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The World of Mr. Sweeney aired from June 1954 until December 1955 on NBC.
Following a season as one of the segments of The Kate Smith Evening Hour, The World of Mr. Sweeney struck out on its own during the summer of 1954. Cicero P. Sweeney ( Charlie Ruggles) was the owner of a small-town general store who, in addition to providing groceries to the townspeople , was a sounding board for their problems and provider of good advice. Each episode evolved around different members of the local community and Sweeney's solutions to their problems. The only regulars other than Sweeney himself were his grandson Kippy ( Glenn Walkin), and Kippy's mother Marge ( Helen Wagner). The World of Mr. Sweeney was produced live from New York throughout its nighttime run. In October 1954 it moved to the Monday-Friday daytime lineup, where it stayed until December 1955.
Despite it's relatively short run, The World of Mr. Sweeney was once cited as holding the all-time record for the largest number of episodes of a comedy series ever presented on the NBC network-mostly because of its 14 months in daytime where it ran five times a week. In all 345 installments were presented.
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