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TV Teletype' Bob Stahl reports; CLAUDETTE COLBERT may play a return engagement for CBS' Best of Broadway , starring in "The Guardsman" next month. She was one of several stars in "Royal Family," which led off the Broadway series last fall . . . Also scheduled for Broadway dur¬ ing April, May and June are adaptations of top comedy hits— "Biography,' "Blithe Spirit" and "Personal Appearance." # * * The Ray Mllland Show , its ratings slumping, being canceled by its sponsor in June, at the end of this season . . . And with Disneyland clobbering the JOAN DAVIS ratings, I Married Joan may also get the gate. nr* JACK CARSON doing a repeat performance on U.S. Steel Hour Mar. 1, as star of a play titled, "Seven Times Monday' 1 . 7”. Steel has scheduled its production of "No Time for Sergeants," based on the current best-seller, for Mar. 15 • • • Elgin Hour , meanwhile, doing a hard-hitting story about juvenile delinquency Mar. 8. Written by REGINALD ROSE, it's called, "The Alley." * * * UNCLE MILTIE talking about producing a new half-hour show for NBC next fall, built around young professional performers who are not yet stars. BERLE won't appear in these, confining his performing to his own show. * * * Looks like the "spectaculars" have arrived. "Babes in Toy- land," presented by MAX LIEBMAN Christmas Night, was the top- rated show for that period, according to latest Nielsen reports. And "Dateline," presented as part of the Producers' Showcase series, took 10th place in the same rating line-up.. . . Impre¬ sario SOL HUROK is in the midst of a four-week trek to Europe to bring back foreign talent for the NBC series. * * * JOE DI MAGGIO letting it be known that he's available to the networks as a TV consultant on sports. No tak¬ ers yet, but considerable interest . . . MAXWELL ANDER¬ SON'S musical version of "Huckleberry Finn," slated for Hall of Fame in the spring, will be titled "Raft on the River." The late KURT WEILL wrote the music. * * * CBS, feeling certain that it has a winner in the new PHIL SILVERS telefilm show, is taking its time in selecting not only the best possible time period but also the best sponsor. So, even though eight episodes are already completed, the show may not start until next fall. * * * JUNE HAVOC changing the format of her Willy show. The attorney she portrays will move to New York lo repre¬ sent vaudeville actors—which will give JUNE a chance to present; song-and-dance acts by others and, from time to time, to do some singing. NEW YORK ' Trade-mark, Teletype Corp. (Hollywood Teletype on Inside Back Cover)