Broadcasting (Apr - June 1960)

WANT ACTION? FOLLOW ME! I'll flash your sales message to 73,496 square miles of the U.S.A. at one crack. It's the huge market called KELOLAND. No one tv station could possibly reach it all — but my television booster hookup does. When your message beams on KELO-tv Sioux Falls, it beams simultaneously throughout 103 counties of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota. Remember — one rate card, KELO-tv, delivers it all. You get this tremendous action at lower cost-per-thousand. KELO-LAND KELO-tv SIOUX FALLS; and boosters KDLO-tv Aberdeen. Huron, Watertown KPLO-tv Pierre. Valentine, Chamberlain General Offices: Sioux Falls, S.D. Represented nationally by H-R In Minneapolis by Wayne Evans & Associates Jersey turnpike. Frank LaTourette is producer. Pilot will be made this month. The Venturers — Three war veterans acquire a miniature submarine which they use for salvage and other underwater exploits. Herbert B. Leonard is producing the series in Italy for release through Screen Gems. Sterling Silliphant is the writer. Stars are James Brown, Johnny Seven and Kier Dullea. The Victim — Files of the Los Angeles coroner’s inquests are dramatized in this series which Herts-Lion is packaging for syndication by Official Films. Five scripts by various writers have been completed. Whispering Smith — Detection in the old West is the theme of this hour-long series, with a background of the Denver Police Dept, in the 1870’s. MCA-TV is producing this series, being filmed at Revue for NBC-TV. Producer: Herbert Coleman. Executive producer: Richard Lewis. Various writers. Stars: Audie Murphy, Guy Mitchell, Sam Buffington. Whodunit — Mystery anthology, each program produced so that the viewer has all the clues needed to identify the criminal before he is revealed on camera. Pilot, filmed at 20th Century-Fox Tv for NBC-TV, was produced by Dominick Dunne, from script by Thelma Schnee. Other programs are by various writers. Willy Dante — The gambler-nightclub owner played by Dick Powell in the first Four Star series made some years ago is now Howard Duff in the new series being produced by the same company. Aaron Spelling wrote the original script. Mike Meshikoff is the producer. Pilot is completed. The Yank— A doctor who fought with Sherman returns after the Civil War to help rebuild the South he had helped destroy. Goodson-Todman is producing. Writer-producer: Andrew Fenady. Star: James Drury. Pilot now being filmed at Paramount. ABC-TV has first refusal right. Young Man With a Badge — A policeman battles juvenile delinquency in this Vortex series, created by John Florea, who will produce the pilot before summer. Bob Hammer wrote the initial script. Comedy All in the Family — What happens when a wealthy family loses its money. Pat Crowley, Lurene Tuttle, Henry Hull and Adam West star in pilot made at Screen Gems. Producer: Winston O'Keefe. Executive producer: Harry Ackerman. Writers: Nate Monaster, Norman Tokar. Pilot was previewed on the March 28 broadcast of the AlcoaGoody ear Theatre. Morey Amsterdam Show — Veteran comic Morey Amsterdam stars in this five-minute series being packaged by Regis Films for syndication by both tape and film. Shull Bonsall is executive producer; Lee Orgel is producer. Angel — The groom is American, the bride is French; that’s the special angle of this situation comedy. Jess Oppenheimer is producer of this CBS Films series, starring Annie Farge and Marshall Thompson, which has been sold to CBS-TV for fall release. Brewster’s Millions — The misadventures of a man who has to spend several million dollars in a specified time, inspired by the best-selling novel of some 50 years ago. Herts-Lion is producing. Bringing Up Mother — An elderly but lively lady is the central character of this domestic comedy series which is in the planning stage at Screen Gems. The Brown Horse — Jan Clayton will star in series to be produced by Jack Chertok Productions, with Mr. Chertok as producer. Calling Miss Peters — Love in a department store furniture department is frustrated by a store ruling against husband and wife working together, in this Screen Gems series. Stars: Elinor Donahue, Tony Travis. Creator: Norman Krasna. Producer: Eddie Buzzell. Executive producer: Harry Ackerman. Pilot will be shown April 25 on AlcoaGoody ear Theatre. Chuck — Jack Benny’s J & M Productions will produce this domestic comedy created by Henry Garson and Robert O’Brien, after casting and script problems have been settled. The Fred Clark Show — The home life of a judge, Fred Clark, with Audrey Totter providing the feminine interest, is depicted in this Revue series. Pilot has been completed. Confidentially Yours — Dan Duryea stars as a human interest newspaper columnist in this Revue packaged series, produced by Richard Irving. Pilot is completed. Crusoe’s Island — Dave King is starred as a man who works on a privately owned resort-type island in this Ron 120 (PROGRAMMING) BROADCASTING, April 4, 1960