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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]]'', 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.


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>
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>


== Sunday ==
== Sunday ==
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Gene Autry Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Gene Autry Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[This is Show Business]]/'''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[This is Show Business]]/'''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ed Sullivan Show|Toast of the Town]] (15/36.5)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Fred Waring Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Fred Waring Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Celebrity Time]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Celebrity Time]]
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! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Leave It to the Girls]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Leave It to the Girls]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Aldrich Family]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Aldrich Family]] (16/36.1)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]''' (5/42.0)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="goldenrod" | [[The Philco Television Playhouse]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="goldenrod" | [[The Philco Television Playhouse]] (3/45.3)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Garroway at Large]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Garroway at Large]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Take a Chance (US TV series)|Take a Chance]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Take a Chance (US TV series)|Take a Chance]]'''
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Note: On CBS, beginning in January, [[Jack Benny|The Jack Benny Program]] aired as occasional specials once every six to eight weeks.
Note: On CBS, beginning in January, [[Jack Benny|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 ==
== Monday ==
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''' (30/31.5)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts]] (8/40.6)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Horace Heidt Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Horace Heidt Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Goldbergs]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Goldbergs]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Studio One (radio-TV series)|Studio One]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Studio One (radio-TV series)|Studio One]] (24/33.8)
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Speidel Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Speidel Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Voice of Firestone]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Voice of Firestone]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Lights Out (radio show)|Lights Out]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Lights Out (radio show)|Lights Out]] (19T/35.6)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Robert Montgomery Presents]]/'''[[Musical Comedy Time]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Robert Montgomery Presents]] (11/38.8) /'''[[Musical Comedy Time]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Who Said That?]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Who Said That?]]
|-
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="gold" | [[Texaco Star Theater]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="gold" | [[Texaco Star Theater]] (1/61.6)
| bgcolor="silver" | [[Fireside Theater]]
| bgcolor="silver" | [[Fireside Theater]] (2/52.6)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Armstrong Circle Theatre]] (19T/35.6)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Original Amateur Hour|The Original Amateur Hour]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Original Amateur Hour|The Original Amateur Hour]] (26T/33.4)
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Arthur Godfrey and His Friends]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Arthur Godfrey and His Friends]] (18/35.9)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Teller of Tales]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Teller of Tales]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Web (TV series)|The Web]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Web (TV series)|The Web]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[International Boxing Club Bouts]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts|Blue Ribbon Bouts]] (26/33.4)
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[NBC]]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Mohawk Showroom]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Mohawk Showroom]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Four Star Revue]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Four Star Revue]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kraft Television Theater]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kraft Television Theater]] (14/37.0)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Break the Bank (1948)|Break the Bank]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Break the Bank (1948)|Break the Bank]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Stars Over Hollywood]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Stars Over Hollywood]]'''
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! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Club Seven]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Club Seven]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Lone Ranger]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Lone Ranger]] (7/41.2)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stop the Music (TV series)|Stop the Music]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stop the Music (TV series)|Stop the Music]] (23/34.0)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Holiday Hotel (TV series)|Holiday Hotel]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Holiday Hotel (TV series)|Holiday Hotel]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Blind Date (TV series)|Blind Date]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Blind Date (TV series)|Blind Date]]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Burns and Allen|The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'''/[[Starlight Theater (TV series)|Starlight Theater]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Burns and Allen|The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'''/[[Starlight Theater (TV series)|Starlight Theater]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Show Goes On]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Show Goes On]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Alan Young Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Alan Young Show]] (22/34.4)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Big Town]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Big Town]]''' (19T/35.6)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Truth or Consequences]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Truth or Consequences]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Nash Airflyte Theater]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Nash Airflyte Theater]]'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kukla, Fran and Ollie]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[The Little Show]] / 7:45 [[Camel News Caravan]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[You Bet Your Life]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[You Bet Your Life]]''' (17/36.0)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Juvenile Jury]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Juvenile Jury]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kay Kaiser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Kay Kaiser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Martin Kane, Private Eye]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Martin Kane, Private Eye]] (12/37.8)
| bgcolor="white" | Local
| bgcolor="white" | Local
|-
|-
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Stork Club|The Stork Club]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|CBS Television News]] / 7:45 '''[[The Perry Como Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Mama (TV series)|Mama]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Mama (TV series)|Mama]] (10/39.7)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Man Against Crime]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Man Against Crime]] (13/37.4)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Ford Theater]]/'''[[Magnavox Theater]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Ford Theater]]/'''[[Magnavox Theater]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Star of the Family (1950 TV series)|Star of the Family]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Star of the Family (1950 TV series)|Star of the Family]]'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[We, the People (TV series)|We, the People]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[We, the People (TV series)|We, the People]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Big Story (radio/TV)|The Big Story]]/[[The Clock (radio/TV)|The Clock]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Big Story (radio/TV)|The Big Story]] (25/33.7)/[[The Clock (radio/TV)|The Clock]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 10:00 [[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]] / 10:45 [[Greatest Fights of the Century]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 10:00 [[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]] (6/41.3) / 10:45 [[Greatest Fights of the Century]]
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 6:30 [[The Big Top]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 6:30 [[The Big Top]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|The Week in Review]] / 7:45 [[The Faye Emerson Show]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | 7:30 [[CBS Evening News|The Week in Review]] / 7:45 [[The Faye Emerson Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ken Murray Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Ken Murray Show]] (28/32.1)
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]'''
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Sing It Again]]'''
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | '''[[Sing It Again]]'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[One Man's Family]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[One Man's Family]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Jack Carter Show]]
| colspan="2" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[The Jack Carter Show]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Your Show of Shows]]
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Your Show of Shows]] (4/42.6)
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Your Hit Parade]]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [[Your Hit Parade]] (29/32.0)
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]
! bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | [[DuMont Television Network|DMN]]

Revision as of 06:11, 21 October 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

PM 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30
ABC Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue Showtime U.S.A. Hollywood Premiere Theater Sit or Miss Soap Box Theater The Marshal Plan in Action Life Begins at Eighty Youth on the March
CBS The Gene Autry Show This is Show Business/The Jack Benny Program Toast of the Town (15/36.5) The Fred Waring Show Celebrity Time What's My Line?
NBC Leave It to the Girls The Aldrich Family (16/36.1) The Colgate Comedy Hour (5/42.0) The Philco Television Playhouse (3/45.3) Garroway at Large Take a Chance
DMN Star Time Rhythm Rodeo Local The Arthur Murray Party They Stand Accused

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

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Heldenfels, R. D. (1994) Television's Greatest Year: 1954. New York: Continuum, pg 177-178. ISBN 0-8264-0675-0
  3. ^ 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.
  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.
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