\>> VIEW HERE ***Bonino*** is a thirty-minute [ethnic](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ethnic) [situation comedy](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Situation_comedy) [television series](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Television_series) starring [Ezio Pinza](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ezio_Pinza). Originating in the [Hudson Theatre](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hudson_Theatre) in New York City, the program aired live on [NBC](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/NBC) from September 12 to December 26, [1953](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/1953_in_television). The show was also known as *I, Bonino*, an alternate title that many newspapers and columnists used in place of the official name when the series premiered.

The inspiration for the series was a teleplay [Robert Alan Aurthur](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Robert_Alan_Aurthur) wrote called *Two for One*, about a middle-aged widower who raises his children from a distance. It had appeared on an early [anthology series](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Anthology_series), [*Television Playhouse*](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Television_Playhouse).

Babbo Bonino (Ezio Pinza) retires as a traveling concert singer, so he can live at home and help raise his eight motherless children. Columnist [Erskine Johnson](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Erskine_Johnson) reported that the "Emphasis will be on human interest, situation comedy, and an occasional song".

A storyline concerning the engagement and marriage of oldest daughter Doris Bonino, intended to play out over four months, had to be accelerated when actress [Lenka Peterson](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lenka_Peterson) became pregnant before the show's premiere.

Bonino is a thirty-minute ethnic situation comedy television series starring Ezio Pinza. Originating in the Hudson Theatre in New York City, the program aired live on NBC from September 12 to December 26, 1953.