1951

1951/52 – Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts was #1 on CBS Monday. Note: Any BOLD shows were cancelled in 1951 season; The Nature Of Things was cancelled in the fifth season. Alternate Shows: Philco TV Playhouse and Goodyear TV Playhouse were on NBC Sunday at 9 PM. Mr. District Attorney and The Amazing Mr. Malone were on ABC Monday at 8 PM. Mr. District Attorney and Out Of The Fog were on ABC Monday at 8 PM from April–June 1952. Robert Montgomery Presents and Somerset Maugham TV Theatre were on NBC Monday at 9:30 PM. City Hospital and Crime Syndicated were on CBS Tuesday at 9 PM. The Arthur Murray Party and Don McNeil's TV Club were on ABC Wednesday at 9 PM. Celanese Theatre and King's Crossroads were on ABC Wednesday at 10 PM. Amos & Andy and The Steve Allen Show were on CBS Thursday at 8:30 PM for the summer. Dragnet and Chesterfield Presents were on NBC Thursday at 9 PM. DuMont Royal Theater and Gruen Playhouse were on DUM Thursday at 9 PM for the summer. Say It With Acting and Life With Linkletter were on ABC Friday at 7:30 PM. Biggest New Hit: I Love Lucy was #3 on CBS Monday. Everyone adored and loved Lucy and her crazy antics. From her schemes to get on Ricky's show to the candy factory to getting drunk from a commercial, it was truly one of funniest sitcoms ever. It never lower below #3 in the ratings in the six seasons. Local TV: Say It With Acting begun on local TV in New York as Look Ma, I'm Acting in January 1949. It changed names to Act It Out and Say It With Acting. Songtime was on local TV in New York in November 1950, then on ABC the following fall. Name Change: American Youth Forum to Youth Wants To Know in January 1952. Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties to Versatile Varieties Door With No Name to Doorway To Danger Four Star Revue to All Star Revue Gallery Of Mme. Lui–Tsong to Mme. Lui–Tsong in October 1951. Hollywood Premiere Theatre to Hollywood Theatre Time after two months on the air. Inside Detective to Rocky King, Inside Detective Marshall Plan In Action to Strength For A Free World on December 30, 1951. The Speidel Show to The Paul Winchell–Jerry Mahoney Show in December 1951. Sports Newsreel to Gillette Summer Sports Reel Original Run: Keep Posted was on DUM Tuesday at 8:30 PM for two seasons. The Pet Shop was on DUM Saturday at 7:30 PM for two seasons. Strike It Rich was on CBS Wednesday at 9 PM for five seasons. Tales Of Tomorrow was on ABC Friday at 9:30 for two seasons. Radio: The Amazing Malone was on CBS radio from 1947–1950. Bob and Ray was on the radio from 1951–1960. Boston Blackie was on the radio from 1944–1945. A Date With Judy was on the radio from 1941–1950. Dangerous Assignment was on NBC from 1949–1953. Information Please was on the radio from 1938–1948. Mr. District Attorney was on the radio from 1939–1953. Strike It Rich was on the radio from 1947–1958. Tales Of Tomorrow was on the radio in 1953. The Return: America's Town Meeting Of The Air returned to ABC for a brief period. It was previously on ABC in 1948. ABC revived Music In Velvet for the second and last season. It was previously on ABC in 1949. ABC revived the former CBS series, The Herb Shriner Show, under the name of Herb Shriner Time. NBC revived the former ABC series, Blind Date, for a summer run. The Garry Moore Show returned to CBS after a year absence as The Garry Moore Evening Show. He already had a highly successful daytime show, The Garry Moore Show. CBS revived Presidential Timber. It was last seen on CBS in 1948. Summer Replacements: Boss Lady replaced Fireside Theatre for the summer. Curtain Call replaced The RCA Victor Show for the summer. Manhunt replaced Your Hit Parade for the summer. Saturday Nigh Dance Party replaced Your Show Of Shows for the summer. Switch Networks: The Adventures Of Ellery Queen went from DUM to ABC Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties went from NBC to ABC. Blind Date went from ABC to NBC. Charlie Wild, Private Detective went from CBS to ABC and ABC to DUM in March 1952. Life Begins At Eighty went from ABC to DUM in March 1952. Claudia, The Story Of A Marriage went from NBC to CBS in March 1952. It was the first and last season. Tidbits: Gale Gordon and Bea Benaderet were the original choices for Fred and Ethel; both were committed to other series. Gale was on Our Miss Brooks on the radio, then the TV version and Bea was on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Lucy, Bea and Gale starred in the radio hit, My Favorite Husband, from 1948–1951. Only one known star came out on Chance Of A Lifetime; Diahann Carroll, a teenager singer, won three weeks in a row. She later became a huge star on Julia. The Honeymooners sketches were introduced on Cavalcade Of Stars with Jackie Gleason (Ralph Kramden), Art Carney (Ed Norton) and Pert Kelton (the original Alice Kramden). For a second time in two years, Cavalcade Of Stars lost another host, Jackie Gleason. The first one was Jack Carter to NBC in 1950. CBS offered Jackie more money. The following fall, Jackie Gleason started his new CBS show and The Honeymooners lives on. Sadly, Cavalcade Of Stars ended its run in September 1952. This Is Show Business is the first CBS program to be LIVE from coast to coast starting in September 1951. There was a special preview of Dragnet on Chesterfield Sound Off Time on December 16, 1951, starring Jack Webb and Raymond Burr. The production of Big Town moved from New York to Hollywood in April 1952. It was no longer air LIVE. Reed Hadley was also in the syndication version of Racket Squad in 1950. Up To Paar was Jack Paar's first series. Norman Brokenshire talked to REAL LIFE masked criminals about their crimes and rehabilitation on Four Square Court. It was a TV first. The Show Goes On was Robert Q. Lewis' first starring role. He previously substituted for Arthur Godfrey on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts during the summertime. Rosemary Clooney and Tony Bennett were unknown on Songs For Sale; both went on to become major stars. Tony only stayed for the first month and Rosemary stayed till 1951. City Hospital was originally on ABC Saturday afternoon from November 1951–April 1952 and it started the CBS run in March 1952. After the second NBC summer run, American Inventory moved to Sunday afternoons and remained there till December 1955. 1951/52 Fall Season One Season (1951/52) Crime Syndicated – 1951–1953, CBS, police anthology, Rudolph Halley Goodyear TV Playhouse 1951–1960, NBC, dramatic anthology Hour Of Decision – 1951–1954, ABC, religion, Rev. Billy Graham I Love Lucy – 1951–1957, CBS, comedy Keep Posted – 1951–1953, DUM, public affairs, Martha Roundtree Mystery Theater – 1951–1954, ABC, detective drama, Tom Conway The Red Skelton Show – 1951–1953, NBC; 1953–1970, CBS, 1970/71, NBC; variety Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars – 1951–1959, CBS, dramatic anthology, LIVE Tales Of Tomorrow – 1951–1953, ABC, sci–fi anthology Those Two – 1951–1953, NBC, comedy, LIVE, Pinky Lee Cancelled Shows Amazing Mr. Malone – ABC, crime drama, LIVE, Lee Tracey American Youth Forum – NBC, forum, Theodore Granik America's Health – ABC, documentary America's Town Meeting Of The Air – ABC, George V. Denny, Jr. Celanese Theatre – ABC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Chesterfield Sound Off Time – NBC, comedy/variety, Bob Hope Chicago Symphony Chamber Orchestra – ABC, music, Ken Nordine Cosmopolitan Theatre – DUM, dramatic anthology, LIVE Crawford Mystery Theatre – ABC, drama/quiz, 4 episodes, John Howard Crime With Father – ABC, police drama, Rusty Lane The Dell O'Dell Show – ABC, variety, Dell O'Dell Football This Week – DUM, sports The Garry Moore Evening Show – CBS, variety, LIVE, Garry Moore Gallery Of Mmn. Lui–Tsong – DUM, crime drama, Anna May Wong Hollywood Theatre Time – ABC, various The Herb Shriner Show – CBS, comedy/variety, Herb Shriner Kate Smith Evening Hour – NBC, musical variety, LIVE, Kate Smith Lesson In Safety – ABC, instruction Mr. District Attorney – ABC, police drama, Jay Jostyn Music In Velvet – ABC, music, Rex Maupin Out There – CBS, sci fi anthology, LIVE The Paul Dixon Show – ABC, variety, Paul Dixon Young Mr. Bobbin – NBC, comedy, LIVE, Jane Seymour 10 out of 33 new series SURVIVED for 1952/53 ABC – 3/15, Hour Of Decision, Mystery Theater & Tales Of Tomorrow CBS – 3/6, Crime Syndicated, I Love Lucy & Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars DUM – 1/5, Keep Posted NBC – 3/7, Goodyear TV Playhouse, The Red Skelton Show & Those Two Mid season shows Battle Of The Ages – January–November 1952, CBS, talent, Jerry Reed King The Better Home Show – May 1951–1952, ABC, instruction, Norman Brokenshire The Big Payoff – 1952–1953, NBC, quiz, Randy Merriman Bob And Ray – November 1951–1953, NBC, comedy variety, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding Campbell Playhouse – June 1952–1954, NBC, dramatic anthology Chance Of A Lifetime – May 1952–1953, ABC; 1953–1955, DUM; 1955/56, ABC, talent, Dennis James City Hospital – March 1952–1953, CBS, medical drama, LIVE, Melville Ruick The Continental – Spring 1952, CBS, 1952/53, ABC, romantic monologue, Renzo Cesana A Date With Judy – July 1952–1953, ABC, comedy, Mary Linn Beller The Dinah Shore Show – November 1951–1957, NBC, music, Dinah Shore The Doctor – August 1952–1953, NBC, medical anthology, Warner Anderson Dragnet – January 1952–1959, NBC, police drama, Jack Webb Drew Pearson – May–November 1952, ABC; 1952/53, DUM, commentary, Drew Pearson The Eddy Arnold Show – 1952, CBS; 1953, NBC, musical variety, Eddy Arnold Gangbusters – March–December 1952, NBC, police anthology, Phillips H. Lord Guide Right – February 1952–1953, DUM, variety, Don Russell The Hot Seat – April 1952–1952, ABC, interview, LIVE, Stuart Scheftel The Hunter – Summer of 1952, CBS, international intrigue, Barry Nelson I’ve Got A Secret – June 1952–1967, CBS, game Life Is Worth Living – February 1952–1955, DUM; 1955–1957, religious, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Masquerade Party – 1952, NBC; 1953, 1954, CBS; 1954–Fall 1956, ABC; 1957, NBC; 1958, CBS; 1958/59, NBC; October 1959–January 1960, CBS; Jan–Sept 1960, NBC, quiz/panel Mr. Peepers – July 1952–1955, NBC, comedy, LIVE, Wally Cox, Tony Randall My Friend Irma – January 1952–1954, CBS, comedy, Marie Wilson My Little Margie – June 1952–1955, NBC, comedy, Gale Storm Name's The Same – December 1951–1955, ABC, quiz, Robert Q. Lewis On Guard – April 1952–1954, ABC, documentary On The Line With Considine – January 1952–1954, NBC, news interview, Bob Considine Pet Shop – December 1951–1953, DUM, animals, Gail Compton, Gay Compton Place The Face – July 1952–1955, CBS, quiz, Jack Smith Power Of Women – July–Nov 1952, DUM, discussion, Vivien Kellems Quick On The Draw – Jan–Dec 1952, DUM, quiz, Robin Chandler The RCA Victor Show – November 1951–1954, NBC, various, LIVE, Ezio Pinza Rebound – 1952, ABC; 1952–1953, DUM, dramatic anthology See It Now – April 1952–1955, CBS, documentary, Edward R. Murrow Super Ghost – July 1952–1953, NBC, quiz, LIVE, Bergen Evans The Week In Religion – March 1952–1954, DUM, religion Cancelled Mid Season Shows All Around The Town – CBS, interview, LIVE, Mike Wallace The American Scene – ABC, documentary Are You Positive – NBC, sports quiz, LIVE, Bill Stern Ask Me Another – NBC, quiz, Joe Baland The Big Question – CBS, news/discussion, LIVE, Charles Collingwood Blind Date – summer of 1952, NBC, audience participation Boss Lady – NBC, comedy, Lynn Bari Byline – ABC, drama, LIVE, 6 episodes, Betty Furness Cavalier Theatre – NBC, dramatic anthology, 4 episodes Chesterfield Presents – NBC, dramatic anthology Claudia, The Story Of A Marriage – NBC, drama, LIVE, Joan McCracken Curtain Call – NBC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Do's And Don'ts – ABC, instruction Draw To Win – CBS, cartoon quiz/panel, Henry Morgan Fearless Fosdick – NBC, children's Four Square Court – ABC, discussion, LIVE, Norman Brokenshire Gruen Playhouse – DUM, dramatic anthology Guess What – DUM, quiz, Dick Kollmar Hallmark Summer Theatre – NBC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Information Please – CBS, quiz, Clifton Fadiman It's A Business? – DUM, comedy, Bob Haymes Mayor Of Hollywood – NBC, variety, LIVE, Walter O'Keefe Meet The Boss – DUM, interview, Bill Cummingham Metropolitan Opera Auditions Of The Air – ABC, talent, Milton J. Cross Mr. Arsenic – ABC, talk, Burton Turkus Music Hall – CBS, music, LIVE, Patti Page Newsstand Theatre – ABC, dramatic anthology, 4 episodes Once Upon A Fence – NBC, children's, Dave Kaigler Operation Information – DUM, instruction Our Neighbors To The North – ABC, documentary Out Of The Fog – ABC, drama Police Story – CBS, police anthology, Norman Rose Presidential Timber – CBS, public affairs, LIVE, Robert Trout Production For Freedom – ABC, documentary Rendezvous – ABC, international intrigue, 5 episodes, Ilona Massey Saturday Night Dance Party – NBC, variety, Jerry Lester The Steve Allen Show – CBS, comedy/variety, Steve Allen Stock Car Races – ABC, sports, Chick Hearn This Is Music – DUM, music, Alexander Grey Those Endearing Young Charms – NBC, comedy, LIVE, Maurice Copeland The U.S. Royal Showcase – NBC, comedy variety, LIVE, Jack Carson Up To Paar – NBC, quiz, LIVE, Jack Paar What Happened – NBC, quiz, 3 episodes, Ben Grauer Who's There – CBS, quiz, Arlene Francis Your Lucky Clue – CBS, quiz, Basil Rathbone Your Prize Story – NBC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Syndication The Adventures Of Kit Carson – 1951–1955, syndication, western, Bill Williams Boston Blackie – 1951–1953, syndication, detective drama, Kent Taylor Dangerous Assignment – syndication, foreign intrigue, Brian Donlevy Foreign Intrigue – 1951–1955, syndication, intrigue, Jerome Thor Late Night Dagmar's Canteen – NBC, variety, Jeanne Lewis The Public Life Of Cliff Norton – NBC, comedy Songtime – ABC, religion, Jack Wyrtzen Two Seasons (1950/51) The Adventures Of Ellery Queen – 1950/51, DUM, 1951–1952, ABC, detective drama, LIVE The Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok – April 1951–1958, syndication, western All Star Revue – 1950–1953, NBC, comedy variety America In View – May 1951–1953, ABC, travelogue American Inventory – July 1951–1952, NBC, documentary/drama Amos 'N' Andy – June 1951–1953, CBS, comedy Beulah – 1950–1953, ABC, comedy Big Town – 1950–1954, CBS; 1954–1956, NBC, newspaper drama, LIVE Bigelow Theatre – December 1950–1951, CBS; 1951, DUM, dramatic anthology The Bill Gwinn Show – February 1951–1952, ABC, audience participation Chance Of A Lifetime – 1950–1951, ABC, quiz The Carmel Myers Show – June 1951–1952, ABC, interviews Charlie Wild, Private Detective – December 1950–1951, CBS; 1951/52, ABC; 1952, DUM, detective drama, LIVE The Cisco Kid – 1950–1956, syndication, western The Colgate Comedy Hour – 1950–1956, NBC, variety Crime Photographer – April 1951–1952, CBS, newspaper drama, LIVE Danger – 1950–1955, CBS, dramatic anthology, LIVE Don McNeill TV Club – 1950–1951, ABC, variety, LIVE Doorway To Danger – July 1951–1952, NBC; 1953, ABC, international intrigue Down You Go – May 1951–1955, DUM; summer of 1955, CBS; 1955/56, ABC; summer of 1956, NBC, quiz DuMont Royal Theatre – April 1951–1952, DUM, dramatic anthology Everybody's Business – 1951, 1952 ABC, documentary Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town – June 1951-1952, CBS, variety Ford Festival – April 1951–1952, NBC, musical variety The Frank Sinatra Show – 1950–1952, CBS, musical variety, LIVE The Freddy Martin Show – July–November 1951, NBC, musical variety Front Page Detective – July 1951–1952 & 1953, DUM, newspaper drama The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show – 1950–1958, CBS, comedy Georgetown University Forum – July 1951–1953, DUM, discussion Hollywood Opening Night – July 1951–1952, CBS; 1952/53, NBC, dramatic anthology How Did They Get This Way – July 1951–1952, ABC, discussion Industries For America – May 1951–1952, ABC, documentary It's News To Me – July 1951–1953, CBS, quiz The Jack Benny Show – 1950–1964, CBS; 1964/65, NBC, comedy The Jerry Colonna Show – May–November 1951, ABC, comedy/variety The John Hopkins Science Review – 1950–1954, DUM, information Life With Linkletter – 1950–1952, ABC, variety Live Like A Millionaire – January 1951–1953, CBS, talent/variety Lux Video Theatre – 1950–1954, CBS; 1954–1957, NBC, LIVE Manhunt – 1951–1952, NBC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Meet Corliss Archer – June 1951–1952, CBS, comedy, LIVE Midwestern Hayride – June 1951–1952, NBC, musical variety Mr. Wizard – May 1951–1955, NBC, educational Not For Publication – May 1951–1952, DUM, newspaper drama Other Lands, Other Places – July–December 1951, ABC, travelogue The Paul Dixon Show – 1951–1952, ABC, variety Pentagon – May 1951–1952, DUM, interview Pulitzer Prize Playhouse – 1950–1952, ABC, dramatic anthology Racket Squad – June 1951–1953, CBS, police drama The Sam Levenson Show – January 1951–1952, CBS, comedy The Sammy Kaye Variety Show – July 1951–1952, CBS, musical variety Say It With Acting – January 1951–1952, ABC, charades Shadow Of The Cloak – June 1951–1952, DUM, international intrigue Somerset Maugham TV Theatre – 1950–1951, CBS; 1951, NBC, dramatic anthology Space Patrol – June 1951–1952, ABC, children's The Speidel Show – 1950–1954, NBC, comedy/variety Sports Spot – June 1951–1954, CBS, sports commentary Stage Entrance – May 1951–1952, DUM, interview Strike It Rich – July 1951–1955, CBS, quiz The Stu Erwin Show – 1950–1955, ABC, comedy Treasury Men In Action – 1950, ABC; 1951–1954, NBC; 1954/55, ABC, crime drama Untied Or Not – July 1951–1952, ABC, interview Watch Mr. Wizard – May 1951–1955, NBC, educational What's The Story – July 1951–1955, DUM, quiz You Asked For It – December 1950–1952, DUM; 1951–1959, ABC, audience participation You Bet Your Life – 1950–1961, NBC, quiz Three Seasons (1949/50) The Alan Young Show – April 1950–1953, CBS, comedy/variety The Aldrich Family – 1949–1953, NBC, comedy Armstrong Circle Theatre – June 1950–1957, NBC; 1957–1963, CBS, dramatic anthology The Arthur Murray Party – 1950, ABC; 1950/51, DUM, 1951/52, ABC; 1952, CBS; 1952/53, DUM; 1953, CBS; 1953/54 – 1954/55, NBC; 1956, CBS; 1956/57, NBC, musical variety Beat The Clock – March 1950–1958, CBS, quiz The Big Story – 1949–1957, NBC, dramatic anthology Blue Ribbon Bouts – 1949–1955, boxing Broadway To Hollywood–Headline Clues – July 1949–1954, DUM, magazine Cameo Theatre – May 1950–1952, NBC, dramatic anthology, LIVE Famous Jury Trials – 1949–1952, DUM, courtroom drama The Gene Autry Show – July 1950–1956, CBS, western The Ken Murray Show – January 1950–1953, CBS, variety Hands Of Mystery – 1949–1951, DUM, suspense anthology, LIVE Holiday Hotel – March 1950–1952, ABC, musical variety Life Begins At Eighty – January–August 1950, NBC; 1950 – 1952, ABC; 1952–1955, DUM; 1955/56, ABC, discussion The Lone Ranger – 1949–1957, ABC, western Man Against Crime – 1949–1953, CBS; 1953/54, NBC/DUM, detective drama Marshall Plan In Action – June 1950–1953, ABC, documentary Martin Kane, Private Eye – 1949–1954, NBC, detective drama, LIVE One Man's Family – 1949–1952, NBC, soap Pantomime Quiz – July 1950–1951, CBS; Jan–March 1952, NBC; 1952/53, CBS; 1953/54, DUM; summer of 1954, CBS; Jan–March 1955, ABC; 1955–1957, CBS; 1958/59, ABC, quiz Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue – 1949–1952, ABC, musical variety The Plainclothesman – 1949–1954, DUM, police drama Robert Montgomery Presents – January 1950–1957, NBC, dramatic anthology Rocky King, Inside Detective – January 1950–1954, DUM, crime drama, LIVE Show Goes On – January 1950–1952, CBS, variety Songs For Sale – July 1950–1952, CBS, music Gillette Summer Sports Reel – 1950–1955, NBC, sports/sports commentary Stork Club – July 1950–1953, CBS, talk, LIVE Stud's Place – 1949/50, NBC; 1950–1952, ABC, variety Twenty Questions – 1949, NBC; March 1950–1951, ABC; 1951–1954, DUM; 1954/55, ABC, quiz Van Camp's Little Show – June 1950–1951, NBC, music Versatile Varieties – 1949–1951, NBC, 1951, ABC, variety/children's The Voice of Firestone – 1949–1954, NBC; 1954–1959, ABC, music Wayne King – 1949–1952, NBC, music, LIVE The Web – July 1950–1954, CBS, dramatic anthology, LIVE What’s My Line? – February 1950–1967, CBS, game Your Hit Parade – summer of 1950–1958, NBC; 1958/59, CBS, music Your Show Of Shows – February 1950–1954, NBC, comedy/variety Youth On The March – 1949–1952, ABC; 1952/53, DUM, religion Four seasons (1948/49) Arthur Godfrey & His Friends – January 1949–1959, CBS, musical variety Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts – 1948–1958, CBS, talent Break The Bank – 1948/49, ABC; 1949–1952, NBC; 1952/53, CBS; summer of 1953, NBC; Jan 1954–1956, ABC; 1956/57, NBC, quiz Captain Video And His Video Rangers – June 1949–1955, DUM, children's Cavalcade Of Stars – June 1949–1952, DUM, comedy/variety Celebrity Time – January–March 1949, CBS; March 1949/50, ABC; April 1950–1952 quiz The Clock – May 1949–1951, NBC; 1951/52, ABC, suspense anthology, LIVE Fireside Theatre – April 1949–1958, NBC, dramatic anthology The Fred Waring Show – April 1949–1954, CBS, musical variety Hopalong Cassidy – June 1949–1951, NBC, western The Goldbergs – January 1949–1951, CBS; 1952–1953, NBC; 1954, DUM, comedy, LIVE Greatest Fights Of The Century – 1948–1954, NBC, boxing Kieran's Kaleidoscope – Early 1949–1952, syndication, documentary Kukla, Fran & Ollie – November 1948–1952, NBC, children's, LIVE Leave It To The Girls – April 1949–1951, NBC, discussion Lights Out – July 1949–1952, NBC, suspense anthology, LIVE Mama – July 1949–1956, CBS, comedy/drama, LIVE Masland At Home Party – 1948/49, ABC; 1949–1951, CBS; 1951/52, ABC, music On Trial – 1948–1952, ABC, debate Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club – April 1949–1954, ABC, talent, LIVE The Perry Como Show – 1948–1950, NBC; 1950 – 1955, CBS; 1955–1963, NBC, variety Philco TV Playhouse – 1948–1955, NBC, dramatic anthology Quiz Kids – March 1949–1952, NBC; Jan–Nov 1953, CBS, quiz Riddle Me This – January 1949, CBS; March 1949–1950, ABC; April 1950–1952, CBS; quiz Stop The Music – May 1949–1952, ABC, quiz Studio One – 1948–1958, CBS, dramatic anthology This Is Show Business – July 1949–1954, CBS, variety Who Said That? – December 1948–1954, NBC, 1955, ABC, quiz Five seasons (1947/48) Author Meets The Critics – April 1948–1949, NBC; 1949/50, ABC; 1951/52, NBC, 1952–1954, DUM, book discussion Hollywood Screen Test – April 1948–1953, ABC; talent Meet The Press – November 1947–1965, NBC, interview The Nature Of Things – February 1948–1952, instruction, LIVE Original Amateur Hour – January 1948–1949, DUM; 1949–1954, NBC; 1955–1957, ABC; 1957/58, NBC; May 1959, CBS; March 1960, ABC, talent Texaco Star Theater – June 1948–1956, NBC, comedy/variety Toast Of The Town – June 1948–1971, CBS, variety Six seasons (1946/47) Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports – 1946–1960, NBC, boxing Kraft Television Theatre – May 1947–1958, NBC, dramatic anthology