September 1954..Here She Is...

Early "Dragnet" reruns were shown in 1954 on WNBK-3 under the title "Badge 714"..Dragnet was the first off network series to be widely syndicated around the country.



Ad For WFMJ-TV 21's new transmitter/antenna tower..WFMJ had very recently moved from Channel 73 to 21



Review of NBC's
"Your Show of Shows" summer replacement, "Saturday Night Review" with a Young Eddie Albert, who hosted most weeks (Though George Gobel and Csesar Romero hosted the show this particular week in late July 1954)




Ad for "The Brighter Day" one of CBS' afternoon soaps, carried by WXEL..WXEL carried several of the afternoon soaps from CBS, as WEWS elected to fill the time locally..Of course, by March 2, 1955 all the CBS soaps and other programming would permanently move to WXEL in the first Cleveland Network Swap, which would be undone in 1994, as WJW would become FOX.. Notice a young Hal Holbrook in this ad, before he became famous in Films, Broadway and Television.





TV Guide ad for the first telecast of the Miss America Pageant on ABC-TV (Ch. 8,27 and 49) Hosting were John Daly and Bess Myerson (Miss America 1945)

Today, we'll look at September 11-17, 1954..The fall TV season was about to gear up for the networks and local stations.Several highlights...

Myrus the Mentalist was featured Mondays at 9:30 PM on WXEL-8

Hey, Mulligan with Mickey Rooney had just premiered Saturdays at 8PM on NBC

Dotty Mack Show was featured Saturdays at 7:30 on WAKR-ABC 49

Miss America Pageant-First telecast 10:30-Midnight Saturday Sept. 11 on channels 8, 27 and 49

"Color Spectacular" Satins and Spurs with Betty Hutton Sunday 7:30-9 on Channels 3, 21..The reviews of the day were not kind to Miss Hutton, unfortunately.

WKBN-27 Noon Show with Stu Wilson premiered Monday, Sept. 13

WEWS-5 Dinner Platter with Bob Dale Monday-Friday 5:45-6:30

Medic-Richard Boone Premiered Monday at 9 on NBC 3, 21

ABC News-John Daly Monday-Friday 7:15 ABC WAKR-49

Humbard Family Sunday Night 8PM WAKR-49

Ohio Story Sunday afternoon 4:50 WXEL 8

My Favorite Husband-Saturdays 9:30 WEWS-5 CBS

Lassie Sunday 3:30 WEWS-5 CBS..Premiere Episode

Listings:
TV Guide Lake Erie Edition

Saturday, Sept. 11, 1954

WNBK-3 NBC

9AM Early Bird Theater-Tales Of Robin Hood
10AM Cartoon Time
10:30 Fun Wagon-Glenn Rowell
11:30 Movie-Western
12:30 Mr. Wizard
1PM One O Clock Playhouse-John Halifax, Gentleman
1:45 Canadian Football
4:30 Movie-To Be Announced
6PM Cisco Kid
6:30 Western Film
7PM Files Of Jeffrey Jones
7:30 Ethel and Albert
8PM Mickey Rooney Show (Hey Mulligan)
8:30 Amateur Hour-Last Show
9PM Saturday Review-Eddie Albert, Alan Young
10:30 Your Hit Parade-Polly Bergen-RETURN
11PM News-Tom Field
11:05 Home Theater-Obsessed
12:15 Theater-Invisible Killer

WEWS-5 CBS

9:25 News
9:30 Winky Dink and You
10AM Early Show-Penal Code
11AM Captain Midnight
11:30 Abbott and Costello
Noon Big Top-Jack Sterling
1PM Lone Ranger
1:30 Uncle Johnny Coons
2PM Bandstand (No relation to the Dick Clark Show)
3PM Movie-TBA
4PM Joe Palooka
4:30 Out Of This World-Cleve. Museum of Natural History
5PM Ramar
5:30 Contest Carnival
6PM Polka Time
6:30 Big Picture
7PM Travel Film
7:30 Beat The Clock
8PM Stage Show-Dorseys with Phil Foster and Jerry Colonna
9PM Two For The Money
9:30 My Favorite Husband-RETURN
10PM That's My Boy
10:30 Theater
11PM Playhouse-the Man Who Lost Himself
12:30 News

WXEL-8 ABC/DuMont

9:15 First Reel
9:30 Comedy Carnival
10AM Smilin Ed-ABC
10:30 Space Patrol-ABC
11AM Merry Go-Round-Walt Kay
Noon Saturday "Night" Show-American Empire
1PM Act Two-Dangerous Love
3PM Saturday Matinee-Alimony Madness
5PM Main Event-Wrestling-Wild Red Barry/Freddie Blassie
6PM TBA
6:45 News/Sports
7PM Big Picture
7:30 American Barn Dance-DuMont
8PM Football '54-College Football Preview-ABC
9PM Boxing-Cincinnati-ABC
9:45 Fight Talk-Bob Cooke-ABC
10PM The Stranger-DuMont
10:30 Miss America Pageant-ABC
Midnight-Movie-TBA

WFMJ-21 NBC Youngstown

1PM Movie Party-Dude Ranger
2PM Movie Party-Wrecking Crew
3PM Dairy Hop
4PM Golden West-Tumbledown Ranch In Arizona
5PM Wrestling
6PM News
6:15 Industry On Parade
6:30 Roundup Time-Come On, Cowboy
7:30 Ethel and Albert
8PM Mickey Rooney Show (Hey Mulligan)
8:30 Amateur Hour-Last Show
9PM Saturday Review-Eddie Albert, Alan Young
10:30 Your Hit Parade-Polly Bergen-RETURN
11PM Skyline Theater-General Spanky (Spanky McFarland)
Midnight News

WKBN-27 CBS/ABC/DuMont Youngstown

10:30 Winky Dink and You
11AM Western Theater
11:30 Panorama
Noon Big Top
1PM Movies-TBA
5PM Panorama
5:30 Hopalong Cassidy
6:30 News This Week
6:45 Sports-Don Gardner
6:55 Weather
7PM Panorama
7:30 Beat The Clock
8PM Stage Show-Dorseys with Phil Foster and Jerry Colonna
9PM Two For The Money
9:30 Pepsi-Cola Playhouse-ABC
10PM That's My Boy
10:30 Miss America Pageant-ABC
Midnight-News

WAKR-49 ABC Akron

5PM Bar 49 Theater:(1) Ghost Rider (2) Rolling Home To Texas
7PM Wings Over The World
7:30 Dotty Mack
8PM Football '54-College Football Preview
9PM Boxing-Cincinnati-ABC
9:45 Fight Talk-Bob Cooke
10PM TBA
10:30 Miss America Pageant