''Eloise Salutes the Stars'' is a
talk show
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hosted by Eloise McElhone (1921-1974) which aired on an 8-station network including the
DuMont flagship station
WABD
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. The series started on WABD in November 1949. The series aired Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET in 1950 and early 1951. Other stations in the network such as
WXEL-TV
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in
Cleveland
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showed the series on Thursdays at 7:30pm ET, and other stations, such as
WPIX-TV
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chose to air the show at 5:15pm ET.
The show was sponsored by Doeskin Tissues, and produced by Lester Lewis (1913-1988). After the original 13 episodes were produced, the show was renewed for another 13 episodes in January 1951.
''Billboard'' (January 13, 1951)
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McElhone was also host of the DuMont series ''Quick on the Draw
''Quick on the Draw'' was an American game show that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
Broadcast history
''Quick on the Draw'' featured cartoonist Bob Dunn, was first hosted by Eloise McElhone (1921-1974) and then by Robin Cha ...
'', a panelist on the ABC game show
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'' Think Fast'', and a panelist on the NBC/ABC series ''Leave It to the Girls
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Broadcast details Radio version
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''.
Episode status
Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress
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.
Bibliography
*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press
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, 2004)
*Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books
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, 1964)
References
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See also
*List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they orig ...
*List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recover ...
*''Highway to the Stars
''Highway to the Stars'' was an early American live television soap opera, which was broadcast on New York City station WABD, flagship station of the DuMont Television Network, from August to October 1947, at which point it was replaced with '' L ...
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*'' Look Upon a Star''
DuMont Television Network original programming
1950 American television series debuts
1951 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows