The Wendy Barrie Show

The Wendy Barrie Show (also known as Inside Photoplay, Photoplay Time, Through Wendy's Window, and Who's Who With Wendy Barrie) is an American talk show hosted by Wendy Barrie, which aired from November 10, 1948, to September 27, 1950.

The Wendy Barrie Show
Barrie in NBC publicity photo (1950) inscribed "Wendy Barrie, called Television's No. 1 interviewer, meets the great and near-great on her show, Tuesdays and Thursdays on NBC Television"
Also known asInside Photoplay
Photoplay Time
Through Wendy's Window
GenreTalk show
Presented byWendy Barrie
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 mins.
(March 1949–February 1950)
15 mins.
(February 1950–September 1950)
Release
Original networkABC
DuMont (January–July 1949)
NBC
Broadcast syndication (Ohio only; 1954)
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseNovember 10, 1948 (1948-11-10) – September 27, 1950 (1950-09-27)
January 11, 1954 (1954-01-11) –
October 30, 1954 (1954-10-30)

Broadcast history

The Wendy Barrie Show is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show. It aired separately on ABC, DuMont, and NBC, debuting on ABC on November 10, 1948 (Wednesday) at 8:30 pm ET as the sketch comedy Inside Photoplay before switching to Mondays in September–December 1949 as Photoplay Time, then becoming Through Wendy's Window in August–September 1950 The DuMont version aired from 2:30 to 3:00 pm ET from January 17, 1949 (Monday), to July 13, 1949 (Wednesday).[1] The NBC version aired Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the final episode airing on September 27, 1950.

The series stars Wendy Barrie, a film and television actress with over 40 films to her credit.

According to the book What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:

Advertisement for the Premier of The Wendy Barrie Show originating from WHIO-TV in Dayton and simulcast on WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and WTVN-TV (now WSYX) in Columbus, all in Ohio

Tri-State Network

In 1953, three television stations owned by Taft Broadcasting Company and Cox Communications formed the short-lived "Tri-State Network" to compete with entertainment programming produced by Crosley Broadcasting Corporation on Crosley television stations in the Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio broadcast markets. On January 11, 1954, a new The Wendy Barrie Show premiered from the studios of WHIO-TV in Dayton, simulcast on Taft Broadcasting's WKRC-TV in Cincinnati and WTVN-TV (now WSYX) in Columbus.[2] Wendy Barrie's contract was terminated in October, 1954.[3]

Episode status

A DuMont episode survives on YouTube under the title The Wendy Barrie Show, and featuring guest Jack Shaindlin.

One DuMont episode from June 1949, under the title Who's Who With Wendy Barrie, is held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

An episode from the ABC run, dated October 17, 1949, and titled Photoplay Time, is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]

See also

References
  1. DuMont historical website Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Form Regional Webs in 3 Wide TV Areas". Billboard. Page 6. December 12, 1953. Retrieved January 20, 2017.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. "Wendy Barrie Exits Tri-State". Billboard. Page 5. October 30, 1954. Retrieved January 20, 2017.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. UCLA Film and Television Archive database entry

Bibliography
  • 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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