Sponsor (July-Dec 1954)

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3. What are some typical taient-production costs for network tv shows? t SOURCE: Network Tv Comparagraph which appears in alternate issues of SPONSOR. These ■■ ■. E3-54 season prices MYSTERY-CRIME-DRAMA II/DIEJVCE PARTIC. & l»l\M. THE WEB $11,000 ROCKY KING $9,800 PLAINCLOTHESMAN $8,000 MAN BEHIND THE BADGE $14,000 MARTIN KANE $14,000 SUSPENSE $13,500 DANGER $10,000 MAN AGAINST CRIME (film) $26,000 BIG TOWN (film) $21,000 JUSTICE $17,500 DRAGNET (film) $25,000 MARK SABER (film) $9,000 SITUATION COMEDY I LOVE LUCY (film) $35,000 MR. PEEPERS $19,000 BURNS & ALLEN (film) $25,000 MEET MILLIE (film) $20,000 I MARRIED JOAN (film) $23,000 MY LITTLE MARGIE (film) $22,500 MAMA $22,500 MY FRIEND IRMA $28,000 OUR MISS BROOKS (film) $26,000 THE GOLDBERGS $18,500 GENERAL DRAMA GOODYEAR PLAYHOUSE) t„ nnn PHILC0 PLAYHOUSE ) *dZ,uuu ROBERT MONTGOMERY $35,000 FIRESIDE THEATRE (film) $20,000 KRAFT THEATRE $20,000 FORD THEATRE $23,000 LUX VIDEO THEATRE $20,000 SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE (film) $26,000 YOU ARE THERE $20,500 Indil ateil. WHAT'S MY LINE? $9,500 I'VE GOT A SECRET $8,000 THE NAME'S THE SAME $7,500 PLACE THE FACE $11,000 DR. I. Q $4,000 BREAK THE BANK $12,500 TWO FOR 1HE MONEY $12,000 STRIKE IT RICH $8,500 NAME THAT TUNE $12,000 DOWN YOU GO $6,000 DOLLAR A SECOND $10500 VARIETY-COMEDY SAT. NIGHT REVUE (per 30 min.) $15,000 TOAST OF THE TOWN $30,000 GODFREY'S FRIENDS $45,000 JACKIE GLEASON (total hour) $72,000 COLGATE COMEDY HOUR $70,000 DAVE GARROWAY SHOW $25,000 SERIAL DRAMA LOVE OF LIFE $8,500 SEARCH FOR TOMORROW $8,500 GUIDING LIGHT $10,000 HAWKINS FALLS (per i/4 hour) $3,500 SECRET STORM $10,000 Jl \ EMLE SHOW S DING DONG SCHOOL (per 30 min,) $1,160 HOWDY DOODY (per 15 min,) $1,600 SPACE PATROL $6,500 SKY KING (film) $19,000 \OTE: Prices for many film slums are not actual cost of production, but represent the average cttst per show over the full season, including both originals and reruns. Resulting price per show may be only r>()-7(r°?c of real production cost. REPRINTS OF TV RASICS are available on request. Special price for (/ttnnfift; orders TV BASICS l /i 1 1) i 8