tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7753491317886998892..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: What's on TV? Monday, October 22, 1951Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-30511905031898130772023-01-12T17:56:32.708-05:002023-01-12T17:56:32.708-05:00Was Ruth Bean of "Stop, Look, And Cook" ...Was Ruth Bean of "Stop, Look, And Cook" related to Orson Bean?Jofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591730159623555357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-54837489343203993812022-10-18T16:01:22.717-04:002022-10-18T16:01:22.717-04:00An epochal time in TV when there were no shows to ...An epochal time in TV when there were no shows to syndicate and run as reruns! Imagine WPIX without any "Honeymooners" episodes...JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27869201285126118402022-10-17T12:22:49.105-04:002022-10-17T12:22:49.105-04:00Hello again.
I come to you today with the Chicago ...Hello again.<br />I come to you today with the Chicago edition of <i>TV Forecast</i>, which ultimately merged with the many local <i>TV Guides</i> to form the national magazine a few years afterwards.<br />The networks were still setting up at this point (the coast-to-coast coaxial cable had only just been hooked up), so "national" shows were few and far between.<br />There were some shows which matched up between New York and Chicago; here are a few from Monday:<br /> - Did the New York edition have loglines for episodes? The Chicago magazine did - and my Olde DVD Wall is coming through for me in unexpected ways.<br />On NBC (Channel 5 here), at 8 pm there's <i>Lights Out</i> presenting "The Deal", with Tom Ewell selling his wife to the Devil - and then trying to void the sale; it's a morality play with an uplifting ending (sort of).<br />By the way, the Devil is played here by Joseph Wiseman (pre-<i>Dr. No</i>), with an assist from Martin Gabel, while the wife is played by a young Anne Bancroft (then known as Anne Marno - but that's another story ...).<br />I've got that show on DVD; regrettably, I don't have the one that follows, <i>Robert Montgomery Presents</i> "I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes"</i>, from a classic Cornell Woolrich story; on the lookout for that one ...<br />Earlier that evening on ABC, there's <i>Hollywood Screen Test</i>, a talent show hosted by Neil Hamilton (yes, Batfans, Commissioner Gordon himself (eventually, anyway)), with an assist from Arlene Francis (Mrs. Martin Gabel, op cit.).<br />- Later that same evening, I was pleased to see that the ABC network picked up <i>Studs' Place</i> from our own Channel 7, with Studs Terkel, Win Stracke, Chet Roble, and Bev Younger.<br />I'm caught in a time bind today, so I have to stand down momentarily; back with more later (I hope).<br />Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com