At the same time he did Today , Garroway also hosted a Friday night variety series , The Dave Garroway Show , from October 2 , 1953 , to June 25 , 1954 .
At the same time he did Today , Garroway also hosted a Friday night variety series , The Dave Garroway Show , from October 2 , 1953 , to June 25 , 1954 , and on October 16 , 1955 , he began hosting NBC 's Sunday afternoon live documentary Wide Wide World , continuing with that series until June 8 , 1958 .