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TALENT SHOWSHEET and SCRIPT REPORT
AUGUST 17-AUGUST 23
Multiple and across-the-board programs are grouped together after the listing for Friday in the current week.
Script identifications used are: (O) Original; (A) Adaptation; (SW) Staff-written. Performer and other identifi¬ cations used are: (A) Actor; (S) Singer; (D) Dancer; (C) Comedian; (M) Musician; (SD) Staff-directed. Actors who appear regularly on a program are listed with the premiere cast and are subsequently referred to as "regulars". Programs with live origination, or videotaped programs, are listed in capital letters in the lefthand column; filmed programs are listed in upper and lower case letters, underlined, in the same column.
Program times listed are current in New York and Los Angeles. Where the time is in parentheses, it indicates a different Los Angeles time.
Generally only first runs of a series are listed. During the summer when many shows are in re-runs, credits are not repeated below, but are available, and may be requested at any time. Currently in re-runs (and omitted from the listing) are; Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre, Alcoa Presents, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Arthur Murray Party, Bat Masterson, Black Saddle, Buckskin, Steve Canyon, Cheyenne, Cimarron City, Colt 45, Bob Cummings Show, D.A's Man, Ellery Queen, Father Knows Best, General Electric Theatre, Gunsmoke , Have Gun, Will Tra¬ vel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lassie, Lawman,.Leave It To Beaver, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp, Lineup, Lux Playhouse, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, M Squad, Maverick, Millionaire, Naked City, David Niven Show, Northwest Passage, Peter Gunn, Playhouse 90, Real McCoy's, Richard Diamond, Pri¬ vate Detective, Rifleman, Rough Riders, Pete Kelly's Blues, Phil Silvers Show, 77 Sunset Strip, Sugarfoot, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Californians, The Restless Gun, The Texan, The Thin Man, Danny Thomas Show, Tombstone Territory, Trackdown, Wagon Train, Wanted Dead or Alive, Yancy Derringer, Loretta Young Show, Zorro.
PREVIOUS WEEK ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Desilu Playhouse; MONDAY August 10; CBS 10pm DELETE: Pitt Herbert.
TRUE STORY; SATURDAY August 15; NBC 12Noon ADD: Martyn Green.
LAWRENCE WELK'S DODGE DANCING PARTY; SATURDAY August 15; ABC 9pm ADD: Sue Raney(S).
Markham; SATURDAY August 15; CBS 10:30pm ADD: Gloria Forbes, Lisa Plowman, Phillip Pine, Harry Jackson, Virginia Vincent, Allen Pinson.
LOOK UP AND LIVE; SUNDAY August l6 ; CBS 10:30am ADD: Part III of The Sand Pile, see Page 31-A,
8/3/59.
MONDAY AUGUST 17 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
POLKA GO ROUND
ABC 7 :30pm
Yugoslav Balkan Dancers.
Desilu Playhouse
CBS 10pm
Martin's Folly; (O)Calvin J. Clements; REPEAT from 3/ 23/ 59
TUESDAY AUGUST l8 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Sugarfoot (Will Hutchins)
ABC 7:30pm
The Twister; (O)Ellis St. Joseph; (A)James Gunn; REPEAT from 4/14/59.
JIMMY RODGERS SHOW
NBC 8:30pm
Molly Bee (S ) , The Treniers(S), Harry Reiser(M), Bobby Brandt (D ).
Adventure Showcase
CBS 9Pm
Dr. Mike; (0)John Kneubuhl; with Keith Andes, Lewis Mar
tin, Mary Adams, Joe De Santis, Greta Granstedt; DirOscar Rudolph.
ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW
CBS 10pm
Eydie Gorme(S), Mel Torme(S-M), Mr. Ballantine (C -Magician )
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
MUSIC FOR A SUMMER NIGHT
ABC 7:30pm
Nina Novak(D), George Zoritch(D), Yura Lazovsky Dancers, Earl Wild(M), Oscar Shumsky(M), William Lewis(S), Maria Martell(S ) .
Wagon Train
NBC 7:30pm
The Doctor Willoughby Story; (O)Harry Von Zell; REPEAT from 11/5/59*
DAVE KING SHOW
NBC 9Pm
Joyce Hahn(S).
ARMSTRONG CIRCLE
CBS 10pm
SSN 571 : The Nautilus; (O)Jerome Coopersmith; REPEAT
THEATRE
from 11/26/58.
ROSS REPORTS 8/17/59 Page 33-A
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