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JAN 3o -CAB 5, 1956 THE TELEVISION INDEX

VOLUME 8 N13/\3.LE PRODUCTION PROGRAMMING TALENT RDITO?: Jerry Leichter 551 Fifth Avenue New York 17 MUrray Hill 2-5910 PUBLISHED BY TELEVISION INDEX, INC.

WEEKLY REPORT A FACTUAL RECORD OF THIS WEEK'S EVENTS IN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

THIS WEEK -- NETWORK DNETJTS & HIGHLIGHTS

Thursday(Feb 2) cps-NBc- II:15-11:30pm EST; SPECIAL; Address by Sir Anthony Eden; LIVE fromWTOP- TV(Wash, CBS pool origination, to the CBS& NBC nets. § Sustaining. Pkgr- CBS Public Affairs(Wash); WTOP staff, production info not available. Special address by British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden after concluding four days of foreign policy conferences in Washington. The program will be simulcast.

Saturday(Feb 4) NBC- 5-5:30pm EST; DEBUT; Hialeah Stake Races; LIVE from WTVJ(Miami),to the NBC net. § Sustaining. § Pkgr- NBC Sports Dept(NY); Exec. Prod- Tom Gallery; Dir- Harry Coyle. § Four major stake races presentedon Saturdays at Hialeah Park, Miami, to be covered by NBC during February: Feb 4, McClennan Handicap; Feb 11, Everglades Stakes; Feb 13, Widener Handicap;'Feb 25, FlamingoStakes. Fred Caposella handles the running of the race, with Spmmy Renickdoing the color and interviews. (The program is sponsored regularlyby Cities Service over WTVj). The program on NBC is in open time. 1-Pst season several of the races were on CBS.

THIS WEEK -- REGULAR NETWORK SPECIALS

ABC- Grand Ole Opry (Every 4th Saturday, 8-9pm EST) Feb 4; LIVE from WSM-TV(Nash- villa), from Pyman Auditorium.

CBS- None this wek.

NBC-Tr.00261Showcase (Every 4th Mon, 8-9:30pm EST) Jan 30; "Festival of Music," u Page B for cast); Prod- Sol Hurok; LIVE from WRCA-TV(NY); (COLOR).

Hallmark Hall of Fame (Every 4th Sun, 475:30pm EST) Feb 5; "The Good Fairy," starring , Walter Slersk, Cyril Ritchard,Roddy McDowell; LIVE from WECA-?V(NY); (COLOR).

OTTER NETdORK CHANGES & ADDITIONS

ABC- Outside U.S.A. (Mon, 10-10:30pm EST) New day and time, effective Jan 30; program was previously on Tue, 10-10:30pm. Tomorrow's Careers (See page 8) returns to the latter spot, effective Jan 31. - Page 10 - °THEE NET CHANGES(More)

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CBS- Person to Person (Fri, 10:30-11pm EST) replaces Edward R. Murrow as host on Feb 3, one program only, while Murrow is out ofthe U.S. on a film as- signment.

NBC- Home (Mon thru Fri, llam-12noon EST) Program originates from locations around Miami and Tampa, Fla., during the week Jan 30-Feb 3, then returns to New York.

NBC Pro Basketball Games (Sat, 3-5pm EST) General Cigar co thru Young & Rubicam, Inc(NY) will start one -quartersponsorship, effective Feb 4. 11111111011111 1111111111 11111011111111111 N11110110111z,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnrommmnimmrimmmmmmmmmmmmmmTmmrimmmmm

LOCAL STATION ACTIVITY

KNXT(Ch 2) - Words About Music; DEBUT Jan 28; Sat, llpm-12midnight PST. Alternate Week Sponsors- 11-11:30pm segment: 1) The Maybelline Co thru Gordon Best Co., Inc(Chi); 2) Chevrolet Dealers Assn thruEisaman-Johns Ad- vertising(LA); second half-hour open. Pkgr- Bart Ross & Frank Danzig(LA); Prod- Al Burton; Dir- Jim Johnson. Frank DeVol is m.c.-host fora guest panel of four celeb- rities each week who review popular songs of topwriters. The songs are performed by Page Cavanaugh Trio and vocalists Milly Couryand Dick Stewart. The program replaces In Person in this time spot.

KNXT - Learning '56; RETURN Jan 28; Sat, 10-10:30am PST. Sustaining, public service. Pkgr & Prod- KNXT with Los Angeles Cityand County Schools. New series of the weekly public serviceprogram, featuring a class for parents of pre- kindergarten children. The program presents a TV demonstration ofParent Education classes presented in the schoolsas day -time adult education. The program replaces Shakespeare on TV, which concluded its 1955-56series on Jan 21.

KNXT - Renaissance on TV; DEBUT Feb 5; Sun, 4-4:30pm PST, Sustaining, public service. Pkgr- KNXT with the University of SouthernCalifornia; Prod - William Whitley. Eighteen -week series, featuring Dr. FrankC. Baxter of USC, with visiting scholars from leading universitiesas reporters and interpreters of the out- standing developments of the 14th -16thcentu-,-:!.es, Visiting scholars will also give public lectures and preside over studentseminars at USC, with theirexpenses paid by the Arensberg Fund of the Francis BaconFoundation of Pasadena.

KNXT - Red Rowe's Get Together; DEBUT Jan 16; Mon thru Fri, 2-3pmPST. Parti- cipations. Pkgr- KNXT; Prod & Dir- Bill Gordon;Asst Prod- Peter B. Sterne; Anncr- John H. Harlan. Red Rowe is m.c. for thisnew afternoon variety pro- gram, also playing his guitar, with an instrumentalquintet Plan vocallat Lucyann Polk. The program also includes audience participationstunts and interviews. The program replaces Red Rowe's Film Favorites.

KTTV(Ch 11) - Spotlight on Youth; DEBUT Jan 15; Sun, 2-2:30pm PST. Sponsor- Coca - Los Angeles Cola Bottling Co(LA). Pkgr- Ross -Danzig Productions(LA);Prod- Al Burton; Assoc Prod- Sherman Weiss. New series, produced in cooperation with the Los Angeles Board of Education, withAlex Cooper as m.c., presenting talented high school students demonstrating their skillsin various activities, as wellas dancing and singing. Each week the program presents top talentfrom various high schools. The program is not considered an amateurcontest since it will be a teen- age showcase rather than a competition.

WTVJ(Ch 4) - Hialeah Stake Races; RETURN Jan 17; Tue debut, then Sat & Wed,until Miami March 2 (Fri); 4:30-5pm during week, 5-5:30pmEST Sat. Sponsor- Cities Service Co through Ellington & Co, Inc(NY);Acct Exec- Hal James; Comm Anncr- Lee Taylor(WTVJ). Sammy Renick handles interviews and therunning description of important stake races at Hialeah Park,Miami. (See also net listing, Page 10). ROSS REPORTS - 1/29/56 - Pane 11 - TnOAT gTAMTnYAPrPTITTrilV TALENT SHOWSHEET JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 5, 1956 ITLMITIMITTIIIIITIMMEZMITTIME1MMITIMITIMIII171/711111111111TIMITI mum=

Most of the shows on Jan. 27, 28, 29 were listed in last week's report. Changes & additions are in- cluded here for the record. Multiple and across-the-board shows are grouped together after the listing for Friday, Feb. 3. Script identifications used are: (0) original,(A) adaptation,(SW) staff -written,(SD) staff -directed. performers are identified as singer (S), dancer (D), comic (0), musician (N). Actorsi who appear regularly are listed in the premiere cast then subsequently refer- red to as regulars . Live shows are listed in caps in the left column; filmed shows are in upper and lower case letters, underlined. Generally, only first runs of a film series are listed.

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Jungle Jim WRCA 6pm Wild Man of the Jungle - (writer & director not available at (Johnny Weissmuller) press time) -regulars & John Banner, Leon Lcntok, Anthony Stone

MAMA CBS 8pm regulars & Larry Hugo, Mary Jackson; (SW & SD)

The Life of Riley NBC 8:30pm regulars & Percy Helton, William Phillips, Hal Baylor, Micky TWilliam BendTIT- Simpson, Billy Wayne; (SW & SD)

THE BIG STORY NBC 9pm Reporter George Ammer of the Columbus (Ohio) Citizen -(0) by (Ben Grauer) Sheldon Stark; with David De Haven, Roland Wood, Royal Beal, Sylvia Davis, John Gibson, Bill Quinn; (SD)

IGOR CASSINITS WABD 9pm Iois O'Brien (S), Jack Whiting (S & D) MILLION DOLLAR SHOWCASE

The Vise ABC 9:30Pm Man Hunt -(0) by Brian Clemens; with regulars & Frank Hawkins, (Donald Gray) Gilbert Winfield, Bill Nagy, Tony Quinn, Allan Tilbern; (SD)by Ernest Morris

Star Stage NBC 9 :30pm Screen Credit -(0) by Hagar Wilde; with Cornel Wilde, Carolyn Jones, Xa-thlyn Crowley, Bruce Cowling, Jim Backus, Joan Banks, Allen Jenkins; (SD) by Don Weis ETHEL & ALBERT ABC lOpm 0110 regulars & Cele McLaughlin, Paul Lipson, Carl Don, Rene Paul, Charles Jordan, Mary Loane, Frank Wilson, Ludwig Roth; (SW & SD)

The Lineup CBS 10pm The Willie Martin Case - (0) by Fred Eggers; with regulars & (Warner Anderson & Tom Tully) James Nusser, Robert Foulx, Mickey Simpson, John Stephenson; (SD) by Hollingsworth Morse

Adventures of TheFalcon ABC10:30pm Deadly welcome - (0) by Herb Furdum; with Lowell Gilmore, Betty (Charles McGraw) Lou Gerson, Kurt Katch, Willard Sage, Lucille Barkley,Howard Negley, Charles Cane, Sam Flint; (SD) by Derwin Abbe

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Tales of the Texas Rangers CBS Horsemen of the Sierras - regulars & Gregg Barton,George Lynn, 11:30am Alan Wells, Patricia Parscns, Pat Sexton; (SW & SD)

STAGE SHOW CBS 8pm Sarah Vaughan (3), Gene Sheldon (C), Elvis Presley (S)

Damon Runyon TheatreCBS10;30pm Judy, the Jinx -(0) by Bernard Ederer & Robert White; with Kent Taylor, Adele Jergens, George E. Stone, Iris Burton, Art Lewis, S. John Launer; (SD) by Danny Dare

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LAMP UNTO MY FEET CBS 10pm The Collection -c0) by Boris Simon's "Abbe Pierre & the Rag- (Dr. Lyman Bryson) pickers of Emmaus`; (A) by Clair Roskam; with ClariceBlackburn, Carl Albertson, Charles Kray; (SD)

LOOK UP & LIVE CBS 10:30pm Don Elliot & his jazz combo

Wild Bill Hickok CBS 12:30pm The Golden Rainbow - with regulars & Raymond Hatton, John Bern- {Guy Madison) dino, Lucien Littlefield, Park MacGregor, Lis Slifer; (SW& SD)

FRONT RUN CENTER CBS 4pm Delete: The Challenge of Hemp Brown; Add: The Ainsley (Robert Sterling) Case - (0) by Bel-amy lartri.dge; (A) by Whitfield Cook; withMona Freeman, Lloyd Bridges; Philip Bo:rneuf; (SD) by Russell Stoneham& Fletcher Markle

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OMNIBUS CBS 5pm Minds Over Manners - (0) by Russell Lynes; with , (A'istair Cooke) , Russell Lynes; directed by Eliot Silverstein ; Bud Palmer(narr) with Ray Robinsonboxing segment. Roy Rogers NBC 6 :30Prl Maney is Dangerous -(0) by Dwight Cummi.ns; with regulars & (Dale Evans) Eli Carson, Hi Talley, Wa7t Erving, Nick Arnold; (SD) byGeorge Blair

It's A Great Life NBC 7pm The Square Circle- regulars & Henry Kulky, John Harmon, Tommy !Michael O'Shea) Hart, Jimmy Lennon; (SW & SD)

ED SULLIVAN SHOW CBS 8pm Add: Helen Traubel (S). Pinky Lee (C), Lloyd Mangram (golfer)

General Electric Theater CBS 9pm Summer Promise - with Joan Fontaine; (other information not (Ronald Reagan) available at press time)

GOODYEAR PLAYHOUSE NBC 9pm The Starlet -(0) by John V'ahos; with , Betsy Palmer, Jerome Thor, David Lewis,Tamara Daykarhanova, Frank Maxwell, William Zuckert, Carol Gustafson; (SD) HerbHirschman

APPOINTMENT 'JITH ADVENTURE CBSlOpm The Battle of Hewitt Hill - (0) by Harold Gast; with Lin McCar- thy, Nancy Berg, Harry Bannister, Frances Fuller,Frank Daly, Mason Adams; (SD) by Paul Stanle7 JUSTICE NBC 10:30pm The Trapped -(0) by Alvin Boretz; with Biff McGuire,Edward (William Prince) Binns, Russell Collins, Will Kuluva; (SD)by Paul Bogart MONDAY JANUARY 30 mmmammrmmvmnnnmmmm Highway Patrol WRCA 7pm (0) by Donald Brinkley; with Michael Legend, Nancy Hadley,Brad (Broderick Crawford) Trumbull, Joe Cransdcn, Britt Lomand, Roy Bourjois, ArtGil- more (narr); (SD) Adventures of Robin Hood CBS 7:30pm The Sheriff's Boots - with Alan Wheatley, RufusCruickshank, (Richard Greene) Joan Simms; (SW & SD) TV Reader's Digest ABC 8pm Cochise, Greatest of the Apaches- (0) by Elliott Arnold; (A) (Gene Raymond) by De Vallon Scott; with John Howard,Richard Gaines, Rhodes Reason; (SD) by Harry Horner

PRODUCER'S SHO:XASE NBC 8pm Festival of Music -(0) by Jay Harrison; with Charles Laughton TInT, Marian Anderson, Jussi Bjoerling, Zinka Milanov,Jan Peerce, Peters, Gregor Piatigorsky,Artur Rubinstein, Isaac Stern, Renata Tebaldi, LeonardWarren, Rise Stevens, Mil- dred Miller, Blanche Thebom; Prod - Sol Hurok; Dlr - Kirk Brown- ing; Conductor - Max Rudolf; Adapted-staged by Herbert Graf; (COLOR)

VOICE OF FIRESTONE ABC 8:30pm Elaine Malbin, Robert Merrill

ARTHUR GODFREY S CBS 8 :30pm Johnny Van (S), Archer & Gile (S), The TALENT SCOUTS Tal Sarlow Trio (M)

I Love Iucy CBS 9pm regulars & Betty Scott, Patty Nestor,dancers. December Bride CBS 9 :30Pm Texas Show No. 1 - regulars & Lyle Talbot, Howard McNear, Louise (Spring Byington) Lorimer; (SW & SD) ROBERT MONTGOMERY NBC 9 :3 cPm Mr. Tutt Baits a Hook -(0)by Arthur Train; (A) by Murray Bur PRESENTS nett; with Parker Fennelly, - Karl Weber, Robert Dietz, Hal Coop- er, Dolores Mann, Tom Middleton, Ian Martin, Les Damon, Stewart Bradley, Frank Tweddell, William Keene, Nellio Burt, Phil Kram- er, Jamo Blake; (SD) by James Yarbrough STUDIO ONE CBS 10pm My Son Johnny - (0) by John McNulty; (A)by Kathleen & Robert Howara Lindsay; with Wendell Corey,Paul Hartman, Neva Patter- son, Ruth Attaway, Larry Gates, FrankCampanella, Henry Sharp, Isabel Price, Cliff Norton, Luke Halpin,John McGiver, Bettye Ackerman; (SD) by Franklin Schaffner

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Steve Donovan WRCA 6pm Comanche Kid - (0) by Daniel F Sheppard; with regulars & Onslow Stevens, House peters, Jr, Frank Fenton,John Cliff, Tom Tyler, Louise Currie; (SD) ROSS REPORTS - 1/29/56 - Page B TALENT SHOWSHEET(more) TUESDAY JANUARY 31(Contld) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Warner Bros. Presents ABC 7:30pm Casablanca - "Satan's Veil" -with Rossanna Rory, Elliott Reid, (Charles McGraw) Marcel Dalio; (SD) by Alvin Ganzer (writer not available at press time.)

THE MILTON BERLE SHOW NBC 8pm Betty Hutton, Sir ; (COLOR)

Wyatt Earp ABC 8:30pm The Bribe - with Collette Lyon, William Pullen, Tyler McVey, (Hugh O'Brien) Damion O'Flynn; (SW & SD)

Navy Log CBS 8:30pm Demos the Grik - with George Conrad, Red Feeney, Joseph Corey, Herb Ellis, Trevor Bardette, Jeanne Gerson, Reba Waters, John Bleifer, David Leonard, Michael Ragen; (SW & SD)

Make Room For Daddy ABC 9pm regulars & Hans Conreid; (SW & SD) (Danny Thomas)

Jane Hymanls Fireside Thtre NBC 9pm The Velvet Trap - with , Phyllis Thaxter; (SW & SD

DuPont Cavalcade Thtre ABC 9:30pm The Marine Who Was 200 Years Old- repeat of film shown 1/4/55.

RED SKELTON SHOW CBS 9:30pm Jeanne Cagney (COLOR)

PLAYWRIGHTS 156 NBC 9 :30pm This Business of Murder -(0) by David Swift; with James Whit- more, Thomas Gomez, E. G. Marshall, Warren Stevens, David White, Henry Jones; (SD) by Vincent Donahue

Big Town NBC 10:30pm Fake S 0 S - regulars & Jim Hyland, Robert Vaughn, Curtis Cook- (Mark Stevens) say, Don Kennedy, Nancy Hadley; (SW & SD)

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1

410 WRCA 7pm Gold Is Where You Find It - with George Mather, George Baxter, () Claudia Barrett, Michael. Bryant. Burt Masters, Robert Human, Tex Terry; (SW & SD)

Brave Eagle NBC 7:30pm Medicine Drums - regulars & Rick Vallin, Bill Henry, Pat O'Hara; (Keith Larsen) (SW & SD)

Screen Director's Playhouse NBC 8pm The Prima Donna -(0) by Gene Raymond; (A) by Peter Milne & Hen- ry Garson; with Jeanette MacDonald, Laraine Day, Leo Durocher, Alfred Caiazza, , Jerome Cowan, Jacqueline DeWit, Jack Lomas; directed by David Butler

Father Knows Best NBC 8:30pm Bud, the Wall 'lower - regulars & Paul Wallace, Jimmy Bates; (Robert young) (Sty/ & SD -

The Millionaire CBS 9pm The Story of Dr. Larry Evans - with Herbert Patterson, Darlene (Marvin Miller) Fields, Jame's Todd, Charles Webster, Everett Glass, Lyle Latell, Gordon Mills, Billy McLean; (SW & SD)

KRAFT TELEVISION NBC 9pm Five Minutes to Live -(0) by Palmer Thompson; with Dennis THEATRE O'Keefe, Basil Rathbone, Felicia Montealegre, Richard Shepard, Neil Hamilton, Rebecca Sand, George McCoy; (SD) by NormanMor- g an

U. S. STEEL HOUR CBS lOpm A Fair Shake (0) by Caleb Gray; with John Kerr, Cliff Robert- son, Lenka Peterson, Doro Merande, Michael Strong, John C. Bech- er, Murvyn Vye, Nancy Malone, Jim Boles, Nat Polen, Frank Over- ton, Joseph Sullivan; (SD) by Daniel Petrie

I Led Three Lives WPIX lOpm (0) by Leonard Heideman; with Virginia Stefan, Ruth Clifford, (Richard Carlsen) Marjorie Stapp, John Zaremba, Robert Nash, Pat Morrow; (SD)

Douglas Fairbanks WRCA 10:30pm Gabrielle - with Andre Morell, Ingeborg Wells; (SW & SD) Presents s THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 mm.rtmanmm

Sergeant Preston CBS 7:30pm regulars & Lynn Thomas, Jay Douglas, Francis DeSales, Robert of the Yukon(Richard Simmons) Taquin, Edward Foster; (SW & SD)

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The Bob Cummings Show CBS 8pm The Dominant Sex - regu7ars & Lita Milan; (SW & SD)

CLIMAX 1. CBS 8:30pm Gamble on a Thief - (0) by Frank Cameron; (A) by James P. Cav- anagh; with Macdonald Carey, ewey Martin, Phyllis Kirk, Eliz- abeth Patterson; (SD) by John Frankenheimer

The People's Choice NBC 8:3cPm regulars & Eleanor Audley, Gail Bonney, Phil Arnold; (SW & SD) (Jackie Cooper)

STAR TONIGHT ABC 9pm Below Average - (0) by Nicholas A. Baehr; with Dennis Patrick, Ray Brown, Pat Sully, Carl Law, Robert Emhardt, Susan Wills; (director's name not available at press time.)

Drarmet NBC 8:30pm The Big Set- regulars & Mary Dean Moss; (SW & SD) (Jack Webb)

Four Star Playhouse CBS 9:30Pm TOe Listener -(0) by Cornell Woolrich; (A) by Frank L. Moss; with Ida Lupino, Walter Coy, Ralph Moody, Richard Lupino, Nan Boardman, Don Rickles; (SD) by Roy Kellino

Ford Theatre NBC 9 :3CPm Tin Can Skipper - (0) by Don Mankiewicz; with Scott Brady, Phyllis Kirk, William Leslie, John Hoyt, William Challee, Thom Carney; (SD) by Fred F. Sears JOHNNY CARSON SHOW CBS lOpm Rudy Vallee, Jack Prince LUX VIDEO THEATRE NBC lOpm The Green Promise -(0) by Monty F. Collins; (A) by Ed James; (Otto Kruger) with James Barton, Jean Howell, Jack Kelly, Sandy Descher, Carole Wells, Malcolm Cassell, Thomas Kirk, Will Wright, Phil Chambers, Henry Hunter, Mickey Simpson, Selmer Jackson; (SD) by Earl Ebi

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Adventures of Rim. -Tin -Tin ABC 7:30pm The Big Top - regulars & Douglas Rowley, Sheila Bromley, Fran- (Lee Aaker & James Brown) ces Karath, George Lynn; (SW & SD)

Adventuresof Champion CBS 7:30pm regulars & Roy Bancroft, Mark Dana, Robin Short, John Cason, Buss Henry; (Sw & SD)

Crossroads ABC 8:30pm The Inner Light - (0) by George Bruce; with George Brent, Ben- son Fong, Marya Marco, Judy Dan; (SD) by George Waggner

Our Miss Brooks CBS 8:30pm regulars & Will Wright; (SW & SD) (EveArden)

The Life of Riley NBC 8:30pm regulars & Herb Vigran, Ralph Sanford, Eilene Jannsen, Diane (William Bendix) Jergens, Benny Rubin, Barry Truex, Del Erickson; (SW & SD)

Schlitz Playhouse CBS 9:30Pm The Gentle Stranger - (0) by Louis L1Amour; (A) Steve Fisher; with Joanne Dru, John Hudson, John Miljan, John Cliff; (SD) by William A. Selter

Adventures of the Falcon ABC 10:30pm The Wheel of Fortune- (0) by Gene Wang; (A) by J. Benton Chen - (Charles McGraw) ey; with Beverly Michaels, Robert Hutton, John Sutton, Edgar Barrier, James Flavin, Stuart Randall, Al Hill; (SD) by Sey- mour Friedman

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GEORGE SKINNER SHOW WCBS 8:55am Mon - The Ritts Puppets; Tue - Uncle Peter Boyle (storyteller); Wed - The Ritts Puppets; Thurs - Ruth Manecke & animals; Fri- The Ritts Puppets

GARRY MOORE SHOW CBS 10am Thurs - Earl Hall(C); Fri - Randy Hall (M), Mr. Ballantine (C)

ERNIE KOVP.CS SHOW NBC 10:30am Tue- Dylan Todd (S)

JACK PAAR SHOW CBS 1pm Thurs - Louis Nye (C); Fri - Burl Ives (balladeer)

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NBC MATINEE THEATER NBC 3pm 1/30 - Romney -(0) by A. L. Barker; (A) by Lois Landauer; with Peter Votrian; (COLOR); 1/31 -0, Promise Me - (0) by Greer John- son; with Dick Elliott, Cheerio Meredith, Robert Sampson, Carolyn Craig; 2/1 - Hold My Hand And Run -(0) by Jeannette & Francis Letton; with Claire Luce, Lowell Gilmore, Maxine Cooper, Paul Burke; 2/2 - Dark Possession -(0) by ; (COLOR); 2/3 The Diamond -(0) by David Chandler; (COLOR)

DATE WITH LIFE NBC 4pm The Tom Bradley Story -(0) by Art Wallace; (cast as listed on (Mark Roberts) 1/22/56 continues thru E/24.)

MODERN ROMANCES NBC 4:15pm 1/30 thru 213 - (0) by Joe Bates Smith; with Hildy Parks, John (Martha Scott) Shay, Edward Binns, Ann Loring, Stewart Bradley; (SD)

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Fury NBC llam The Choice -(0) by Nat Tanchuck & Art Browne, Jr.; regulars & Ann Robinson, Jean Byron, Ross Elliott, Robert Lynn; (SD)

STAGE SHOW CBS 8pm JoeE.Brown (MC), Elvis Presley (S), Tippy & Cobina (chimps)

THE PERRY COMO SHOWNBC 8pm Tom Ewell, Farley Granger, Don Cherry (5), Patrice Munsel (S), 18 -man Navy drill team

Texaco Star Theatre NBC 9:30pm Connie Russell (S), Milton Berle (C); (COLOR) (Jimmy Durante)

Gunsmoke CBS 1Gpm regulars & William Hopper, James McCallion, Nora Marlowe, Mil - (James Arness) frid Knapp, Barry Atwater; (SW & SD)

GEORGE GOBEL SHOW NBC lOpm Alan Mowbray

4111 NBC 4pm The Good Fairy -(0) by Ferenc Molnar; with Julie Harris, Walter Slezak, Cyril Ritchard, Roddy McDowall, Harry Ellerbe, Paul Lynde, Friebus, Bill Penn, Temple Texas, Iggie Wolfington, Mildred Trares; (SD) by George Schaefer; (COLOR)

Captain Gallant NBC 5;30pm Captive Oasis -(0) by Jack Andrews; with regulars & Gilles of the Foreign Legion Cue ant, Claudio, Inki Jinoff, Bernard Farrell, Francoise Prevost; (SD) by Sam Newfield

Sky King WABC-TV 6pm Geiger Detective -(0) by Eddie Erwin; with Gloria Winters, Nor- (Kirby Grant) man 011stead, Ewing Mitchell, Bill Henry, Bill Hale, Joe Con- way; (SD) by Clark Paylow

ED SULLIVAN SHOW CBS 8pm Lucille Ball & Best Arnaz, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, The Ames Brothers (S), Corey & Cook (C). Ricky Layne (ventril), Eddie Peabody (M)

General Electric Theater CBS 9pm The Song Caruso Sang -(0) by Patrick McCallum; (A) by Shirley (Ronald Reagan) Peterson; with Anna Maria Alberghetti, Vittoria, Carla, Paul, & Mrs. Paola Alberghetti, Mrs. Eva Costignoli, Frank Puglia; (SD) by Don Medford

ALCOA HOUR NBC 9pm Long After Summer -(0) by Robert Nathan; (A) by ; with Robert Preston, , Cameron Prudrhomme, Donald Harron, Si Oakland, Ben Astar, Augusta Merighi; (SD) by Sidney Lume t

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