The Hot Seat (1952 TV show)

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The Hot Seat is a 30-minute American television talk show that was broadcast on ABC [1] beginning on April 18, 1952, and ending on December 29, 1952. [2]

Each episode had host Stuart Scheftel and a guest interviewer posing questions to a celebrity or public figure. [2] Guest interviewers included James Wechsler [3] and Leo Cherne. [4] People interviewed included Ellis Arnall, William Benton, [3] Richard Nixon, Walter Francis White, [5] Joseph McCarthy, Tex McCrary, [2] Helen Gahagan Douglas, [4] and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. [6]

Scheftel was the producer, with Rocky Wall as associate producer, and Robert Doyle was the director. [1] Competing programs included This Is Show Business on NBC and Doc Corkle on CBS. [7]

Newspaper columnist Bob Lanigan noted the program's streamlined approach to interviews, saying that it "makes no pretense at elaborate production, dispenses with all nonessentials and gets down to the business of asking questions immediately." [4]

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  1. 1 2 "Sun(5)". Ross Reports. October 5, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 636. ISBN   978-0-307-48320-1 . Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "What's On Tonight". Ventura County Star. June 18, 1952. p. 12. Retrieved February 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 3 Lanigan, Bob (April 25, 1952). "Another Quiz-Show Puts 'Guest' on Hot Seat, Send Him Home With His Prestige Smoking". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 18. Retrieved February 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Bird, Bill (June 22, 1952). "Bill Bird Reporting". Pasadena Independent. p. 41. Retrieved February 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Lower, Cheryl Bray; Palmer, R. Barton (2001). Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Critical Essays with an Annotated Bibliography and a Filmography. McFarland. p. 197. ISBN   978-0-7864-0987-7 . Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 41. ISBN   978-1-4766-0515-9 . Retrieved February 3, 2022.
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