The Ted Steele Show
| The Ted Steele Show | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Ted Steele |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 mins. (NBC, CBS) 30 mins. (DuMont) |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC (1948-49) DuMont (1949) CBS (1949-1950) |
| Release | September 29, 1948 – July 12, 1949 |
The Ted Steele Show is the title of several television and radio programs that were hosted by bandleader Ted Steele (1917–1985).
Television
[edit]Steele's programs were broadcast on three networks in three consecutive seasons: NBC September 29, 1948 - October 29, 1948; DuMont February 27, 1949 - July 12, 1949; CBS June 6, 1949 - April 28, 1950.[1] The NBC and CBS programs were 15 minutes long, while those on DuMont were 30 minutes.[2]
Other regular performers on the program included Helen Wood, Michael Rich, Nola Day, Marci Bryant and Charles Danford.[1]
Steele later presented local daytime TV shows under the same title, running from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET, on WPIX-TV and WOR-TV, which hired Steele away from WPIX in July 1954.[3] The WPIX program was described in Billboard as "Live talent show, with Steele vocalizing and performing on several instruments, ork [orchestra] numbers, guests, news and sports round-ups, contest gimmicks."[4]
Episode status
[edit]The final DuMont episode (July 12, 1949) is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Radio
[edit]The Ted Steele Show was the title of a program Steele had on the Blue Network in 1942. A review in Billboard's January 31, 1942, issue indicated that the 30-minute show featured a singing group and a "playet" by a guest in addition to Steel's performances.[5] He also did the Ted Steele Show on Mutual in the mid-1950s.[6]
In the late 1940s, Steele had a disc jockey program, The Ted Steele Show, on WMCA in New York City.[7] In 1940, he had a program with just his own name as the title, Ted Steele, on WFIL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8] On that program, Steele played a Novachord synthesizer "as he kept up an entertaining stream of chatter."[8]
See also
[edit]- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule
References
[edit]- ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 1057.
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1362. ISBN 9780307483201. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Singer, Jack (August 7, 1954). "Ted Steele Show (TV)". Billboard. p. 45. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "(untitled brief)". Billboard. October 7, 1950. p. 71. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Ackerman, Paul (January 31, 1942). "Program Reviews: The Ted Steele Show". Billboard. p. 8. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Mr. Matinee". TV Radio Mirror. 44 (4): 14–15. September 1955. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Disk Jockey Show Hooperatings". Billboard. October 2, 1948. p. 76. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 683.
Bibliography
[edit]- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1