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
Release
Original networkDuMont/WABD
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original 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

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

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

References
  1. Milwaukee Sentinel (June 24, 1951)
  2. Billboard (January 20, 1950)
  3. Paley Center for Media entry for "Opening Night for Dynamic Television and Appliance Store at 65th Street and Broadway" mentioning McElhone as host of Eloise Salutes the Stars
  4. New York Times obituary (September 8, 1988)
  5. Billboard (January 13, 1951)

See also
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