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The Jane Pickens Show is the title of an American television series which aired in 1954 on ABC and a radio program broadcast on NBC from 1948 to 1949 and again from 1951 to 1957.

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TV series

It was a music program aired in a 15-minute time-slot, and starred popular radio singer Jane Pickens. Music programs aired in 15-minute time-slots were a common type of show on the then-"Big 4" U.S. networks, with many popular singers such as Dinah Shore, Eddie Fisher, Perry Como etc. doing such series. They typically ran for 12–13 minutes excluding the ads, and many accompanied the evening news, which in those days was also 15-minutes.[ citation needed ]

Episode status

Four episodes are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Radio

The Jane Pickens Show began on NBC radio on June 29, 1948, as a summer program. It returned on October 24, 1948, running until March 20, 1949, and returned again on July 4, 1949, ending on August 22, 1949. A longer run began on February 5, 1951, and continued until June 12, 1955. The show's final radio run (also known as Pickens Party) began on December 3, 1955, and ended on April 13, 1957. [5]

Besides Pickens, Jack Kilty was heard regularly on the show in 1948 and Bob Houston was a regular in 1949. Robert Warren was the announcer in 1948. Norman Cloutier led the orchestra in 1948–49. Edwin L. Dunham was the program's director. [5]

Critical response

The trade publication Variety described the premiere of the 1948 series as "a pleasant, unpretentious newcomer to radio" and complimented the singing of Pickens and Kilty. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "UCLA Library Catalog Holdings Information". cinema.library.ucla.edu.
  2. ↑ Pickens, Jane (September 18, 1954). "The Jane Pickens show. 1954-02-21" – via cinema.library.ucla.edu Library Catalog.
  3. ↑ Pickens, Jane (September 18, 1954). "The Jane Pickens show. 1954-02-28" – via cinema.library.ucla.edu Library Catalog.
  4. ↑ Pickens, Jane (September 18, 1954). "The Jane Pickens show. 1954-02-14" – via cinema.library.ucla.edu Library Catalog.
  5. 1 2 Dunning, John (7 May 1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 368. ISBN   978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Jane Pickens Show". Variety. July 7, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved January 13, 2024.


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