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Father Knows Best is now "proving" it on television, over CBS-TV. Robert Young is still Father, Jane Wyatt co-stars as his wife, Elinor Donahue and Lauren Chapin are the older and younger daughters, and Billy Gray is son Bud.
Howdy Doody whispers a fond "get well" to the convalescing Bob Smith.
Polly Bergen doubles on Your Hit Parade and Pepsi-Cola Playhouse.
By Jill Warren
■ CBS-TV was most happy to have signed Ethel Merman to star in the musical production, "Panama Hattie," on Wednesday night, November 10, as part of their new Best Of Broadway series, seen once a month. "Panama Hattie" will be complete with a bigname cast, dancers, singers, and all that goes with musical comedy a la television. Ethel, of course, as Hattie, is re-creating the role she played in the famous Broadway hit of a few years ago. The Best Of Broadway presentation for December, by the way, will be "Arsenic and Old Lace," starring Helen Hayes.
The Metropolitan Opera resumes its Saturday afternoon broadcasts this year on December 4, over ABC Radio. ABC will also carry the Metropolitan Opera Auditions Of The Air later in the season.
The Vise is the name of a new halfhour show seen Friday nights over ABC-TV, and it's well worth seeing. A mystery series filmed in England, The Vise is done up in the best style of British melodrama. There's an allEnglish cast, with Ron Randell in the role of host.
CBS Radio has signed Mahalia Jackson to head her own program on Sunday nights, originating in Chicago. Miss Jackson, the fine singer of gospels and hymns, is well-known on records but does not appear in night clubs because of her religious beliefs. On her interesting new halfhour show, she will be accompanied by Mildred Falls at the piano and the Jack Halloran quartet.
If you like sports along with your turkey, you can dial ABC -TV on Thanksgiving Day and see the University of Maryland play the University of Missouri at College Park, Maryland. Then, too, most of the networks are planning Thanksgiving television extravaganzas, for afternoon and evening viewing.
Richard Hayes, the young baritone whose career was zooming along before he entered the Army, is going to be a disc jockey on ABC, even though he's still wearing khaki. With permission from the Army, Richard will fill the air time following the football broadcasts on Saturdays, and then, when he is discharged, he will have a show of his own.
Polly Bergen has been signed by the Pepsi-Cola Playhouse to do the beverage commercials, replacing the beauty expert, Anita Colby, who replaced the beauty queen. Arlene Dahl. Polly will continue to sing on Your Hit Parade, substituting for Dorothy Collins, who will return after the birth of her baby.