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ROSS REPORTS— TELEVISION INDE
JANUARY 13-19, 1958 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 3
EDITOR: Jerry Leichter
WEEKLY REPORT
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THIS WEEK - NETWORK DEBUTS & HIGHLIGHTS
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Mond ay ( J anuary 13 ) '
NBC 2:30-3pm NYT, Monday thru Friday; DEBUT Kitty Foyle LIVE from NY; to the net. (Replaces Bride and Groom; last show Jan 10). § Based on the novel by Christopher Morley, this daytime drama will be the "living biography" of a girl from the age of 18 to maturity. Starting with her college days, her career is traced up the social and business ladder. Star is to be announced.
§ Sustaining.
§ PKGR Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc (NY); Exec Prod Charles Irving; Assoc Prod & Dir Hal Cooper; NBC Dir Gary Simpson; Rrodn Asst Wendy Sanford; Music Dir William Meeder (theme, "Kitty," by Carl Sigman); Art Dir Kathy Ankers;
Writer Carlton E. Morse.
Tuesday (January 1*4 )
NBC 8 -9pm NYT, this date only; SPECIAL Omnibus LIVE (COLOR) from NY; 139 stations live. (Preempts The George Gob el Show). "Suburban Revue," star¬ ring Bert Lahr, with comedienne Pat Stanley; comedy sketches, music and dancing with the suburban life of the 1920’s contrasted with that of today as the theme. After this one-time evening telecast, Omnibus returns to Its regular alternate Sunday, 4 -5 :30pm NYT, schedule, beginning with the next show, Jan 26.
§ SPONSORS Aluminium Ltd, Inc (institutional for Aluminum) thru J. Walter Thompson Co(NY); Acct Exec Robert E. Dennison; and Union Carbide Corp (insti¬ tutional) thru J. M. Mathes, Inc(NY); Acct Superv Jan Meyer.
§ PKGR Robert Saudek Associates (NY); Exec Prod Robert Saudek; Dir Richard Dunlap; Choreog John Butler; Writer Arnold Horwitt (special material for Lahr).
Friday (January 17)
NBC 8 -9pm NYT, this date only; SPECIAL Bob Hope Show FILM; no. of stations not available. (Preempts Court of Last Resort, 5^8:30pm, and The Life of Riley, 8: 30 -9pm NYT). § Bob Hope stars in another of his special variety shows, presented during the season on an irregular schedule. This program was filmed during a Hope troupe entertainment tour of military installations in the Pacific, Japan and Korea during December, 1957. (See page C for cast credits).
§ SPONSOR Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corp thru N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc (NY);
Acct Exec Frank Long.
§ PKGR Hope Enterprises (LA); Prod Jack Hope; Assoc Prod Kent McCray; DlrMort Lachman; Dir of Photog Roger Sherman; Costumes Charlie Soloman; Writers Lester White and John Rapp; Mort Lachman and Bill Larkin; Charles Lee.
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