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CBS answered NBC's schedule with big radio stars and variety programs of its own, bringing in [[Frank Sinatra]] and (in occasional specials) [[Bing Crosby]], [[Jack Benny]], and [[Edgar Bergen]]. "Despite the big budget variety shows in its schedule, though, CBS felt that situation comedy was actually a more stable television form that would be easier to exploit in the long run".<ref name="CP1982"/> |
CBS answered NBC's schedule with big radio stars and variety programs of its own, bringing in [[Frank Sinatra]] and (in occasional specials) [[Bing Crosby]], [[Jack Benny]], and [[Edgar Bergen]]. "Despite the big budget variety shows in its schedule, though, CBS felt that situation comedy was actually a more stable television form that would be easier to exploit in the long run".<ref name="CP1982"/> |
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In many time slots, the underfunded [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont Network]] didn't bother to compete against NBC's or CBS's hit series, instead airing what some TV historians have called "time-filler". For example: "During its long run [''[[The Johns Hopkins Science Review]]''] was scheduled against such hit shows as ''[[Break the Bank]]'' [and] ''[[Dragnet]]'', programs from which its network had little chance of luring away viewers."<ref name="Heldenfels3">Heldenfels, R. D. (1994) ''Television's Greatest Year: 1954''. New York: Continuum, pg 177-178. ISBN 0-8264-0675-0</ref> During fall 1950, ''[[Court of Current Issues|The Court of Current Issues]]'' and ''The Johns Hopkins Science Review'' aired at the same time as the most heavily-viewed program on television, NBC's ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''. Given the competition, DuMont's Tuesday night public-affairs programming attracted virtually no audience. |
In many time slots, the underfunded [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont Network]] didn't bother to compete against NBC's or CBS's hit series, instead airing what some TV historians have called "time-filler". For example: "During its long run [''[[The Johns Hopkins Science Review]]''] was scheduled against such hit shows as ''[[Break the Bank]]'' [and] ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', programs from which its network had little chance of luring away viewers."<ref name="Heldenfels3">Heldenfels, R. D. (1994) ''Television's Greatest Year: 1954''. New York: Continuum, pg 177-178. ISBN 0-8264-0675-0</ref> During fall 1950, ''[[Court of Current Issues|The Court of Current Issues]]'' and ''The Johns Hopkins Science Review'' aired at the same time as the most heavily-viewed program on television, NBC's ''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''. Given the competition, DuMont's Tuesday night public-affairs programming attracted virtually no audience. |
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New fall series are highlighted in '''bold'''. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in <span style="background-color:gold">'''gold'''</span>, the second-highest appears in <span style="background-color:silver">'''silver'''</span>, and the third-highest in <span style="background-color:goldenrod">'''bronze'''</span>.<ref name="BM2">Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by [[Nielsen Media Research]] and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.</ref> Each of the top 30 highest-rated shows is shown with its (rank/rating) as determined by [[Nielsen Media Research]]. <ref>http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1950.htm</ref> |
New fall series are highlighted in '''bold'''. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in <span style="background-color:gold">'''gold'''</span>, the second-highest appears in <span style="background-color:silver">'''silver'''</span>, and the third-highest in <span style="background-color:goldenrod">'''bronze'''</span>.<ref name="BM2">Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by [[Nielsen Media Research]] and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.</ref> Each of the top 30 highest-rated shows is shown with its (rank/rating) as determined by [[Nielsen Media Research]]. <ref>http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1950.htm</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:46, 18 November 2009
The 1950–51 United States network television schedule began in September of 1950 and ended in the spring of 1951.
In September 1950 NBC added two live variety series, Four Star Revue and The Colgate Comedy Hour, to its fall schedule. These programs were a network effort to bring NBC's most popular radio stars to television; talent included Eddie Cantor, Jack Carson, Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Danny Thomas, Ed Wynn, Bob Hope and Fred Allen. The two new star-studded series were scheduled directly against two of CBS's most popular programs: Four Star Revue went up against Arthur Godfrey and Friends on Wednesday nights, while The Colgate Comedy Hour was slated against Toast of the Town. NBC was confident that its strategy would pay off.[1]
CBS answered NBC's schedule with big radio stars and variety programs of its own, bringing in Frank Sinatra and (in occasional specials) Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, and Edgar Bergen. "Despite the big budget variety shows in its schedule, though, CBS felt that situation comedy was actually a more stable television form that would be easier to exploit in the long run".[1]
In many time slots, the underfunded DuMont Network didn't bother to compete against NBC's or CBS's hit series, instead airing what some TV historians have called "time-filler". For example: "During its long run [The Johns Hopkins Science Review] was scheduled against such hit shows as Break the Bank [and] Dragnet, programs from which its network had little chance of luring away viewers."[2] During fall 1950, The Court of Current Issues and The Johns Hopkins Science Review aired at the same time as the most heavily-viewed program on television, NBC's Texaco Star Theater. Given the competition, DuMont's Tuesday night public-affairs programming attracted virtually no audience.
New fall series are highlighted in bold. The highest-rated show for the year is colored in gold, the second-highest appears in silver, and the third-highest in bronze.[3] Each of the top 30 highest-rated shows is shown with its (rank/rating) as determined by Nielsen Media Research. [4]
Sunday
Note: On CBS, beginning in January, The Jack Benny Program aired as occasional specials once every six to eight weeks.
Hopalong Cassidy (9/39.9) aired on NBC, 6-7 p.m.
Monday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Club Seven | Hollywood Screen Test | Treasury Men in Action | Dick Tracy | The College Bowl | On Trial | Feature Film | |
| CBS | The Stork Club | 7:30 CBS Television News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show | Lux Video Theatre (30/31.5) | Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (8/40.6) | The Horace Heidt Show | The Goldbergs | Studio One (24/33.8) | |
| NBC | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 7:30 The Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | The Speidel Show | The Voice of Firestone | Lights Out (19T/35.6) | Robert Montgomery Presents (11/38.8) /Musical Comedy Time | Who Said That? | |
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | 7:30 Manhattan Spotlight / 7:45 The Susan Raye Show | Visit with the Armed Forces | Al Morgan | Wrestling from Columbia Park | |||
Tuesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Club Seven | The Beulah Show | The Game of the Week | Buck Rogers | The Billy Rose Show | Can You Top This? | Life Begins at Eighty | Roller Derby |
| CBS | The Stork Club | 7:30 CBS Television News / 7:45 The Faye Emerson Show | Sure As Fate/Prudential Family Playhouse | The Vaughn Monroe Show | Suspense | Danger | We Take Your Word | |
| NBC | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 7:30 The Little Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | Texaco Star Theater (1/61.6) | Fireside Theater (2/52.6) | Armstrong Circle Theatre (19T/35.6) | The Original Amateur Hour (26T/33.4) | ||
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | 7:30 Manhattan Spotlight / 7:45 The Joan Edwards Show | Court of Current Issues | The Johns Hopkins Science Review | Cavalcade of Bands | Star Time | ||
Wednesday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Club Seven | Chance of a Lifetime | First Nighter | Don MacNeill's TV Club | Wrestling from the Rainbo in Chicago | |||
| CBS | The Stork Club | 7:30 CBS Television News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (18/35.9) | Teller of Tales | The Web | Blue Ribbon Bouts (26/33.4) | ||
| NBC | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 7:30 The Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | Four Star Revue | Kraft Television Theater (14/37.0) | Break the Bank | Stars Over Hollywood | ||
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | 7:30 The Most Important People / 7:45 Local | Local | Famous Jury Trials | The Plainclothesman | Broadway to Hollywood – Headline Clues | Local | |
Thursday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Club Seven | The Lone Ranger (7/41.2) | Stop the Music (23/34.0) | Holiday Hotel | Blind Date | I Cover Times Square | Roller Derby | |
| CBS | The Stork Club | 7:30 CBS Television News / 7:45 The Faye Emerson Show | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show/Starlight Theater | The Show Goes On | The Alan Young Show (22/34.4) | Big Town (19T/35.6) | Truth or Consequences | Nash Airflyte Theater |
| NBC | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 7:30 The Little Show / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | You Bet Your Life (17/36.0) | Juvenile Jury | Kay Kaiser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge | Martin Kane, Private Eye (12/37.8) | Local | |
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | 7:30 Manhattan Spotlight / 7:45 The Joan Edwards Show | Local | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | Local | |||
Friday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Club Seven | Life with Linkletter | Twenty Questions | New York Giants Quarterback Huddle | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Penthouse Playhouse | Studs' Place | |
| CBS | The Stork Club | 7:30 CBS Television News / 7:45 The Perry Como Show | Mama (10/39.7) | Man Against Crime (13/37.4) | Ford Theater/Magnavox Theater | Star of the Family | Beat the Clock | |
| NBC | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 7:30 The Mohawk Showroom / 7:45 Camel News Caravan | Quiz Kids | We, the People | Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties | The Big Story (25/33.7)/The Clock | 10:00 Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (6/41.3) / 10:45 Greatest Fights of the Century | |
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | 7:30 The Most Important People / 7:45 The Susan Raye Show | Local | Hold That Camera | Hands of Murder | Rocky King, Inside Detective | Cavalcade of Stars | |
Saturday
| PM | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 | 10:00 | 10:30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Sandy Dreams | Life with the Erwins | Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club | Roller Derby | ||||
| CBS | 6:30 The Big Top | 7:30 The Week in Review / 7:45 The Faye Emerson Show | The Ken Murray Show (28/32.1) | The Frank Sinatra Show | Sing It Again | Local | ||
| NBC | The Hank McCune Show | One Man's Family | The Jack Carter Show | Your Show of Shows (4/42.6) | Your Hit Parade (29/32.0) | |||
| DMN | Captain Video and His Video Rangers | Local | Country Style | Madison Square Garden | ||||
References
- ^ a b Castleman, Harry (1982). Watching TV: Four Decades of American Television. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 53–62. ISBN 0-07-010269-4.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Heldenfels, R. D. (1994) Television's Greatest Year: 1954. New York: Continuum, pg 177-178. ISBN 0-8264-0675-0
- ^ Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
- ^ http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1950.htm
- McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.