This was one of only six TV series to air on all four US television networks of the 1950s: ABC, CBS, NBC and DuMont. The others are Stump the Stars (1947), Ted Mack & the Original Amateur Hour (1948), Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950), Down You Go (1951) and The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952).
Employed as a summer replacement show from 1952 to 1957.
Ballroom dancing was the subject of the show which was co-hosted by Kathryn Murray, wife of Arthur Murray,
founder of the dancing schools which bear his name. Most shows featured songs, comedy sketches, and dance contests.
When the series first moved to the DuMont Network in the fall of 1950, its title was changed to The Arthur Murray Show, which it retained for over a year-and-a-half, before adapting the more familiar Arthur Murray Party title in the summer of 1952 and continue using until the final show in 1960.
The show was set up like a large party, with Kathryn Murray hosting a variety of guests, from sports stars to actors or musicians. Murray dance studio instructors would help Kathryn and Arthur to show their guests how to perform a particular dance step. At the end of each show, the couple would perform a Johann Strauss waltz.
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