tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post1142075446503767574..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: January 25, 1958Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-40341705827307474412016-12-12T23:13:15.189-05:002016-12-12T23:13:15.189-05:00It was wroc tv the nbc affiliate that became chann...It was wroc tv the nbc affiliate that became channel 8.Channel 13 wokr went on the air the same day as wnys channel 9.When wsyr tv came on the air in 1950 it was on channel 5.It switched to channel 3 in august 1953.Channel 5 was allocated to the rochester nbc station.martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927065123997032763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-14850367810491033332016-01-26T16:40:17.637-05:002016-01-26T16:40:17.637-05:00I seem to vaguely recall having seen a couple of p...I seem to vaguely recall having seen a couple of playoff games from the late '50s-early '60s. One suggested the game was joined in progress, but the other clearly started with the drop of the puck. I wonder if at some time they joined the playoff games in progress as well?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-53328829264469210222016-01-26T16:39:09.383-05:002016-01-26T16:39:09.383-05:00Hi John! Let's see, this issue has Syracuse, R...Hi John! Let's see, this issue has Syracuse, Rochester, Schenectady, Watertown, Albany, Binghamton, Utica, and Kingston ON. A very interesting lineup!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-9980445788748081772016-01-26T16:37:44.604-05:002016-01-26T16:37:44.604-05:00I've enjoyed his roles as the judge - one of t...I've enjoyed his roles as the judge - one of the great things about <i>Perry Mason</i> is that, as someone wrote, the judges seemed as interested in the histrionics as everyone else!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-6434998219644355712016-01-26T14:40:30.784-05:002016-01-26T14:40:30.784-05:00Until the late 1960's, regular-season games on...Until the late 1960's, regular-season games on "Hockey Night In Canada" were joined in progress.<br /><br />In the 1959-60 season, the games were joined in progress at 9 P.M. Eastern time, which was around the time them middle period of the game began.<br /><br />It's my understanding that playoff games generally <b>were</b> shown in full.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-71423526264479127652016-01-25T11:49:31.929-05:002016-01-25T11:49:31.929-05:00Rod Steiger's career reminds me of British act...Rod Steiger's career reminds me of British actors, who will do a serious dramatic play one week and a silly sitcom the next--and not see any issue at all. It's a nice attitude, and I wonder why American actors aren't the same way.<br />Those Canadian political talks you mentioned--I remember seeing them when I got the CBC back in the 80s. They aired whether there was an election or not, and they were provided for free. (The U.S. is one of the few countries that doesn't provide free political talks.) Does any of our Canadian viewers know if candidates can buy airtime, because I don't remember any Canadian political commercials?Al Leosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-10377188586341360722016-01-25T02:42:42.833-05:002016-01-25T02:42:42.833-05:00Quick follow-up:
I went to the DVD wall and picke...Quick follow-up:<br /><br />I went to the DVD wall and picked out "the Case Of The Haunted Husband", from <i>Perry Mason</i>'s first season.<br />Sometimes I forget that it took the <i>Mason</i> team quite a while to build up their visual style.<br />They filmed the first season at 20th-Fox studios, using standing sets that you can see in just about every low-budget second feature Fox made from the late '40s on.<br />CBS and Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions rented the space to facilitate speedy filming; the casting was done mainly from the second tier as well.<br />The trial judge here was played by Sydney Smith, a name that would be more familiar to the Old-Time Radio buffs in the crowd.<br />Smith's best-known radio role - one he played longer than any other actor - was Ellery Queen.<br />The story goes that Sydney Smith so identified with the Queen role that he took to booking personal appearances as Ellery Queen - without first clearing them with Fred Dannay and Manny Lee, who, after all, created and owned the character.<br />In later years, Sydney Smith took his distinguished looks to shows where they needed folks who looked like that; for several years he was part of the regular rotation of judges on <i>Perry Mason</i> (six times total, in the first couple of seasons).<br /><br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-16233625112912672182016-01-23T23:53:54.929-05:002016-01-23T23:53:54.929-05:00Sitting here at the keyboard with this week's ...Sitting here at the keyboard with this week's Chicago edition at hand.<br /><br />More or less in order:<br /><br />- Sid Caesar's show was as short-lived as it was for three major reasons:<br />(1) Dinah Shore<br />(2) <i>The G.E. Theatre</i><br />(3) ABC's lack of affiliates to carry it.<br />Three strikes and out ...<br /><br /> - By the way, did you notice the picture in the color section of Sid and Imogene jumping?<br />The photographer, Philippe Halsman, did many portraits of famous people for the covers of TV GUIDE, LIFE, and other magazines.<br />Halsman's habit was to ask his subjects to jump into the air, so he could catch them in mid-air.<br />Eventually, Halsman collected these pictures into his <i>Jump Book</i>, which, as it happens, was reissued late last year.<br />Halsman did not limit himself to show business stars; many of the jumps were taken by politicians, judges, industrialists (it was, as they say, a Different Time ...).<br />TV GUIDE often used the jumps in the magazine; when Halsman's book was first published, TVG did a spread of some of the more popular ones.<br /><br /> - According to my sources, <i>Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars</i> aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30 EST; The Tuesday slot you cited was local affiliate time.<br />So we're back in Delayed Broadcast Land again. Apparently, your edition covers a number of cities in upstate New York. NBC and CBS got there first, and ABC had to scramble, so there would have been a lot of mix-and-match scheduling.<br /><br /> -<i>Court Of Last Resort</i> was an NBC series during this season, airing Friday nights at 8. (ABC picked up the reruns a year or so later.)<br />So if an ABC station is showing it in '58 - well, see what I said about mix-and-match scheduling above.<br /><br />As to the real Court Of Last Resort:<br />Erle Stanley Gardner ended his involvement with the CLR in 1960 because of the press of his other commitments (meaning mostly <i>Perry Mason</i>).<br /><br />In the CLR TV series, the real-life members of the court were portrayed by actors. <br />Erle Stanley Gardner was played by Paul Birch, who would be best-known in these parts from the first two seasons of <i>The Fugitive</i>; he was Lt. Gerard's inordinately patient captain.<br />The real Erle Stanley Gardner looked and sounded more like Edgar Buchanan (the other Court members were given similarly idealized castings).<br /><br />- <i>Sports Focus with Howard Cosell</i> was an ABC network show, their latest attempt to fill the rest of the half-hour before John Daly's newscast.<br />Interestingly, channel 7 in Chicago didn't carry the Cosell show at first. Instead, there was a local show hosted by Bob Elson, the voice of the White Sox. When baseball season came around, Ch7 picked up the Cosell show (which ended around the end of summer).Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-54323983762302053342016-01-23T14:05:31.894-05:002016-01-23T14:05:31.894-05:00Channel 8 in Syracuse (CBS) eventually swapped cha...Channel 8 in Syracuse (CBS) eventually swapped channel allotments with WHEC in Rochester (Channel 5-CBS) when the ABC affiliate (Channel 9 in Syracuse) opened in 1962 to avoid next-channel interference. Channel 35 outside of Albany eventually became WAST-Channel 13.Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-58509157727032922922016-01-23T13:56:42.072-05:002016-01-23T13:56:42.072-05:00And I vividly remember going outside on a Saturday...And I vividly remember going outside on a Saturday night in the dead of a Finger Lakes winter to turn the antenna north to Canada so my dad and I could watch Hockey Night in Canada from CKWS.Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-52560517147975864792016-01-23T13:49:29.795-05:002016-01-23T13:49:29.795-05:00Glad you have a Guide from my home area, Mitchell....Glad you have a Guide from my home area, Mitchell. Did it carry all upstate cities or just Syracuse, Binghamton, Watertown, Utica and Albany (Eastern NY Edition)?Melanie Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011856660252330616noreply@blogger.com