''Television Screen Magazine'', also known as ''TV Screen Magazine'', is an
NBC Television Network
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series which debuted 17 November 1946, airing Sundays at 8:30 p.m. ET, and ended on July 23, 1949.
Participants
Hosts and panelists included
Bob Haymes
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,
John McCaffery
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,
Millicent Fenwick
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,
Ray Forrest, Alan Scott, and
George F. Putnam.
The series later moved to Saturdays at 8:30pm ET.
Format
Described as "an early version of ''60 Minutes''",
the program featured a magazine-type format with various subjects and guests. The Police Athletic League Chorus was featured on the first episode, and "Walter Law and his stamp collection was an early favorite."
[
According to some sources, as the series aired during the early days of ]live television
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, very few famous people agreed to appear on the series.
Episode status
While it is unclear if any episodes survive of this series, it is certain that none of the 1946 episodes survive, as NBC did not start kinescoping its programs until 1947, and even then only a few series were recorded.
An audio recording of the live TV broadcast of September 14, 1948 from WNBT-TV
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in New York City is listed as archived in the SONIC Catalogue of Library of Congress
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. The audio recording features a news recap, followed by interviews with an Irish beauty queen and a horseback rider, among others.
See also
* 1946-47 United States network television schedule
References
External links
''Television Screen Magazine'' at IMDB
NBC original programming
1946 American television series debuts
1949 American television series endings
1940s American television series
American educational television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
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