''Missus Goes A-Shopping'' was one of the earliest game shows to be broadcast on live television. The show first aired on

CBS Radio CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadc ...

from February 17, 1941 to December 21, 1951. The daytime TV version began November 19, 1947. It was "CBS's first commercial daytime series."McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television''. Penguin Books USA, Inc. . P. 556. The show was "set very simply in a store", with

John Reed King John Reed King (October 25, 1914 – July 8, 1979) was an American radio and television game show host who hosted numerous game shows during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Career King was one of the announcers for ''The American School of the Air' ...

as master of ceremonies. It was televised locally on WCBW in New York City as early as December 1944. That same month,

Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced song ...

made an unannounced appearance on the program. On August 3, 1944 the early

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network began airing a primetime TV version until January 22, 1946. The original host was King.

Hosting Changes

King hosted through the debut of the CBS Television Network's daytime television version (which began on November 19, 1947 and ended on November 10, 1948), after which he was briefly replaced by Bud Collyer with a new title of ''This Is the Missus'' on November 17. In December, Collyer was replaced by

Warren Hull John Warren Hull (January 17, 1903 – September 14, 1974), known professionally as Warren Hull, was an American actor, singer and television personality active from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was one of the most popular serial actors in t ...

until the series ended on January 12, 1949. Throughout the run, future '' What's My Line?'' producer

Gil Fates Joseph Gilbert Fates (September 29, 1914, Newark, New Jersey - May 1, 2000, New York City) was an American television producer. Fates was the executive producer of ''What's My Line?'' Fates produced the game show during its entire quarter-century ...

served as a substitute host.

References

External links

''Missus Goes A-Shopping'' at IMDB
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