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Bob1370
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Source; NY Times
Stations;
Channel
2-WCBS-TV (CBS)
4-WNBT (NBC)
5-WABD (DuMont; now WNYW-Fox)
13-WATV (Ind.; now WNET-PBS)
Morning;
10:00
13-Test Pattern (to 5 PM)
Afternoon;
5:00
4-Howdy Doody Time with Buffalo Bob Smith
Evening;
6:00
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
6:30
5-Sports with Russ Hodges
6:45
5-Film Shorts
7:00
5-Alan Dale Show (variety)
7:05
2-Music, film shorts
7:15
5-Mary Kay and Johnny (situation comedy)
7:30
2-CBS News with Douglas Edwards
5-Camera Headlines (news)
7:40
4-Musical Almanac
5-Telenews
7:45
Film; Gangs, Inc. (Crime Drama, 1941); Joan Woodbury, Jack LaRue, Alan Ladd
7:50
4-Newsreel with John Cameron Swayze
8:00
4-Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle (series premiere); Rosario and Antonio, Pearl Bailey, Senor Wences, Andreas, Stan Fisher, Al Kelly, The Moroccans, guests
5-Court of Current Issues (public affairs debate); "Is A General Wage Increase Necessary Now?"
panelists include Herbert Thatcher, Solomon Barkin, Boris Shiskin in the affirmative, Henry Hazlitt, Dr. George C. Smith, Jr., Lawrence Fertig in the negative
8:40
5-Baseball; NY Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox
9:00
2-We, The People (public affairs)
4-Television Screen Magazine (news magazine)
9:30
2-News (5 min. summary)
No one could predict it at the time, but this was the night that changed television forever. It was premiere night of the Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle, the first major hit that caused millions of people to buy TV sets of their own. It was that sensational in 1948. It also was a prototype for comedy/variety shows yet to come, from Sid Caesar, Red Skelton and Garry Moore to Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.
Stations;
Channel
2-WCBS-TV (CBS)
4-WNBT (NBC)
5-WABD (DuMont; now WNYW-Fox)
13-WATV (Ind.; now WNET-PBS)
Morning;
10:00
13-Test Pattern (to 5 PM)
Afternoon;
5:00
4-Howdy Doody Time with Buffalo Bob Smith
Evening;
6:00
5-Small Fry Club with Bob Emery
6:30
5-Sports with Russ Hodges
6:45
5-Film Shorts
7:00
5-Alan Dale Show (variety)
7:05
2-Music, film shorts
7:15
5-Mary Kay and Johnny (situation comedy)
7:30
2-CBS News with Douglas Edwards
5-Camera Headlines (news)
7:40
4-Musical Almanac
5-Telenews
7:45
Film; Gangs, Inc. (Crime Drama, 1941); Joan Woodbury, Jack LaRue, Alan Ladd
7:50
4-Newsreel with John Cameron Swayze
8:00
4-Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle (series premiere); Rosario and Antonio, Pearl Bailey, Senor Wences, Andreas, Stan Fisher, Al Kelly, The Moroccans, guests
5-Court of Current Issues (public affairs debate); "Is A General Wage Increase Necessary Now?"
panelists include Herbert Thatcher, Solomon Barkin, Boris Shiskin in the affirmative, Henry Hazlitt, Dr. George C. Smith, Jr., Lawrence Fertig in the negative
8:40
5-Baseball; NY Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox
9:00
2-We, The People (public affairs)
4-Television Screen Magazine (news magazine)
9:30
2-News (5 min. summary)
No one could predict it at the time, but this was the night that changed television forever. It was premiere night of the Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle, the first major hit that caused millions of people to buy TV sets of their own. It was that sensational in 1948. It also was a prototype for comedy/variety shows yet to come, from Sid Caesar, Red Skelton and Garry Moore to Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.