putting It Together": The Making Of The Broadway Album, HBO, 1/11/86 (special)
{available on VHS)

28th Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/25/86

58th Academy Awards, ABC, 3/24/86

Today, NBC, 9/15-17/86

One Voice, HBO, 12/27/86 (one-hour special)

29th Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/24/87

Today, NBC, 11/18-20/87

The Midday Show, Australian TV, 2/88

Good Morning Britain, ITV, UK, 2/22-26/88

Veronica Film, Dutch TV, 2/88 

Cinema, German TV, 2/88 

Showfenster, ZDF (Germany), 2/88 

Le Monde Du Cinema, Belgian TV, 2/88

Sacrée Soirée, French TV, 2/24/88

Prisma, RAI (Italy), 2/27/88

People's Choice Awards, CBS, 3/13/88

The Earth Day Special, ABC, 4/22/90 {available on VHS}


    •opening and closing narration/"Somewhere" (special version)
    •"One Day"

57th Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1/23/00

27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 5/19/00

Reel Models: The First Women of Film, AMC, 5/30/00

20/20, ABC, 11/3/00

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 11/6/00 (complete performance excerpt from Timeless special)

Celebrity Profile, E!, 2/7/01
 

63rd Academy Awards, ABC, 3/25/91

60 Minutes, CBS, 11/24/91

Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 12/14-15/91

Today, NBC, 12/16-18/91

CBS This Morning, CBS, 12/19-20/91

Special Look at Barbra Streisand and The Prince of Tides, E!, 12/18/91

Real Life, Australian TV, 2/92

Aspel Meets Barbra Streisand, ITV, UK, 2/92

Larry King Live, CNN, 2/6/92

TV Show, TROS T2 (Holland), 2/92

TV-AM, UK TV, 2/92

Gottschalk, RTL (Germany), 2/19/92

Saturday Night Live, NBC, 2/22/92

34th Grammy Awards, CBS, 2/25/92


    •Legend Award acceptance plus acappella "You'll Never Know" excerpt

Stars & Stardom, CNBC, 3/92

Voices For Change '92, C-SPAN, 9/16/92


    •"Children Will Listen"
    •"God Bless America"

American Reunion: The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala, CBS, 1/19/93


    •"Evergreen"
    •"Children Will Listen"
    •"God Bless America" {available on Christmas Memories limited edition bonus disc}

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros., TNT, 3/27/93

65th Academy Awards, ABC, 3/29/93

20/20, ABC, 11/19/93

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 12/31/93


    •"As If We Never Said Goodbye" excerpt (MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, 12/31/93)

Barbra Streisand: The Tour Of The Century, E!, 4/20/94 (*updated 8/94)


    •"I'm Still Here"/"Everybody Says Don't" excerpt (Wembley Arena, London, 4/20/94)
    •Monologue: "Barbra's Top 10 Reasons For Not Performing Her Shows Last Week" (Anaheim Pond, 6/2/94)*
    •"I'm Still Here" excerpt (Anaheim Pond, 6/2/94)*
    •"Evergreen" excerpt (Madison Square Garden, NYC, 6/20/94)*

Top of the Pops, BBC (UK), 4/27/94


    •"As If We Never Said Goodbye" (Wembley Arena)

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 6/28/94

Primetime Live - "Tough Tickets," ABC, 7/7/94


    •"Evergreen" excerpt (NYC, 6/20/94)
    •"People" excerpt (USAir Arena, Landover, MD, 5/10/94)

Times Square Jumbotron live simulcast, WPIX (NYC), 7/12/94


    •"Somewhere" (Madison Square Garden)

Barbra Streisand: The Concert, HBO, 8/21/94 {available on VHS}

HWPC luncheon speech, C-SPAN, 10/28/94

The Artist As Citizen speech, C-SPAN, 2/3/95

Barbra Streisand: The Concert, CBS, 5/21/95 (repeat of HBO special with the addition of three segments)


    •Comedy sketch with Mike Myers as Linda Richman (Las Vegas, 1/1/94)
    •Disney Medley: "Once Upon A Dream"/"When You Wish Upon A Star"/"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Las Vegas, 1/1/94) {available on The Concert}
    •"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" (Anaheim, 7/24/94)

Larry King Live, CNN, 6/6/95

47th Emmy Awards, CBS, 9/10/95

Access Hollywood, syndicated, 10/29/96

Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 10/29-30/96 

E! News Daily, E!, 10/29-30/96

Day & Date, syndicated, 10/30/96 & 11/13/96

Scoop, syndicated, 11/8/96

Barbra Streisand Behind The Scenes: The Mirror Has Two Faces, Showtime, 11/10/96

Oprah, syndicated TV, 11/11/96

Dateline, NBC, 11/12/96

Today, NBC, 11/12-13/96

Good Morning America, ABC, 11/13-14/96 

The Mirror Has Two Faces Premiere, E!, 11/14/96

This Morning, CBS, 11/15/96

Linehan, Canadian TV, 11/16/96

60 Minutes, Australian TV, 11/24/96

Rescuers: Stories of Courage, Showtime, 1997-98: introduction {available on VHS}

Des O'Connor Tonight, UK TV, 1/1/97

Brisant, ARD (Germany), 2/5/97

20/20, ABC, 11/14/97

Time & Again, MSNBC, 11/15/97

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 11/21/97 

Access Hollywood, syndicated, 12/16/97, 12/22/97, 2/4/98

GMTV, UK TV, 12/17-18/97

Exclusiv, RTL (Germany), 12/22/97

Explosiv, RTL (Germany), 1/3/98

TV7 Edizione Speciale, RAI1 (Italy), 1/98

A Current Affair, Nine Network (Australia), 3/19/98 

Barbra Streisand: My Life, Nine Network (Australia), 5/20/98 

Today, NBC, 9/21-22/99

Access Hollywood, syndicated, 9/23/99 & 9/29/99

Today, Nine Network (Australia), 9/27-29/99

Clive James Meets Barbra Streisand, ITV (UK), 10/16/99

The Barbra Interview (Rosie O'Donnell Show special), 11/16/99

Streisand Exclusive: A Love Like Ours, RTL4 (Holland), 11/20/99

ABC 2000, ABC, 12/31/99


    •"The Way We Were" excerpt (MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas, 12/31/99)

57th Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1/23/00

27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 5/19/00

Reel Models: The First Women of Film, AMC, 5/30/00

20/20, ABC, 11/3/00

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 11/6/00 (complete performance excerpt from Timeless special)

Celebrity Profile, E!, 2/7/01

Barbra Streisand: Timeless, FOX, 2/14/01 (two-hour special)

The Directors: Barbra Streisand, Encore, 4/4/01

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand, FOX, 5/31/01

53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 11/4/01


    •"You'll Never Walk Alone"

74th Academy Awards, ABC, 3/24/02

75th Academy Awards, ABC, 3/23/03

Oprah, Syndicated TV, 10/14/03

  • "Smile" from 'The Movie Album'

Inside The Actors Studio, NBC, 03/21/04

For more information on Barbra's TV appearances - visit the Barbra-Archives.

 

(c) Craig Hall 2004

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