Ross reports on television programming. (1949)
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SPECIAL SHOWS
ABC
STUMP THE AUTHORS Net, from WENR Chicago; 9-9:30pm Saturday; SUSTAINING; PRODUCEREd Skotcb; WRITERS Scotch & Murray Goodwin; CAST Sid Breeze, the editor, Lou Zara, Dorothy Day, Jack Payne, Angel Casey; FORMAT Authors devise plots and short dramas from suggestions of audience participants. Prizes to contributors of best story ideas, which are acted out by above cast.
STAND BY FOR CRIME Net from WENR Chicago; 9:30-10pm Saturday; PRODUCER -DIRECTOR Greg Garrison; WRITERS freelance CAST Boris Aplon plays Inspector Webb, others; Mystery dramas with break at end for solution, giving viewer a chance to solve the crime.
CBS
PF til VIEW THE LIVING MAGAZINE East Net; 8-8:30 pm Monday (starts Mar .7); SPONSOR Philip Morri3 ; AGENCY Biow; PACKAGERS Tex & Jinx McCrary; PRODUCER -Bill Morris at Biow; DIRECTOR Ellis Marcus for McCrarys' MUSIC Organ & trio; WRITER Tex and ad lib; SETS three, living room, powder room, art room in penthouse apt. over mag¬ azine office; CAST Tex & Jinx McCrary & guests; FORMAT theme is based around a magazine and progresses through such departments as "Cover Story", "Stunt of the Week "New York Dateline", "Movie, Song of the Week", "Fashions"; REHEARSAL TIME -Unde termin ed at writing; COMMERCIALS 1st live, 2nd a film spot. Live has the magazine Art Dep putting together an ad.
MASTERS OF MAGIC East Net; 7 2^5 “8pm Wednesday; SPONSOR Pioneer Scientific Corp; AGENCY Cayton; PRODUCER Sherman Dryer; dDIRECTOR John Peyser, CBS; MUSIC -records; TALENT Andre Baruch and guest magicians; FORMAT Demonstrations; COMMERCIALS about Polaroid television filters, on film and live talkover.
JOHNS HOPKINS SCIENCE REVIEW Net;9-9:30pm Friday; from WMAR-TV, Baltimore; PRODUCER Lynn Poole, Johns Hopkins PR Director; CAST -Robt. Cochrane, WMAR Program Director, is narrator, Charles Sigsbee ANNOUNCES; FORMAT Demonstrations by scientists.
WHAT'S IT WORTH Local; 9:3010pm Friday; CBS PACKAGE; PRODUCER « §il Fates; DIRECT¬ OR Ken Redford; CASTING Sig Rothschild at off-air clinics on Tuesdays; SETstage with paintings in background; CAST-Gil Fates, MC, Rothschild, guest experts and col¬ lectors; FORMAT Collectors show their antiques to Rothschild for appraisal.
NBC
BELIEVE IT OR NOT East Net; 9.*30-10pm Tuesday; SPONSOR -Motorola; AGENCY -GurfainCobb; PACKAGER Robt. Ripley; PRODUCER Vic McCleod; DIRECTOR Joe Cavallier;
WRITER George Lefferts; SETS Elwell, NBC; CASTING Storer for Ripley; CASTRipley , Peggy Corday, guests; FORMAT semi-variety, interview, demonstration by un¬ usual guests; Peggy Corday plays Ripley's secretary; first guests Kuda Bux, Indian fakir, Ming & Ling play Chinese houseboys; COMMERCIALS live and film, ANNOUNCER Fritz deWilde. PUBLICITY Earl Ferris.
I'D LIKE TO SEE East Net; 9-9:30 pm Tuesday; SPONSOR Proctor & Gamble (Ivory, Crisco, Duz); AGENCY Compton; PACKAGER Bernard E. Karlen, 5^5 Fifth A ve; DIREC¬ TOR Hal Kieth, NBC; WRITER Karlen; EDITOR Edw. Kogan; CASTING Milt Brown; MUSIC recorded; TALENT MC Ray Morgan and guests; FORMAT Morgan reads letters making special requests and intros either live or film answers; COMMERCIALS film; by Special Purpose Films; WRITER COMM'L Murial Haymes; three at 5,15,25 minutes; Morgan sometimes talks over; REHEARSAL TIME 2-3 hours.
NATURAL TREASURES Local 6 :30-7pm Tues & Fri; DIRECTOR Jack Caldwell; CAST-Ivan Sanderson, naturalist; FORMAT anecdotes, illustrations, guests in the naturalist field.
THE NATURE OF THINGS East Net; 7:30-7^5 pm Monday; from Washington; FORMAT Dr. Roy K. Marshall in practical scientific demonstrations and illustrations with labora¬ tory equipment, drawings, etc.
WPIX
SHIRLEY SPENCER HANDWRITING ANALYST Local; 7:^5-8pm Friday; SUSTAINING: DIRECTOR Clark Jones; FORMAT Shirley Spencer, analyzes handwriting samples of famous people and of guests .
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