Variety (March 1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Variety
Date:
March 1959
Publisher:
Variety Inc.
Volume:
Variety (March 1959)
Leaf #:
000283
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Recorded Sound",Vaudeville,Theatre,Broadcastin
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Early Cinema, and Theatre and Vaudeville
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Founded in 1905 by Sime Silverman, Variety is the best known and most important trade paper in the history of American entertainment. Variety began as a New York weekly publication covering vaudeville, however, its scope expanded over time to include legitimate theatre, burlesque, motion pictures, radio, and television (transitions that the MHDL will eventually document within this record). In 1933, Daily Variety was launched in Los Angeles to offer in-depth coverage of the motion picture industry and serve as a competitor to The Hollywood Reporter, which was founded 'on the Coast' in 1930. In March 2013, Variety's owner ended the print edition of Daily Variety, though as of this writing, the weekly publication and a website offering non-stop news updates still exist. Variety may ultimately be best remembered for its integration of show business slang into entertainment trade coverage. Boffo. Hokum. Quickies. Svelte. Climaxer. Tenpercenter. Coastlander. Skein. We're still feeling zowied. -- Eric Hoyt, 2013
Date Added:
September 29, 2022
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Wednesday, March 25, 1959 av shows HUNT LLOYD BRIDGES JflN. ’59 1 DEC. *58 1 NOV.’58 1 OCT. 58 [ SEPT.’58 NEW ORLEANS WDSU-TV 56 . 1 % Share of Audience BEATS Have Gun Will Trav¬ el. Rifleman, Danny Thom¬ as, Wyatt Earp, Phil Silvers, Ed Sullivan and many 0tflerS * ARB WICHITA FALLS KSYD-TV 70 . 8 % Share of Audience BEATS People Are Funny, Wells Fargo, Ed Sullivan Danny Thom¬ as, Groucho Marx, Perry Como and many others. CHARLESTON S. 0. WUSN-TV RATING 64 . 3 % Share of Audience BEATS Steve Allen, Mav¬ erick, Danny Thomas, Walt Disney, Desilu Playhouse, Red Skelton and many others. DETROIT DES MOINES RATING 72 . 7 % Share of Audience BEATS Danny Thomas, Lor¬ etta Young, Peter Gunn, Ernie Ford, Groucho Marx, Ed Sullivan and many others. ARB 72 . 5 % Share of Audience BEATS Desilu PJ ayh ouse, t've Got A Secret, GE Theatre, Ed Sullivan, Phil Silvers, Perry Como and many others. BUFFALO BATON ROUGE WBRZ-TV RATING 62 . 9 % Share of Audience BEATS Wyatt Earp, Wagon Train, I Love Lucy, Maver¬ ick, Ed Sulli¬ van, GE Thea¬ tre and many others. 1DP RATING 68 . 0 % Share of Audience. BEATS- Danny Thomas, Peo¬ ple Are Funny, Jerry Lewis, Gunsmoke, Phil Silvers, Ed Sullivan and many others. ARB CHICAGO GREENSBORO- WINSTON- SALEM RATING 36 . 1 % Share of Audience BEATS The L'awman, Ed Sullivan, Pat Boone, Ernie Ford, Jackie Gleason, Peo¬ ple Are Funny and many RATING 79 . 3 % Share of Audience BEATS Alfred Hitchcock, Real McCoys, George Burns, Steve Allen, Perry Como, Groucho Marx and many others. SACRA- MENTO KCRA-TV 33.6 30.9 439 40.1 72 . 5 % Share of Audience BEATS Rest¬ less Gun, Gun- smoke, Wagon Train, Perry Como, Steva Allen, Groucho Marx and many others. ARB DENVER 41.7 39.2 41.1 239 RATING 46 . 5 % Share of Audience BEATS Bob Cummings, Oz- zie and Har¬ riet, Dragnet,' Wells Fargo, Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, and many others. , DO ATLANTA 33.1 229 31.7 23.6 RATING 55 . 4 % Share of Audience BEATS Ed Sul- livan, Bob Cummings, Suspicion, Ozzie & Har¬ riet, Steve Al¬ len, Buckskin and many others.