Eloise Salutes the Stars

Eloise Salutes the Stars is a talk show hosted by Eloise McElhone (1921-1974) which aired on an 8-station network including the DuMont flagship station WABD. The series started on WABD in November 1949. The series aired Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET in 1950 and early 1951. Other stations in the network such as WXEL-TV in Cleveland showed the series on Thursdays at 7:30pm ET, and other stations, such as WPIX-TV chose to air the show at 5:15pm ET.[1][2][3]

Eloise Salutes the Stars
GenreTalk show
Presented byLester Lewis
StarringEloise McElhone
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time15 minutes
Production companyLester Lewis Productions
Original release
NetworkDuMont/WABD
ReleaseOctober 1950 (1950-10) –
April 1951 (1951-04)

The show was sponsored by Doeskin Tissues, and produced by Lester Lewis (1913-1988).[4] After the original 13 episodes were produced, the show was renewed for another 13 episodes in January 1951.[5]

McElhone was also host of the DuMont series Quick on the Draw, a panelist on the ABC game show Think Fast, and a panelist on the NBC/ABC series Leave It to the Girls.

Episode status

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Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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