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• #13105: WALTER WINCHELL SHOW, THE

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  1956-11-30, NBC, 7 min.

  • Jimmy Durante
  • Billy Gilbert
  • Robert Merrill
  • Shelley Winters
  • Walter Winchell
  • Jules Buffano
  • Gypsy Rose Lee

  October 5, 1956-December 28, 1956
  
  Walter Winchell attempted to bring to television a shortened  variety show version of The Ed Sullivan Show. His half hour format was brief, and after 13 weeks his series was cancelled. 
  
  Walter Winchell's guests are Shelley Winters and Jimmy Durante.
  Jimmy sings, "Toscannin, Iturbi & Me." 
  Billy Glibert takes a bow from the audience, celebrating his 50th anniversary in show business.                                                     

• #13114: WALTER WINCHELL SHOW, THE

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  1956-12-09, Mutual, 12 min.

  • Walter Winchell

  September 18, 1955-March 3, 1957
  
  Walter Winchell in Hollywood. Miscellaneous radio news gossip with Walter Winchell reporting in Hollywood, airing 6:00-6:15pm. 
  
  NOTE: Walter Winchell had been on the radio since December 4, 1932.                                                               

• #13491: WALTER WINCHELL SHOW, THE

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  1960-10-02, ABC, min.

  • Walter Winchell
  • Richard Nixon

  October 5th, 1952-June 26th, 1955 (ABC)
  October 5th, 1956-December 28th, 1956 (NBC)
  October 2nd, 1960-November 6th, 1960 ABC)
  
  In the fall of 1956, NBC gave Walter Winchell the opportunity to show that he could be as successful as his fellow columnist Ed Sullivan as the host of a weekly live variety show. The program originated from New York City for its first nine weeks and then moved to Hollywood. Despite Winchell's ability to attract show business personalities as guests who owed him favors, and a reasonably well-paced production, the series never caught on and was canceled after thirteen weeks. 
  
  A half-hour talk show starring journalist and TV reporter Walter Winchell.
  
  This is the debut of the October 2nd, 1960 show on ABC television.
  
  Guest is Richard Nixon Republican candidate for president who answers various questions posed to him by Winchell. Nixon speaks about what the United States will do if Cuba receives military arms from Russia and the economy.