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TV Teletype’ NEW YORK Bob Stahl repqrtsj TV's first major program casualty of 1955 Is the Thursday night Ki:»aft Theater on ABC. Sponsor Is cancelling after the January 6 telecast. The NBC Kraft Theater on Wednesday night continues . . . NBC hopes soon to revive The Marriage . the HUME CRONYN-JESSICA TANDY situation comedy that won critical praise during Its short run last summer. * * * Want to know what a TV comedian does on vacation? JACKIE GLEASON, taking off two weeks In January, will fly to Hollywood to guest on JACK BENNY'S show, repay¬ ing BENNY for his recent guest stint on the GLEASON show . . . ART CARNEY will utilize his vacation period to star In a special Shower of Stars program, which will also originate from Hollywood. * * * PETER LORRE, BILLIE BURKE and ORSON BEAN have now Joined HEL¬ EN HAYES and BORIS KARLOFF In the cast of "Arsenic and Old Lace," set for Best of Broadway Jan. 5 . . . Same series has also signed CLAUDETTE COLBERT to star In an all-star drama. MISS COLBERT has also sfgreed to appear In at least two Climax! pro¬ ductions*, and CBS Is trying to persuade her to star In her own weekly show — without doing commercials, the Issue over which she walked out on NBC discussions. * * * ED SULLIVAN'S new 20-year CBS contract Is virtually a life Insurance policy. If he should die during that time, his estate would continue to receive an Income from the show. As part of the contract, also, the ti¬ tle, T oast of the Town , will be changed to The Ed Sul ¬ livan Show .' starting next September. * * * CBS Is trying to schedule Its new PHIL SILVERS show In the present RED SKELTON period, but SILVERS Is reportedly reluctant to go up against MILTON BERLE, telecast at the same time on the rival NBC network . . . Studio One has grabbed the honor of pre¬ senting the first GEORGE M. COHAN property on TV — an opus titled "Pigeons and People." * * * CBS' annual "Years of Crisis" program. In which net¬ work foreign correspondents fly Into New York for a discussion on the. state of the world, slated for Jan. 2. EDWARD R. MURROW will moderate . . . New comic strip- based TV shows In the works on "Brick Bradford" and "Mr. and Mrs." * * * Juvenile Jury returning to NBC on Sunday afternoons next month . . . CBS will telecast, on Christmas Day, a special half- hour color film, titled "Holy Night" . . . MAXWELL ANDERSON may write a special play for presentation on Hall of Fame over the New Year's week-end. •Trade-mark, Teletype Corp. 3 (Hollywood Teletype on Inside Back Cover)