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Eloise Salutes the Stars

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Presented by
  
Lester Lewis

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
October 1950

Number of seasons
  
1

Genre
  
Talk show

Audio format
  
Monaural

Starring
  
Eloise McElhone

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
26

Final episode date
  
April 1951

Number of episodes
  
26

Language
  
English

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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 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.

Contents

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

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

Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

References

Eloise Salutes the Stars Wikipedia