 In 1960, he appeared as the character "Dr. Ellison" in the episode "Play Acting" on CBS's anthology series "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" though his "The Steve Allen Show" had been in competition with the program the preceding season.A similar Canadian television series called "Witness to Yesterday", created by Arthur Voronka, aired three years after Allen's Local Emmy Award-winning program.Allen appeared on a 1976 episode of "Witness to Yesterday" as composer-pianist George Gershwin.