daytime tv- weekdays 1950-51
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Classic TV: The 50s
NewtonFigg — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 01:51 PM)
After the Today Show finished for the day, and J. Fredd was put back in his cage, I think most stations went off the air until noon when they came back on for an hour to amuse the kids who had come home from school for lunch. Then, they went off the air again until 3:00PM when Kate Smith came on. Since I was one of the kids who went to school, I don't really know what was going on. Eventually, Arthur Godfrey and Robert Q. Lewis and Steve Allen and Johnny Carson had daytime shows, and soap operas oozed in, but when did the blank spaces before and after noon first get filled?
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 08:54 PM)
Not sure if this is of any help, but this page, from the 6 March 1951 edition of "Brooklyn Eagle", provides TV listings from that day starting at 12:00PM, and also has the morning schedules (starting at 9:30AM) for the following day:
http://tinyurl.com/pxz5988
The 14 November 1951 edition of Herald Statesman (also from New York) provides daytime listings for the following day (see bottom of page):
http://tinyurl.com/nw6vqzy
Some of the shows on the schedule are good (I've enjoyed the footage I've managed to see of "The Garry Moore Show" during the last few years), some of them are terrible ("Strike it Rich"), some are mediocre ("The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show"), and the majority of them are as lost as a John Bunny film.
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(October 14, 2015 09:17 PM)
Additional:
18 October 1950 edition of "Herald Statesman" has daytime schedule for the following day (again, bottom of page):
http://tinyurl.com/o9o22xc
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Thor-Delta — 10 years ago(October 16, 2015 04:51 PM)
Just a note: sometimes the newspaper website linked to isn't available. I think the pages weren't available earlier today, not sure when they'll come back on (maybe already?).
This is the DuMont Television Network -
Patricia91 — 10 years ago(October 15, 2015 03:50 PM)
I remember kiddie shows like Romper Room, games shows and soap operas during the day. Of course, I was in school so I didn't get to see many of them unless I was sick that day.
Edit: I lived in Birmingham, AL, until 1954 when we moved to Houston, TX