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0, Er& INCLUDING 41111._JARY 24-30, 1975 Yr-"4"6-THETELEVISION INDEX VOLM7 iarZ.BER JAN 24195

DITOR: Jerry Leichter PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING TALENT ASSOC ED: Alvin Sullum A'',WATPI.i BUS MGR: 11:arjorie Oxley UNIVERSITY t.51 17 MUrray Hill 2-5910

PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION INDEX, INC. Lt MEEKLY REPORT

FETWORIC DEBUTS & nrraM.IGHTS

Monday(24) ABC- Pacific Coast Net, Mon thru Fri, 3-3:30pm PST; NET DEBUT; Queen For a Day; from KW-TV(LA), to6ABC net stations live (except laBC-TV(LA).) Spon- sors- P. Lorillard Co (Old Gold Cigarettes) thru Lennen & Newell, Inc; J. A. Folger Co., S. F.(Folger's Coffee) & White King Soap Co, both thru Raymond R. Morgan Cc(LA). Prod & Howard Blake. Jack BaileyMeCefEthis TV version of the long-time radio audience participation show (the current radio program over the Mutual net is an audio tape of the TV program). Queen For a Day made its TV debut in February, 1932. The ABC-TV Pacific Coast net program will be a pick- up of the program from KHJ-TV, over which it seen locally in LA.

Sun? '30) 9:30-10pm EST; DEBUT; Stage 7; ON FILM; from WCBS-TV(NY),55stations net,

20 stations delayed. Sponsor- Bristol-Myers Co (All Products) thru Young & Rubicam, Inc(NY); Acct E:ec- Robert Osburn; Agcy. Superv- J. Brooks Emory; Comm Superv- Bill Whitman; Comm Anncr- Joel Aldred (live); most commercials on film. Pkgr & Film Prod- Four Star Productions, Inc.,(at RED Pathe Studios, Culver City,' Cal.); Exec Prod- Don Sharpe; Prod- Warren Lewis; Dirs- Roy Kellino, William Seiter, Alvin Ganzer, , others; Writers- Various; Script Ed- Coles Trapnell, assisted by Helen Madden & Dick Bluel; Casting- Marge McKay. Half- hour drama series, ranging from comedy to romance, with top Hollywood stars in the leading roles. Program replaces Your Favorite Playhouse, interim film ser- ies, in the time spot for the same sponsor. (See Vol6,page 210).

NBC- 5:30-6pm EST; SPECIAL; A Conversation With Edward Steichen, ON FILM; from WRCA-TV(NY), to the net. Sustaining. Pkgr- NBC Public Affairs; Prod- Henry Salomon. One of NBC's continuing series of filmed conversations with elder wise men; famed photographer Edward Steichen tplIss with Wayne Miller, a friend and fellow photographer, in New York. Program replaces Background for one week only.

OML:t NETWORK CHANGES & =IT=

ABC- Monday nght Fights (Mon, 10-10:45pm EST) Will not be seen in New York, the originating city, effective Jan 24. (Also affects Neutral Corner, 10:45-11pm fight commentary).

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Pkgr & Prod- Radi- AP The Czark Jubilee (Sat, 9-10pmEST) ADD PRODUCTION GREDITS: ozark Enterprises(Springfield,Mo); Prod Superv- Carl Fox; Dir- Bryan Bisney; Asst Dirs- Fred Rains, GeneHudson; Script Superv- Don Richardson. (See page 9).

Pond's Theatre (Thu, 9:30-10:30pmEST) Cabot Lyford is associate producer for Paul Lammers, replacing Alan Andersonoriginally announced; Murray Golden is as- sociate producer for George Roy H111;Charles Jackson has been named scriptedi- tor. (See page 5 for original credits).

CBS- Show(Sat, 8-9pm EST) Herb Finn has been added to writing staff.

What's My Line? (Sun, 10:30-11pmEST) added as permanent panelist. During February, guest panelistswill sit in for Bennett Cerf, away on tour. Lou Garfinkle has re- NBC- The Sheilah GrahamShow (Mon thru Fri, 10:45-11amEST) placed Jack Mullen as writer(See pages 9 & 1).

Home (Mon thru Fri, llam-12noonEST) Marjorie Trumbull (cq) named West Coast ed- Francisco Chronicle and has a daily pro- itor. She is a columnist on the San gram over RRON-TV, SanFrancisco. She will cover the entire coast for Home.

Golden Windows (Mon thru Fri, 3:15-3:30pmEST) Joseph Mego is now producer, succeeding Tom Riley.

Producer's Showcase (every fourth Monday,8-9:30pm EST) Casting now thru Ever- ett Chambers at I1C ( Next show, TheWomen, Feb 7).

Swift's Show Wagon with Horace Heidt(Sat, 7:30-8pm EST) Add Doodles Weaver to the regular Heidt troupe, effective Jan 22.

NEW T.TETWORK SPONSORSHIPS

The following are current or future sponsorsof segments of Ding Long School(Mon thru Fri, 10-10:30am EST) over NBC-TV: Current: GERBER PRODUCTS CO (Baby Foods) thru D'Arcy Advertising Co(NY), Thu, 10:15-10:30;GE=ALMILLS INC (Cereals & Mixes) thru Tatham -Laird, Inc(Chi), Fri, 10:15-10:30; WANDERCO (Ovaltine) thru Tatham -Laird, Inc (Chi), Wed, 10:15-10:30; MANHATTAN SOAP CO, INC thru DowdRedfield & Johnstone, Inc (NY), Thu, 10-10:15 (started Jan 20); & GAMBLE CO (Party Curl) thru Blow- Beirn-Toigo, Inc(NY), alt Tue, 10:15-10:30(started Jan 18); COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO (Toothpaste) thru William Esty Co., Inc(NY), alt Fri, 10-10:15(started Jan 21) and alt Tue, 10:15-10:30 (starting Jan 25). Future: INT--,LRNATIONAL SHOE CO (Red Goose Shoes) thru D'Arcy Advertising Co(St. L.), Mon, 10:15-10:30(starting Feb 28).

LCCAL STATION ACTIVITY

WABD(Ch 5) - The ErnieKovacs Show (Tue & Thu, 10:30-11pm EST) CHANGE: Elliot New York Lawrence joins the regulars, replacing the Eddie Hatrak Trio. Pian- ist Lawrence will also sing and act in skits.

WRCA-TV(Ch 4) - Mr. Executive, ON FILM;RETURN Jan 22; Sat, 1:30-2pm EST. Partici- I4alon; / York Rations. Pkgr & Prod- Dick Randall & Eerb Lannard; Dir- Ray Writer- Art Baer. Conrad Nagel is host and narrator for filmed in- rviews with business men, with the filne also showing some of theircompanies' bus- iness operations. The program had been eeen briefly over WABC-TV last season. Several similar programs that have been seen on WRCA-TV, WABC-TV and WABD wereOperation Suc- cese, Success Story, and others.

f- rnt.n In "r'nT, '1"ATTOTT ACTIVITY(t',ore) LOCAL STATION ACTIVITY(Cont'd)

WPIX (Ch 11) - News-O-Pama(Mon, 9:30-10pm EST) Walter Engels, manager of the news associate in journal- York and special events dept of WPIX, appointed an ism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,effective an 24, in addition to his WPIXduties. He assumes the duties of -Prof John Foster, Jr., leaving on an eight -monthsabbatical, and also takes over production of News -0 - Rem, produced by Schoolwith WPIX.

Sustaining, pub - WAX4(G.h 13) - Fey tothe Ages; RETURN Jan 23; Sun, 8-8:30pm EST. Baltimore lic service. Pkgr & Prod- WAAM with the Walters Art Gallery and the Enoch Pratt Free Library. The third series of programs present- ing the great art of the centuriesand man's finest literature, from ancient times to early American periods. The current series will continue thru April17, 12:45- WTIBQ(Ch 5) - Bob and Kay,with Eddie Doucette; DEBUT Jan 24; Mon thru Fri, Bob Murphy and 2pm CST. Participations. Pkgr & Prod- NBC Chicago. Kay Westfall star in a new variety program, withhome cooking expert Eddie Doucette and the music of the ArtVan DnnTle quintet and a 16 -piece NBC Chicago orchestra led by Joseph Gallicchio. The program will include segments on fashions, weather and news, do-it-yourself projects, movie and theatreactivities, book and record reviews, civic affairs and travel; withDoucette demonstrating a different recipe each day.

KNXT(Ch 2) - Child Psychology;DEBUT Jan 22; Sat, 11:15am-12noon. Sustaining,pub- Hollywood, LA lic service program for college credit. (Three introductory pro- grams, with the regular course for creditbeginning Feb 12 for 16 weeks). Fkgr- KNXT Public Affairs Dept with University of SouthernCalifornia; Prod- -lliam Whitley; Dir- Bill Alcine. Dr. Herman Harvey, asst professor of psychology the University of Southern , presents hie second coursefor credit; fol- lowing the windup of 16 weeks on Jan 15 of his Psychology on TV overKNXT. Viewers may enroll for course credit andtake exp-n9 at the end of the telecourse thru the University of Southern California's "TV Business Office."

KNXT - Living WithSuzanne; DEBUT Jan 26; Wed, 3-3:30pm PST. Sponsor- The Blackstone Corp (Washers, Dryers, Ironers) thru Hicks & Greist,Inc (NY). Production info not available. Suzanne Caygill, color and fashion authority, gives advice on proper clothing for certain types of women, solves afashion problem for a member of the studio audience, answers questions fromthe mail with visual de- monstrations to aid the answers and gives general advice.

Krrv(ch 11) - Musical Chairs;SCHEDULE CHANGE Jan 18; Tue, 10-10:30pm PST. The program, featuring Bill Leyden, Johnny Mercer, Bobby Troupand guest stars as panelists, was formerly seen Fridays, 10:30-11pm PST.

LOCAL P1111 Sr. IES -- DEBUTS & RE -RUNS (New York, Chicago & Los Angeles)

STA & CHAN SERIES TITLE & DISTRIB SPONSOR & AGENCY START DATE DAY TIME

Not York 1/9 Sun 9-9:30pm WABD(5) #"The Playhouse" -Open (AEC Film Sales -re -runs of Schlitz Playhouse) WABC-TV(7) *"The Eddie Canter Comedy Ballatine Son (Beer) 1/26 Wei 10:30-11Tm Theatre" thru J. '::alter Thompson Co #"Clubhouse Gang Comedies" -Open 1/17 Mon thru Fri PIX(11) 5:30-6pm (Interstate- "Little Rascals") Los Anmeles Jones Chevrolet 1/14 Fri 9:30-10pm larv(11) *"New Adventures of China Smith" -Fletcher (National Telefilm) 1/17 Mon thru Fri eateoLone Wolf" -Open KTTV(11) 10:30-11pm

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Most of the shows on January 21, 22. 23 were listed in lastweek's report. Changes & additions re included here for the record.Multiple and across-the-board shows are grouped together after he listing for Friday, January 28. Script identifications used are: (0) original, 15,) adaptati- on, (SW) staff -written, (SD) staff -directed. Performers are identified as singer(S),dancer (D), comic (C), musician (M). Actors who appear regularly are listed in the premiere cast then subse- quently referred to as regulars. Live shows are listed in caps in the left column; filmed shows are in upper and lower case letters, underlined.

FRIDAY JANUARY 21 nmrzumn=mmmmmmmmmm

RED BUTTONS NBC 8;71 Kinescope of show of 10/8 (Buttons hospitalized)

MAMA CBS 8pm Cloud of Suspicion -(0) by Palmer Thompson; with regulars (Peggy Wood) & Lecra Thatcher, Bill Lundmark, John Seymour, Jay Barney

Secret Files, U.S.A. )IABD 8pm Mission Acropolis - no credits available at press time

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME DuM 10pm Dick Lee (S)

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TOM CORBETT NBC 11:30 (0) by Albert Aley; with regulars & Marlene Cameron; (SD)

Man Behind the Badge WCBS 6:30 The Case of the One -Eyed Jack -(0) by David P. Harmon; with (Charles Bickford) Douglas Kennedy, jelmer Jackson, Bob Foulk, Janes Bell, Joe Hamilton, George Eldredge, Carlyle Mitchell, Nico Lek, Don C. Harvey; Dir by Gilbert Kay SWIFT'S SHOW wAam NBC 7:30 Gloria DeHaven (S), Leo Carillo; add regular: Doodles Weaver IMOGENE COCA NBC 9pm add (SW) Tony Webster; with David Burns, Hal March, Bibi Os- terwald, Bill Dana; Choreog by Boris Runanin; (SD)

TORK CLUB ABC 10pm Robert Maxwell (M), King Sisters (S), Jose Melts (M), peter (Sherman Billingsley) Lind Hayes & Mary Healy Raz CBS 10:30 Willy & Poppals Piano - with regulars & Joseph Kearns, Mar- (June Havoc) jorlo Bennett; (SD) SUND:.Y ..7NUARY 23 LAMP UNTO MY FEET CBS 10am What Profits a Man -(0) by Palmer Thompson; with Malcolm (Dr. Lyman Bryson) Lee Beggs, Joseph Leon, John Vari; (SD)

CAMERA THEE WCBS 11 :30 John Butler, Mary Hinkson, Glen Tetley (D)

-HALLMARK HALL NBC 5pm The Label of Truth -(0) Milton Kahn,(A) by George Bruce; OF FAME with Paul Langton, Stephen Colt, George Eidred7., Morris Ankrum, Loretta King, Paul Birch, John Larch;(LSD, H''1C0D) OMNIBUS CBS 5pm Music Lesson by Yehudi Menuhin (M), dir by Roger Englander; (Alistair Cooke) The Adams Family - Part II - John Cuincy Adams, interpreted by RlIan 1:evins; wish tame Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, George Mitchell, Murray Matheson, Norman Rose, Bruce Gordon,John Straub, Jay Barney, Wyman Kane, Chris Gampel, Carmen Mathews; Film on Pinder Brothers (deep sea) MR. PEEPERS :IBC 7:30 regulars & Cyril Ritchard, Reg Mundy, Alice Ghostley, Robert (Wally Cox) Carricart, Mike Gazzo, Heywod Hale Broun;(Si! & SD)

PHILCO TELEVISION NBC 9pm Anatomy of Fear -(0) by F. W. Durkee, Jr.; with , PLAYHOUSE terry Wilson., Katherine Meskill, Geoffrey Horne, William Penn, Addison Powell, Tom Gorman, Al Leberfeld, Frank Sutton, Ruth Hope; (SD) by LIFE BEGINS AT 80 rum 9 :30 Earl Wrightson, Lois Hunt (S), salute to Connie Mack(baseball)

Father Knows Pest CBS lOpm The Promised Playhouse -(0) by Rogers & West,(A) by Roswell (Robert Young) Rogers; with regulars & Robert Fculk, Vivi Janiss; (SD)

MONDAY JANUARY 24 mmmmnnr=____.-mr.mm

Sherlock Holmes WRCA-TV 7p= The Case of the 3in71nR Violin -(0) by Kay Krause; with regu- (Ronald Howard lars & Lelphine Seyr1g, i,rnold Bell, Colin Mann, Pen Cmana- & H. Marion Crawford) noff, Barbara Guerini, Jacqueline Gay, Roger Garris, Leslie Desanti, Billy Beck Life With Elizabeth WABD 7:30 regulars & Loie Bridge, Jess Kirkpatrick, Ray Erlenborn

Poq7, 77P^.77S - 2/27/cc -P1.7e A TALENT SHOW'SYEET(more:_ MONDAY JANUARY 24(Cont'd) mmmmnrammnnmmmmmmnrnmmnnnnm (0) by David O. Woodbury,(A) by ABC 8pm Trouble on the Double - TV Reader'sDigest 'Eck; with Feter Graves,Nancy Gates, George Chandler George Stanley Clements; Dir by William 'Hugh Reilly; Frank Jenks, ?rank Sully, ;titer Racine, Page Johnson, Gene Shield NBC 8pm regulars & Paul Reed, Jules CAESAR'S HOUR Marilyn Meyer (N), EettyHodges (S), Dick Sterling(S) ARTHUR GODFREY'S CBS 8:30 TALENT SCOUTS Barbara Gibson, Cesare Siepi(both S) VOICE OF FIRESTONE ABC 8:30 regulars & Tennessee ErnieFord, the Borden Twins(S);(SW,D) CBS 9pn Breath of Life - with WarrenStevens, Jean Willis, Roy Glenn Fedio NBC 9pm regulars & Ludwig Stoessel, Charles CBS 9:30 The Sentimentalist - with Woodruff; (SW & SD) (Spring Byington) with Janes Joe's Boy -(0) by Adrian Spies & Norman Felton; ROBERT MONTGCMERY NBC 9;30 Leversee, Lee Bergere, Scott Ten- I Dunn, , Loretta PRESENTS nyson, David Medoff, HarryWorth, Marian Brash, Anne Ives, John Coll, Helen AUerbach.Al Ramsen; LSO by Norman Felton (0) by Carey Wilber; with Barry CBS 10pm It Might Happen Tomorrow - STUDIO ONE Sullivan,,,nthony i''ranclosa, DanaWater, Ben Hammer, Whit- field Counor, Yark Roberts, AlfredSander, Bert Freed, Emmett Vovn, Steve Cassadee (SD) by Franklin Schaffner; Title draw- ing by Georg Olden Lorimer, Dobbs Greer, VAC -TV 10:30 regulars & James 1.:esterfleld, Louise Town Michael Fox; '(SW & SD) "(Nark Stevens) TUESDAY JANUARY 25

(0) by Marie Baumer & VictorWolfson(REPEAT) Ella Raines vacA-Tv 7pm Sloane Case - Petticoat Doctor - with PaulaRaymond, Betty Caulfield, Edgar cavalcade of America ABC 7:30 Buchanan, Minerva Urecal, WillisBouchey Frank IiABD 7:30 Backwash -(0) by Willie Hayward; with Allen Jenkins, Waterfrent Wilcox, Hugh Beaumont, Roy Gordon,Zachary Yaconelli, Don (Preston Foster) McArt, Jack Holland; (SD)

Eddie Fisher (5), ?aye Emerson, FredClark & regulars; (SW &D) BU/CK-BERLE SHOW NBC 8pm (0) by Oliver Weld Bayer DuM 8:30 Miss Jeremy and the Bran Serjin - Studio 57. ) by Muriel Roy Bolton; with BarbaraEller, Whitfield Connor Beverly Washburn; Dir byHerschel Daugherty

regulars & Larry Carr, William Tracy;(SW & SD) The Halls of Ivy CBS 8:30 (0) by Mac Eenoff; with regulars & StephenEekassy, Amanda Danny Thomas ABC 9pm Randolph; (SD) (Jean Hagen) (0) by Robert D. Neff,(A) by Herbert t. NBC 9pm Not Captain Material - Fireside Theater Little, Jr. and David Victor;with Dennis Morgan, Virginia (Gene Raymond) Grey, Arthur Franz, GeorgeWallace, J.?. 0$Donnell, Tyler M2cDuff, Jessie Arnold, HalleneHill, George Chandler, Harry Hayden, Carlyle Mitchell,Kenneth MacDonald; (SD) (0) by William McCleery; with Alan Bunce, ABC 9 :3o Family Meeting - ELGIN HOUR. Polly Bowles, William Redfield, RobertEmhardt, Janis Carter, Natalie Schafer, Marjery Gray;(ED) (0) by Jce Bigelow, Bob Ross, Dave Schwartz, NEW RED SK ELTON SHOW CBS 9:30 Mary McCarty (s); Lou Meltzer; SD, FROM HOLLYWOOD)

1 (0) by Nicholas E. Baehr; with E. G. NBC 9 :30 Thunder In the House - ARMSTRONG'S CIRCLE Marshall, Philip Abbott, PatriciaCollinge, Joan Potter, Joe THEATRE Mantell, Bonnie Bartlett; (SD) by Dan Petrie (0) by Bob Foley; with Russell Hardie, Joey Walsh CBS 10pm Death Trap - DANGER Rudy Ecnd, VictorThorley, Ford Rainey, Michael Conrad, Chris Gampel; (SD) The Borrowed TV Set -with regulars & Margaret Brayton, Walter It's A Great Life NBC 10:30 Sande, John Harmon;(5W & c) (0`22:-.ea,Bishop,Dunn) TAT.ENT SHCWSI-C-7F,T(nore) WED7ESDAY JANUARY 26 rrramm==mr,..!=mnr.m

Norbv(David Wayne) NBC 7pm elehls - with regulars& Elaine Stritch; (5W & SD)

levland ABC 7:30 Davy Crockett Gces to ConCress - 2nd of series - with Fess Galt Disney) harker, 1.rike Mazur-ki, buddy Ibsen, Basil Ruysdael, William Bake ell, Helene Stanlay, Jeff Thompson, Henry Jc:,ner, Col. Campbell Brown,Benjamin Hornbuckle, Hal Youngblood, Jin :-:addax, Robert Booth; (0) by George Bruns; Dir by

New Stu Erwin ABC 8:30 Father Becomes Efficient -(0) by William E. Raynor, Herbert (June Collyer) r.Mar;olis; witn regulars & ?aul Maxey, Dan Tobin; (SD)

ILONA MASSEY WABD 8 :30 Viennese Lantern Orch. replaces Chez Vito Continental Ensemb

MY Little Marcie :;BC 8:30 regulars & Hal Baylor, Paul Harvey; (SW 0, SD)

KRAFT TELEVISION NBC 9pra Boys will be Boys -(0) by Irvin S. Cobb,(A) by Dale Wasser- man; with James Barton, , Heywood Hale Brcun, Noel THEATRE Leslie, Guy Raymond, Malcolm Lee Beggs, Nary Howard,Fradorick Bradlee, E. A. Krumschmidt, Walter Kinsella, Harvey Hayes, Tommy B-,11oran, Ricky Hamilton, Michael Gilford, Roy King; (SD) by M-ury Holland

CHICAGOsr,:no:rz DuM 9Pm George Schick conducts

The Millionaire CBS 9Pm The Story of Carl Nelson - with Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland

The WABC-TV 10:30 Aherne (PREMIERE) Comedy Tneatre

Douglas Fairbanks URCA-TV 10:30 Border Incident -(0) by George Marrow; with Bill Sylvester, Balbina, Paul Carpenter; Dir by Derek Twist

TBURSD:7.Y JANUARY 27

" nand CBS E; regulars & Harry Stewart, Donald MacBride; tO4 by Jack Jacobs

Treasury Non ABC 8:30 The Case of the Unfair Verdict -(0) by Robert Sloane; with In Acticn(Greaza) , Barney Phillips, John Hamilton, John Close:(SD)

cumAx! CBS 8:30 The Mo!ave Kid -(0) by Louis L'Anour,(A) by Gil Dcud; with Lundigan) Ricardo ':cntalban, Ward Bond; (SD) by William H. Brown, Jr. JUSTICE :7BC 8:30 ntr-rre Terror -(0! by Art Wallace; with Harry Townes, Murray (Gary Merrill) Hr=41:on, ,nne G117son, Frank Aletter, Ralph Stantley, Moul- trie Patton) Frank Daly, Addison Powell; (SD) by Wm Corrigan SO YOU WANT TO LEI,D-BND ABC 9pm Denise Lor (S) Pour Star Playhouse CBS 9:30 The Good Sister -(0) by Robert Dozier; with Teresa Wright, Cnuck Conners, Violet Fensing, John Dehner, Tboresa Tudor, Renata Hoy, John Doucette, Norbet Schiller, Harold Dyrenforth Dir by Roy Kellino

Ford Theatre NBC 9:30 Letters Marked Personal -(0) by Feter Meiners, (A) by Karen LeWoif; with Joan Bennett, Eelvyn Douglas, Elisabeth Risdon; (0) by Fred P. Sears

POND'S TIEATF2; ABC 9:30 The Cornered ''an -(o) by William Mourne; withBuster Crabbe , Horace McMahon, Dick Davalos, Nancy Marshall

Public Defender CBS 10pm Your Witness -(0) by William P. Rousseau; with Walter Coy, (Reed Hadley) yLr,zinia uregs, Parley Baer; (SD)

LUX VIDEO THE:,TFE NBC lOpm So Evil !,;v Lcve -(0) by Joseph Shearing, Paramount screenplay (Janes Mason) by Leonard Spi:7elgass /:Ronald Millar, TV (A) by Sanford Bar- rett; with Marilyn Erskine, Louts Hayward, others to be an- nounced; (S0) (FRCN HOLLYWOOD)

ad Nagel Theatre W,BD 10pm The Jewels of Rosanna Hirgins -(0) by Guy de Maupassant, (A) ty Paul Levi; witn pat Crean, Loui Bradley, John Selby, John Stacy, Geoffrey Copleston, Audrey MacDonald; (SD) by John Mantley PI JANUARY 28

Adventures of RinEinTin ABC 7:30 Rusty Flays Cupid - with regulars & Ric Vallin, Elaine DuPont, (rue John iloyt, William Forrest, Rand Brooks, John Wlr Eagle;(:D) FRIDAY JANUARY 28 (Conttd) mnmmmr.mmmmnmmmmmr_mmmmmmmmm

(SW) by Robert Riley Crutcher; with regu- Topper CBS 8:30 Tepper In Mexico - --71g Jeffreys) lars 44 Nolan Leary, Benny Rubin, Mel Welles, John Beradino, Gloria Grant, Edward Coch. Eddie Gomez, Jose Portugal;(SD)

4111fItyBolger ABC 8:30 Night School - with regulars & Irene Ryan, Emory Parnell, (g4r.lie Millar) HCrrci:er; (SW &

THE BIC STORY NBC 9pm Bus Bergen, Press -(0) by Mel Goldberg; with (Norman Rose) Lin McCarthy, Edward Pndrews, Perry Wilson, JceEelgesen, Chris Gampel, Joseph Foley, ethers to be announced; (SD)

Settlitz Plavhouse CBS 9;r1 Murder in Paradise -(0) by George Bruce; with John Ireland, Lynn Allen, Steven Geray, June Vincent, Jack Lambert, Philip Ahn, Leon Lontoc; (SD) by Robert Florey

THE STRANGER Duil 9Pm Court of No Apreal -(0) by Fletcher Hammond; with Philip (Robert Carroll) Abtott, Don Briggs, Joe Zuckert, Henrietta Moore, Karen Linay

Inner Sanctum WOR-TV 9pm The Fatal Hour -(0) by John Rceburt; with Shepperd Strud- wick, James Westerfield, Margaret Draper, Theodore Newton, Chester Stratton, Alan Hewitt; (SD)

The Vise (Ron Randell)PBC 9:30 Blind Mints Buff - withEunice Gayson, John Bentley. Patrick Holt; (sD)

The Lineup CBS lOpm Danny Burke Case -(0) by Sidney Marshall; with regulars & (Warner Anderson JaL:es Lydsn, Marshall Reed, Lillian Euyeff, James Bell, Bob & Tom Tully) Foulk, Lee Roberts; Dir by Harold Schuster

MULTIPLE AND ACROSS -TEE -BOARD SHOWS FRIDAY JANUARY 21 THRU FRIDAY JANUARY28 r=.r.= " "="zrazzrz.r..7.rzza-mr-r*T"-ruttrz.rmrr.rs=

BREAKFAST CLUB ABC 9am M thru F - regulars & Patsy Lee, Jack Ouens(HIWOOD, THIS WK (Don McNeill) ONLY)

RRY MOORE CBS 10am W - Cliff Norton (C); P - Ladd Lyons (balancer), Dylan Tcda (S)

4110WAY OF TF2 WORLD NBC 10:30am starting Thu - The Spinster -(0) by Nelia Gardner (Gloria Louts) White,(A) by Donald A. Yerrill; with Edna pest, Dean Harens, Vera Allen,Vaughn Taylor, Patricia Wheel; (SD)

SHEILA GRAHAM NBC 10:45 M thru F - Jack Palance; (SW) by Lou Garfinkle, replacing Jack Mullen (FRCM HOLLYVCCD)

THE GUIDING LIGHT CBS 12:45 M thru F - current regulars: Herb Nelson, Ellen Demming, Susan Douglas, Patricia Wheel, Lyle Sudrow, Charita Bauer, James Lipton, Thee Geotz, Paul Potter, Glenn Walken, Barry Thompson, Lois Wheeler, Lois Wilson, Charles Bang, Lynn Rog- ers, Ed Prentiss, Alice Yournan; (SW & SD)

JINX'S DIARY WRCA-TV 2:30 W thru F (1/21) - Sydney Smith subs for vacationing Jinx

THE GREATEST GIFT NBC 3Pm M thru P - add regular: Janet Ward;(211 & SD)

WORLD OF MR. swEENEY NBC 4:30 M - Mimi Strongen, Beverly Lunsford, Grace Keddy, Edwin Bruce; (Charlie Ruggles, Tu - Charles Thompson; W -Floyd BuckleyiThu - Walter Kinsel- Glenn Walken,Felen Wagner) la; F - Mimi Strongen, Charles Cc:Ior,; (SW & nD)

MODERN RC :ANUS NBC 4:45 The Nice Young Man -(0) by Harold Gast; with Lee Penick, (Martha Scott) Steven Hill, rilioly Parks, Haim Winant; (GD) by Tom Reynolds

MAGIC COTTAGE WARD 6pm M thru F - Earl Hammond, Carl White, Dolores Sutton (Pat Meikle vacations);(st; & SD)

PERRY CCMO CBS 7:45 W - Eddie Arnold (S)

'TIE KOVACS WARD 10:30 Tu & Thu - Elliot LawTence(14) added as regular

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Captain Midnight CBS llam Arctic - (0) by Root; with regulars & Marc Kral (Richard :Nebo; ,nn. La"e Nakano, Tetsu F.omai:(SD)

The Rance WR0A-T7 6:30 Six Cun Party -(0) by Sanuel Newnan; with regulars & Elaine 1:cd7,1ns, Pyle, Dick Curtis, Wes Rudman SATURDAY JANUARY 29 (Contld) r...7.1.17.17.17.1711.M."1.17/r.=.r.17171174.7.1117371117.r.M.:17.171

y,an Rehind the Bad -:e WCBS 6:30 The Case of the Elusive Firebug -(0) by Alvin Poretz; with (Charles Bickfcrd) Waiter Sanoe, r'awzett,b1.11 Foster, Butch Cavell, James Flavin, Barbara Wooden, Paul 'yeast

e.,:eingold Theatre WRC-TV 7pn :,err.77 to Fcx Island - with Jan Sterling, Gayle Kellogg, Mary eery ionsc Arvierson, Eddie Waller, Stuart Randall, Tudor Owen, Claire DuBrey; (SD)

Donald 01 Cennor :72C 9 :30 regulars & Timmy Rooney; (SW & SD)

GEORGE GOBEL NEC 10pm (SW & SD, FROM HOLLYWCOD)

Foreign Intrigue liABC-TV 10:30 F. I. In the Missing SThoolteaoh.r -(0) by Joseph Morheim; (Gerald Mohr) with Lucille Vines, Marta Dorff, Alf FTIellln;(SD) (SHCW MOVES TO THIS DAY & TD:E EFFECTIVE THIS DATE)

Willy CBS 10:30 Willy and the Dcg Joseph - with regulars & Sig Ruman, Danny June Havoc) Richards, Sr., C. H. Tryon; & SD) SUNDAY JANUARY 30 Mr==.7.r.r.C.M.7.7=17.M

OMNIBUS CBS 5pn Analcstsof Hamlet by Canadian Players: Douglas Campbell, Ann (Alistair Cooke) Cason,William ::eedies, William Hutt, Roland Hewg111, John Gardiner, Rony V;71 Bridge; Aviation - with Major Murray() Fencing - with U.S. Olympic To:::

you Are There CBS 6 :30 The Tragedy of John Milton -(0) by Jeremy Daniel; with (Walter Crcnkite ) Philip Bourneuf, Fred Dol:ns, Richard Kiley, Basil Langton, Harrison Do :d, Richard Waring, Michael Higgins, Grant Gordon, B1ff McGuire, Carroll Howe; (SD)

OPERA CAMEOS DIM 7:30 The Pearl Fishers - excerpts from opera by Bizet; with Ga- (Giovanni Martinelli) bor Carelli, Martial 3ingher, Beverly Sills (all S, SD)

Private Secretary CBS 7:30 Screaming Weenies -(0) by Arnold Belgard; with regulars & nn ;:othern) Jesse 1.4-.Ite, Hank Mann, Prank Mills; (SD)

ePepsi-Cola Playhouse ABC 7:30 Otto and the Coat - with Hans Ccnreid

MAX LIEBMAN NBC 7:30 Variety*- with (C), (C), Herb Shri- SPECTACULAR (COLOR) ner (C), Bill Hayes (S), Jack Russell (S), Danny Scholl (S), (Lee Bowman) Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander (D), Ferry Como .S), Kitty Kel- len (S) *(includes version of R. M. n. Pinafore - by Gilbert Sullivan)

TOAST OF T! TCVU CBS 8;n Cavalcade of Radio - based on I Looked and I Listened - book (Ed Sullivan) by Ben Gross; with Eddie Cantor (C), Roger Pryor (C&11), Frank Parker (S), Jack Benny (C), Edward R. Murrow, (C), Eve Arden and Bob Rockl,:ell, Rudy Vallee (S), the Pickens Sisters (S),.Gene Autry, , Gertrude Berg, Edward Arnold, Milton Cross, Norman Brokenshire, Ed & Pegeen Fitz- gerald, George Shelton, Paul ',Chiteman & Orch., Vincent Lopez (M), Andre Baruch, Red Barber, David Ross, Ted!lack, Lanny. Ross (S), Jessica Dragonette (S), Jay Jostyn, John Gambling; Harry Von Zell is MC of H'vood portion

GE1ERAL ELECTRIC CBS 9pn 1317 Shot - with Johnnie Ray, full credits next week THEATRE (R. Reagan)

GOODYEAR TEL NBC 9;r2 The Way Thin -s Happen -(0) by George Baxt; with Peter Lind PLAYHOUSE Hayes, Mary Mealy, Doris Rich, Harold Stone, David White, Shirley Grayson, Parker McCormack, :.:aro Ann Leighton; (SD) by Arthur Fenn

stage 7 CBS 9 :30 The Deoeivinc. Eye -(0) by Jack Brandyein,(A) by DeWitt boseen, Petchin, Alvin Ganzer; with Frank Lovejoy, Jean Howell, :-.nn Robinson, Russ Con::ay, Hugh Senders, John Warburton, James Seay, Tor:7.y Cock, Buddy Mason, Jimmy Hayes; Dir by Alvin lanzer (PaEMIEHE)

4111 rather IC:lc:4s Best CBS 1Cp 1_7:1, the Farmer -(0) by Roswell Rogers; with regulars & Sarah WEirt Yon:_-) SeLcy, ,;:ry ioung; (SD)

Loretta Younr: NBC 10pm 600 feconds -(0) by Marian Tbompson; with Dick Simmons, Ann Lae, rn Bryant, lay Gallagher, Paul Cavanaugh, Jan Shepard, Lois Collyer: (:,D) WHAT'S CES 10:30 Fred Allen added as permanent panelist ,r-- rl:rwrg.7717T aaa )-)1 ON TELEVISION E I INCLUDING JAIIUARY26, 1955 THE TELEVISION INDEX NUMBER4A JAN 251955 L(:/(;(::PRODUCTION Jerry Leichter PROGRAMMING TALENT LhRARY :.SCCED: Alvin Sullum NIVERSITY OFFiCiatQAttli Avenue New York 17 MUrray Hill 2-5910 Marjorie Oxley

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WABC-TV(Ch 7), ABC's New York outlet, will geta fresh programming look starting .b 28, in a move to break the CBS & NBC viewing lock on local audience habits. Ted :erfelder, the station's general manager, is retaining all the strong points in the nday thru Friday daytime schedules that match or outdraw the CBS & NBC programs, :th local and net, while striving for something different during WABC-TV's hereto- :re weaker periods. The new Monday thru Friday lineup scheduled for debut on Feb will read: 8-9am, Tinker's Work Shop (local, retained); 9-10am, The Breakfast __:gib (net, retained); 10-11am, two half-hour filmed drama series, titles not set (los- __, new); 11-12noon, The Romper Room (local, new); 12noon-12:30pm,Time For Fun (loc- retained); 12:30-3pm, Entertainment (local, new); 3-3:30pm,half-hour filmed :ama, title not set (local, new); 3:30-4pm, Joe Franklin's Memory Lane (local, re- :irked); 4-6pm, Hopalong Cassidy (local, retained) and other Westernfilms. The -der Room is a new kid's chow with possible m.c.'s getting an audition today71- 1-sda- at ABC. Entertainment, the big two and one-half hour special, will have Tom leas m.c., with vocalists Marion Colby and Bob Carroll, and Ray McKinley front- e band. Billy Butterfield will be featured with a 6 -piece jazz unit. Bob _aver is producing and staging the show, with Fritz Lamont as assistant producer; both handling casting at ABC's Little Theatre. The show will use guest artists th acts; singles, young comics, variety acts, dancers, piano satirists, off -beat Viers, etc., all at scale Before the big changeover takes place, Sloan Simp- :n will move into the 10-10:30am spot for an interim period, Feb 7-25,replacing McNellis, who moves to WPBD as of Feb 7.Both are interview shows.

The Goldberps probably goes into film production in February ina New York stud - as a half-hour situation comedy series. Two pilots will be made, with Cherney as producer for Guild Films. The films will use the same cast of regularsas s on the last live version on DuMont, with regular production scheduled probably -.June. Fannie Merrill casts for the show The Phil Silvers' series, You'll Ter Get Rich, is starting on its 9th film, with fourmore to go, before laying off awhile. is producing, with filming every Tuesday at the DuMontTele- zter in New York William Russell will direct most of the future Halls of Ivy _L=s, with current directors and NormanZ. McLeod reverting an irregular basis, when and if other film activities permit The Goodson - :1=n film pilot for The Web, produced this week at Desilu Productions,will determ- whether any more will be shot for the series Lyle Talbot and Richard Jaeckel ;:e been signed for lead roles in CBS -TV's The MitIhty 0: series in Hollywood.

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,,p On Television, Service Subscription Rates (U.S., Canada, Mexico): $110 per year(or $30 quarterly, minimum one year subscription). :sal or multiple subscriptions at lower rates. includes: Unlimited telephone and mail information service, except research: weekly reports on current television production, programming; novements; annual industry directories; periodic reports on special aspects of television; and Tho Television Index card file. The Jan Murray chow for the Toni Company will debut Feb 11 over NBC-TV, immed- iately after the conclusion of Gillette's Friday night fights. Murray will be star of a variety show, but all other plans are still up in the air, including which Toni acts will be sponsoring the program. Because Murray has a Friday evening show ABC at 9-9:30pm, current negotiations involve the possibility of originating the show from the same studio, ABC's 58th St Theater. Producer and director of the show are not set yet, with a program title, a gal singer and a musical group for the show also on the indefinite list Dick Sears of BBD&O, the Ames Brothers and .,phi Corporation bottlers (Royal Crown Cola, other soft drinks) converged in New Orleans this week to cement details on the new film series, starring the singing group, for national spot placement for the bottlers. Film info will be available after the convention Although Alfred Hitchcock has been signed to supervise the production of 39 films to be presented next fall over CBS -TV for Bristol-Myers Co sponsorship on Sundays, 9-9:30pm, current reports differ on the extent of the mov- ie director's actual involvement in the series as far as direction and physical prod- uction are concerned. He is reported to have the say on stories, actors and produc- tion staff and will appear on the show as host and narrator. The latter is an ex- treme departure for Hitchcock as far as films are concerned because in all his feat- ure productions in the past he has appeared for a fleeting instant only as a crowd extra or in a picture on a prop.

The future schedule for NBC's Colgate Comedy Hour continues the net and agency effort to have fresh and unusual backgrounds for the show. The February 6 program will originate in Hollywood, with the tentative cast including Spike Jones, Nat King Cole, Bobby Van, Paul Gilbert, and , with a remote segment from Tia Juana, Mexico, spotlighting a jai alai game. The February 13 show will star ":!artin & Lewis, from Hollywood, and then the February 20 show swings down to New Or- leans, with Gordon MacRae, Louis Armstrong and Peggy Lee starring. The show will in- v.-- e three remotes; from the Absinthe House, the Court of Two Sisters and Antoine's, a..he French Quarter. Skipping a week for a Max Liebman production, the March 6 w will probably be a remote from the S. S. in New York, with MacRae again as m.c.-star, and featuring Caterina Valente, considered Europe's top record- ing star.

The February 6 Toast of the Town over CBS, which will feature a tribute to Col- 1:tbia Pictures and Harry Cohn, will also star Eddie Fisher, Marge & Gower Champion, Teresa Brewer and the West Point Glee Club Winners on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts program, who appear on Godfrey's morning show over the CBS network on Tuesday !,-ednesday and Thursday during the week they win the talent competition, will also have an opportunity to appear locally the week after on The George Skinner Show, Mon- day thru Friday, 9-10am, over WCBS-TV. This week's winner will appear on the Skinner show the week of Jan 31, and so on.

Lineup producer Jaime Del Valle has moved his offices from Desilu to RKO-Pathe in Culver City. Script editor E. Jack Neuman is still buying scripts for the show, based on San Francisco Police Dept case files, but the market is closed to free lances except on assignment thru the new office The American Society of Cinema- tographers in Hollywood reports that it has about 40 cameramen workingon about 65 series at 21 different studios; but no report on how many are actually hopeful pilots, since several of the studios have only restricted activity The first film in the new Mae Williams Show series rolled last week at Brodco Studiosin Hollywood, with Villiam F. Eroidy Productions, Inc., doing the production for Arthur B. Weber Produc- tions. Jean Yarbrough is directing for producer Eli Schiff, with Pete Kingas music d! 'tor, Melba Tobin as choreographer and Al Burton, writer.Mae Williams starred 1r own livo musical show over KNXT(LA) early last summer until shewas injured a fall. The series also marks the active resumption of television film production by Broidy.

FCSS REPORTS - MID-WEEI SPECIAL- 1/26/55 - Page 2 (MORE) Parker -Rogers Productions haveshot the first two of 26 half-hour films in The :re4er series, based on files of DanEisenberg's Tracers Co of America.Ben Parker is director and co -producerwith the Rogers brothers (Beaumont,Texas). The films Orleans and San Francisco providing the vill shot in different cities, with New film - 'Asfor the first two Arthur B. Modell Productions(NY) have completed f the first 13 of 78 scheduledfive-minute films in the "Tiny" Fairbanks series, In which the star tells a story,philosophizes, sings a song and gives his thought Fairbanks and Fred Light - for the day, complete with a middlebreak for a commercial. The first film in :sr are the writers,with Charles H. Rosen as exec producer the Carl Brisson film series was shotlast week in New York at Easten Film Studios, with Duke Goldstone directing. Guild Films will distribute the series for E. M. Cfludiaman's North American TV Productions. The pilot also featured the dance team cf Denise & Duquesne.

Although Kraft Television Theatre will do theunusual in repeating its live :roduction of its acclaimed Jan 12 productionof Rod Serlina's "Patterns," on Feb 9; according to J. Walter Thompson Co productionpolicy, producer -director Fielder Cook will still not receive air credit for his work. The high voltage performance by Richard Kiley, Everett Sloane and Ed Begley, amongothers, has been described as mak- ing "Executive Suite" look like "LittleWomen," since both treat the similar theme of dog-eat-dog ascendancy in big business Liebmann Breweries will sponsor a new live bi-lingual (English and Spanish) variety show overKNXT(LA) for its Rheingold leer, starting Saturday, Jan 29, 6-6:30pm PST. Fandango Rheingold will be emceed by Mturicio Jara, and while the program content will be mainly inEnglish, the continuita and commercial segments will be done in both languages. Frederico Selvatti will be radical supervisor for the program, which will feature guest appearancesby Latin- ;.erican singers, dancers and actors. Eddie Rodriquez is producer. Commercials wir ce delivered by guest announcers, mainly bi-lingual discjockeys of Southern Cali- fore' a.

Guild Films has signed Ina Ray Hutton and her all -girlorchestra for a half-hour =laical variety series of 39 films to be filmed in color. Filming will start in April et Guild's Music Hall studio in Hollywood, with Duke Goldstonein charge. Distribu- tion is scheduled for September, with stations affiliated with Vitapix Corpgetting first chance at the series Jack Wrather and Mrs. Helen Alvarez head a group vhich will build The Disneyland Hotel, a $10,000,000, 500 -room project to adjoin ":alt Disney's new 160 -acre amusement center at Anaheim, Cal. One 200 -room section and subsidiary restaurants, bars and cocktail lounges are expected tobe ready by :id -summer when Disneyland itself will open.

Frank Galen, 44, producer -writer of Meet Millie, died in Hollywood Jan23 of a heart attack.

PEOPLE GOING PLACES: Priscilla Morgan, representing Fred Coe, Martin Manulis and others, has temporary offices at 45 E 61st St, New York (TE8-8418) Iynn Cleary, business manager of the DuMont net's sales dept, has resigned to retire to Irivate life. She was married recently Robert Wechsler named sales promotion =eager of Screen Gems, Inc., in New York Alvin Sussman, director of film pro- :urement for the four Crosley Broadcasting TV stations, has resigned effective Feb 1. Robert D. Wood named sales manager of KNXT(LA) and the Columbia Television Ptcific Network, succeeding Edmund C. Bunker who is now gen mgr ofWXIX(WOKY-TV), Kilwaukee.

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