The Phil Silvers Show

1955

sitcom

Creator

Nat Hiken

Network

CBS

Seasons

4

Episodes

143

Premiered

1955-09-20

Rating

8.0 / 10

Classic military comedy set on the fictional Army base of Fort Baxter in Kansas and featuring Sgt. Ernest Bilko, a fast-talking sharpster who would do anything to make an extra buck. Colonel Hall was Bilko's harried commanding officer who often found himself stuck in the middle of Bilko's schemes.