Newsweek Views the News

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Newsweek Views the News
Also known asNewsweek Analysis
Genre Public affairs program
Talk show
Written byHoward Merrill
Directed by Barry Shear
Presented byErnest K. Lindley
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time25 mins
Original release
Network DuMont
ReleaseNovember 7, 1948 (1948-11-07) 
May 22, 1950 (1950-05-22)

Newsweek Views the News (also known as Newsweek Analysis) is an American television program broadcast Mondays at 8pm ET on the DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1948 to 1950.

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Overview

The series is a public affairs program hosted by Ernest K. Lindley. Editors of Newsweek magazine interviewed guests and discussed current news events. [1]

The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live on Monday nights from 88:30 p.m. on most DuMont affiliates. The last episode was aired on May 22, 1950, and DuMont replaced the series with Visit with the Armed Forces .

Episode status

Kinescopes of two episodes, "Casebook of Treason" (February 27, 1950) and "The Far East" (April 17, 1950), are in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

"Casebook on Treason" featured ex-Soviet spies Whittaker Chambers and Hede Massing and Soviet defector Peter Pirogov as speakers. [2]

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References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN   0-14-024916-8.
  2. "Variety Marathon". New York Times. 5 March 1950. p. 107.

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