The following column appeared in TV Guide Feb. 26-Mar. 4, 1955..The First "Big Switch"..Local Ratings..Other
programming news
TV's Week: Wednesday's [March 2] the day of the "Big Switch" in programming on channels 5 and 8. On that date, shows originating with the CBS Network will be seen on WXEL. The ABC and DuMont shows will move to 5(WEWS). Check TV Guide's complete listings and eliminate dialing confusion.
Almost lost in the changeover of all the programs this week is the debut of the new "Eddie Cantor Show" Banjoeyes premieres on 5 Thursday at 7:30 PM. The Show, Picked up locally by Fisher Foods, is a weekly half-hour production on film featuring plenty of guest stars-From Eddie Fisher to Brian Aherne.
Channel Chatter: Jackie Gleason was head, shoulders, and tummy ahead of all other shows in the Cleveland area last month according to the American Research Bureau's survey. Second to his 58.4 rating was I Love Lucy with a 49.9 rounding out the top ten were:
You Bet Your Life
Your Hit Parade
Disneyland
Toast Of The Town
Dragnet
[Arthur] Godfrey and Friends
Talent Scouts
This Is Your Life
Paige Palmer starts a new daily routine "It's Worth Knowing" on 49 daily at 6:30 PM. She'll still exercise on 5 each morning at 9:30 AM.
Eddie Elias, lawyer-athlete-sportscaster, makes his "Trophy Room" a twice-a-week feature on 49(WAKR). The sports show will be seen on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:50 PM..
(A few years later, Elias would become founder of the Professional Bowlers Associstion)
Other news (my edits) Arthur Godfrey says no date has been set for his hip surgery, which is expected to keep him off the air up to 5 months..Also rumored changes in Godfrey's programs for the 1955-56 season are denied by CBS brass.
First-season sitcom Father Knows Best is canceled by CBS for a "New Live Show" to start April 3 despite a letter writing campaign by fans.
Father Knows Best is subsequently picked up by NBC where it remained from 1955-58 then CBS regained the show for its last two first run seasons..[1958-60]
programming news
TV's Week: Wednesday's [March 2] the day of the "Big Switch" in programming on channels 5 and 8. On that date, shows originating with the CBS Network will be seen on WXEL. The ABC and DuMont shows will move to 5(WEWS). Check TV Guide's complete listings and eliminate dialing confusion.
Almost lost in the changeover of all the programs this week is the debut of the new "Eddie Cantor Show" Banjoeyes premieres on 5 Thursday at 7:30 PM. The Show, Picked up locally by Fisher Foods, is a weekly half-hour production on film featuring plenty of guest stars-From Eddie Fisher to Brian Aherne.
Channel Chatter: Jackie Gleason was head, shoulders, and tummy ahead of all other shows in the Cleveland area last month according to the American Research Bureau's survey. Second to his 58.4 rating was I Love Lucy with a 49.9 rounding out the top ten were:
You Bet Your Life
Your Hit Parade
Disneyland
Toast Of The Town
Dragnet
[Arthur] Godfrey and Friends
Talent Scouts
This Is Your Life
Paige Palmer starts a new daily routine "It's Worth Knowing" on 49 daily at 6:30 PM. She'll still exercise on 5 each morning at 9:30 AM.
Eddie Elias, lawyer-athlete-sportscaster, makes his "Trophy Room" a twice-a-week feature on 49(WAKR). The sports show will be seen on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:50 PM..
(A few years later, Elias would become founder of the Professional Bowlers Associstion)
Other news (my edits) Arthur Godfrey says no date has been set for his hip surgery, which is expected to keep him off the air up to 5 months..Also rumored changes in Godfrey's programs for the 1955-56 season are denied by CBS brass.
First-season sitcom Father Knows Best is canceled by CBS for a "New Live Show" to start April 3 despite a letter writing campaign by fans.
Father Knows Best is subsequently picked up by NBC where it remained from 1955-58 then CBS regained the show for its last two first run seasons..[1958-60]