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1954–55 United States Network Television Schedule
The following is the 1954–55 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1954 through March 1955. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1953–54 season. Fall 1954 marked a big change for television when ABC announced a network deal with a significant Hollywood producer. ABC had contracted with Walt Disney to produce a new series called ''Disneyland'' (as part of the deal, the network provided funding towards the construction of Walt's amusement park of the same name, opening in July 1955). The series was an instant hit, and marked the beginning of the networks allowing Hollywood programs into their schedules. Thus, Disney became the third significant Hollywood film producer to venture into television production, after Jerry Fairbanks and Hal Roach. ABC president Leonard Goldenson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Over-the-air Television Networks
In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three or four major commercial national Terrestrial television, terrestrial television network, networks. From 1946 to 1956, these were American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, NBC and DuMont Television Network, DuMont. From 1956 to 1986, the "Big Three television networks, Big Three" national commercial networks were ABC, CBS, and NBC (with a few limited attempts to challenge them, such as National Telefilm Associates's NTA Film Network, the Overmyer Network, & even DuMont shareholder Paramount Pictures's Paramount Television Network). From 1954 to 1970, National Educational Television was the national clearinghouse for public broadcasting, public TV programming; the PBS, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) succeeded it in 1970. Today, more than fifty national free-to-air networks exist. Other than the non-commercial educational (NCE) PBS, which is composed of network affiliate#member stations, membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Buick-Berle Show
''Texaco Star Theater'' is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–1944 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC (the former NBC Blue) in the spring of 1948. When Texaco (now Chevron Corporation) first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact. Once Texaco ended its sponsorship in 1953, the show became known as ''The Buick-Berle Show'' under new sponsor Buick, changing to ''The Milton Berle Show'' for its final season. Radio The roots of ''Texaco Star Theater'' were in a 1930s radio hit, ''Ed Wynn, the Fire Chief'', featuring the manic "Perfect Fool" in a half-hour of vaudevillian routines interspersed with music. Wynn's ratings began to slide and the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toast Of The Town
''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the '' CBS Sunday Night Movie''. In 2002, ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' was ranked No. 15 on ''TV Guide''s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 2013, the series finished No. 31 in ''TV Guide'' Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time. History From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday night from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time, and it is one of the few entertainment shows to have run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two decades (during its first season, it ran from 9 to 10 p.m. ET). Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the show; classical musicians, opera singers, popular recording artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues from plays, and circus ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Secretary (TV Series)
''Private Secretary'' (also known as ''Susie'') is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 1, 1953, to March 17, 1957. Created by Ned Marin, the series stars Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by Don Porter. Overview Susie MacNamara (Sothern) is a former stage actress, a WAC veteran of World War II and single woman who works as the private secretary for theatrical agent Peter Sands (Porter) at the fictional New York theatrical agency International Artists Inc. Susie's honest, good-natured attempts to help Mr. Sands, especially in romantic matters, always leads to comedic complications. Susie is usually assisted by her best friend, Violet "Vi" Praskins ( Ann Tyrrell), the office's nervous and bumbling receptionist. Recurring characters include Jesse White as Mickey "Cagey" Calhoun, a chief competitor and loudmouthed agent business rival to Susie and Sands; and Joan Banks as Sylvia Platt, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jack Benny Program
''The Jack Benny Program'', starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series. The show ran for over three decades, from 1932 to 1955 on radio, and from 1950 to 1965 on television. It won numerous awards, including the 1959 and 1961 Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series, and is generally regarded as a high-water mark in 20th-century American comedy. Throughout his career, Jack Benny played the same character: A pompous, vain, and stingy man who played the violin badly but was convinced of his own talent. Although technically the star of his show, Benny was constantly the butt of jokes from his cast members, including Mary Livingstone (Sayde Marks Benny, his real-life wife); Phil Harris, his band leader; Kenny Baker or Dennis Day, his tenors; Don Wilson, his portly announcer; and Rochester Van Jones ( Eddie Anderson), his African American valet. As radio historian John Dunning explains, "Unlike Bob Hope, Jack Benny didn't ''tell'' jokes. On his show, Jack ''was' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassie (1954 TV Series)
''Lassie'' is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie dog named Lassie and her companions, both human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 25, 1973, making it the ninth longest-running scripted American primetime television series. The show ran for 17 seasons on CBS before entering first-run syndication for its final two seasons. Initially filmed in black and white, the show transitioned to color in 1965. Production Narration Wrather's wife, Bonita Granville Wrather, who was the series' associate producer, narrated numerous episodes throughout the run of the series, usually the beginning and/or ending of multi-part episodes. Writers Many early episodes were written by Robert Maxwell under the pseudonym Claire Kennedy. In later years, the writing partnership of Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald was responsible for over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break The Bank (1948)
Break the Bank may refer to: * Breaking the bank, a gambling term * ''Breaking the Bank'', a 2014 British comedy film Game shows * Break the Bank (1945 game show), ''Break the Bank'' (1945 game show), 1945 radio show which transitioned to (and sometimes co-existed with) television in 1948 * Break the Bank (1976 game show), ''Break the Bank'' (1976 game show), hosted by Tom Kennedy and later by Jack Barry * Break the Bank (1985 game show), ''Break the Bank'' (1985 game show), hosted by Gene Rayburn and later by Joe Farago * ''Kabarkada, Break the Bank'', a 2000s Philippine game show Music *''Break the Banks'', a 2007 LP from the band Battle * Break the Bank (song), "Break the Bank" (song), by Schoolboy Q from his album ''Oxymoron'' *"Break the Bank" song from ''Golden Era (Del the Funky Homosapien album), Golden Era'' {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldier Parade
''Talent Patrol'' is an American game show that was broadcast during the 1950s. The series starred Steve Allen and later Arlene Francis as the hosts. The series ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953-1955. Overview The program served as a recruiting tool for the U. S. Army, with each episode featuring four acts from an Army camp. The winner was taken to one of the top plays in New York City and was given "a whirlwind tour of Manhattan night spots". Different places were visited each week. The Ninth Infantry Division Band from Fort Dix, New Jersey provided music. Broadcast history ''Talent Patrol'' originally was broadcast on Monday nights from 9:30-10:00 pm. Starting with season two, the series moved to Saturdays at 8-8:30 pm. Its primetime competition was ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' on CBS, '' Bonino'' on NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Martha Wright Show
''The Martha Wright Show'' is the name of both an American television musical program (also known as ''The Packard Showroom'') that was broadcast on ABC from April 18, 1954, through December 5, 1954, and a radio program that was broadcast on WCBS beginning in late 1954. Television ''The Martha Wright Show'' replaced '' The Jane Pickens Show'' in April 1954. Pickens's program replaced Wright's show in July 1954, and in September 1954 Wright's program again replaced Pickens's. Singer Martha Wright starred in the quarter-hour program. Norman Paris played the piano, with trumpeter Bobby Hackett providing additional music. Hackett initially led a combo; when the show returned in September, he led a full orchestra. Production ''The Martha Wright Show'' was broadcast on Sundays from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Fred Heider and Cort Steen were the initial producer and director, respectively. During the show's hiatus, they went to work on another program; when it returned, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walter Winchell Show
Columnist Walter Winchell had been a mainstay on the early years of ABC television with a simulcast of his 15-minute weekly time radio show until he left ABC in 1955 in a dispute with executives. ''The Walter Winchell Show'' of 1956 was the result of his agreement to return with a half hour, television-only broadcast. In his five-year absence from ABC, the number of television programs linked directly to radio had dwindled greatly, as the still-newish medium had developed its own actors, and the remaining radio holdovers had learned how to play to the camera. Winchell would have none of this. Still wearing his felt "reporter" hat on the air, and punching out bogus "Morse Code" with his telegraph key to punctuate his stories, Winchell came across as a relic of another era. Even his trademark opening line, "Good evening Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea ... let's go to press!" seemed obsolete by 1960, with only Stephen Colbert occasionally using it o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Picture (American TV Series)
The Big Picture may refer to: Music * ''The Big Picture'' (Michael W. Smith album), a 1986 album * ''The Big Picture'' (Michael Shrieve album), a 1988 collaborative album by Michael Shrieve and David Beal * ''The Big Picture'' (Elton John album), a 1997 album * ''The Big Picture'' (Big L album), a 2000 album * ''The Big Picture'' (Rob Brown album), a 2004 album by jazz saxophonist Rob Brown * ''The Big Picture'' (Bap Kennedy album), a 2005 album * ''The Big Picture'' (The Salads album), a 2006 album * ''The Big Picture'' (Da' T.R.U.T.H. album), a 2009 album * ''The Big Picture'' (Fred Frith and ARTE Quartett album), a 2009 album * "The Big Picture" (song), a 1988 single by Y Kant Tori Read * "Big Picture" (London Grammar song), a 2017 song *"The Big Picture", a song by Devo from the 1990 album, '' Smooth Noodle Maps'' *"The Big Picture", a song from the 1992 self-titled album, '' King's X'' *"The Big Picture", a song by Bright Eyes from the 2002 album, '' Lifted or The Story Is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
''The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse'' is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl (1953), Anita Colby (1954), and, finally, Polly Bergen (1955). Initially the series was done live, but switched to film during the first season. Guest stars * Claude Akins * Frances Bavier * Whit Bissell * Charles Bronson * Sally Brophy * Jean Byron * Pat Carroll * Bobby Clark * Andy Clyde * Lloyd Corrigan * Walter Coy * Ross Elliott * Beverly Garland * Nancy Gates * Peter Graves * Rick Jason * Carolyn Jones * Brian Keith * Jack Kelly * Barton MacLane * Lee Marvin * Vera Miles * Dennis Morgan * George Nader * Jay Novello Jay Novello (born Michael Romano, August 22, 1904 – September 2, 1982) was an American radio, film, and television character actor. Radio career Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing as a character on radio. ... * Patrick O'Neal * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
