TV Forecast - February 16, 1952

Aug 23, 2026

TV Forecast February 16, 1952 collects a week of television industry commentary, programming notes, and column highlights. Coverage discusses shifting network decisions around national political convention programming, rotating or replacing host lineups, and audience reaction to popular shows. Additional sections feature entertainment and comedy items, preview remarks for upcoming dramatic offerings, and references to notable performers across news, game, and stage-to-TV adaptations.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages49

Reading Time2 h 3 min

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Contents

Channel One Column

Letters to the Editor

Chicago's New Garroway

Paul Harvey in Politics

Kay Wesfall Steps Out

The Courtesy Man

Movie Marquee

Program Listings Starting

Club MeCarthy's Column

Guess the Mystery Faces

Jack Mabley's Column

Mike Boom Says

Ed Pazdur's Sports Column

Sports Promoters Gauge TV

Mollycues Puzzles for Kids

Uncle Herbie

Paul Harvey Talks POLITICS·page 6 FEB.16,1952FORECASTcompPRo GRams 15cKAY WESTFALL'SNIGHT ON THE TOWN8 CHANNEL 7 Brings You this week presents and on February 27another distinguishedaward-winning dramatization on Pulitzer PrizePlayhouse (The Celanee Corporutiow of Ameriea)(Frighaire Deslon of General Mobors NEW YORK—The DuMont network-Life magazine ie-upfor the national political conventions is getting the ex-pected blast from politicos who claim the Life influence willeause favoritism.The national mag pooh-poohs the idea bysaying,"We only supply the staff.DuMont will control theprogramming:".Dennis James,who struggled along withhis own morning show on a sustaining basis over ABC,is los-ing it.The housewives-slanted program is being replaced thisweek by the Paul Dixon show.So for a while,at least,Denniswill be kissing no more middle-aged women.…VentriloquistPaul Winchell gave his wooden partner Jerry Mahoney a tipon selling house to house."Five little words,"says Wincheli,"will get you into any house.Just say,'Miss,is your motherin?'” John Daly,the well mannered and perfectly tailored emeeeon"What's My Line"has been signed to an exelusive TV con-tract with ABC...Most comics look bad doing it,but humor-ist Sam Levenson adds to his personality by laughing at hisown jokes.…Panelist Anna Lee on"It's News to Me"recent-ly beat a hasty exit from the studio after a show.She con-fessed she wanted to rush home and see herself on TV.A loealstation was showing a film she made 18 years ago,and thecharming actress wanted to catch it....When Charles Laugh-ton hits New York for an extended run of "Don Juan In Hell,"he will bring his biblical and elassical readings to TV. With producers faced with a scareity of fresh drama seripts,they are corralling the greats in the play world.A new dra-matic series,called “Theater of America”is due for teeveeingnext season.Among the writers already inked for the showare Ernest Hemngway and Noel Coward.And plans are al-most iced for a showing of Shaw's“Devil's Disciple"on thesame series....Laurel&Hardy's best comedy fim“Paradeof the Wooden Soldiers”will soon be viewed around the coun-try on television. Comedienne Beatrice Lillie who was saluted on Ed Sulli-van's"Toast of the Town”caused her host some embarrass-ment recently.Ed,who kept stressing that Bea gets herlaughs"the clean,wholesome way without any off colormaterial”said it onee too often.At the show's end whenSullivan again mentioned Bea's strict wholesome adherencethe nightelub and legit stage comedienne exclaimed,"Wellnow I don't know about that!"...NBC is starting to losefaith over the Kate Smith evening show.The execs feel theprogram is no eompetition for Arthur Godfrey.AlthoughKate's hourly opus is entirely sponsored,the show has a rat-ing one-fifth that of Godfrey's. Irene Dunme is replacing Joan Bennett as a mistress ofceremonies for a new TV program scheduled for March....in line with femcees,viewer reactions to Mrs.Arthur Murraythe hostess on the“Arthur Murray Party”are very favorable...Sid Caesar points out how trees are so like women:“Theydo a strip tease in the Fall;they have bare limbs in theWinter;they don a new outfit in the Spring;and they'reready for the saps in the Summer. TV FORECAST JAMES LEE SMITH CAESAR February 16,1952 contents Channel One Column……………………………3 Letters to the Editor………………………………………4 Chieogo's New Garroway……………………………5 Paul Harvey in Polities……………………………………6 Kay Wesfall Steps Out……………………………8 The Courtesy Man……………………………………10 Movie Marquee ……………………………………………12 Program Listings Starting…………………………12 Chub MeCarthy's Column……………………………17 Guess the Mystery Faces……………………………21 Jack Mabley's Column…………………………32 Mike Boom Says ………………………………………36 Ed Pazdur's Sports Column…………………………41 Sports Promoters Gauge TV………………………42 Mollycues Puzzles for Kids…………………………45 Uncle Herbie………………………………………………46 publishers Rey V. Whiting Lester Vihon John E. Greenings Norhert

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What topics does TV Forecast February 16, 1952 cover?

It covers network and programming commentary, show changes, entertainment highlights, and preview-style notes for upcoming TV content.

How does the issue discuss national political convention programming?

It reports on expectations for political convention coverage and debates the role of magazine influence versus network control of programming.

Which kinds of shows and personalities are mentioned in the issue?

The issue references hosts, comedians, and performers across news, game, comedy, and drama, including commentary on host replacements and upcoming dramatizations.

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