St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 86

grr .7 SIilOWS P0ST-D1SBATCH BIG TIME STARS View From Behind the Cameras at KSD-TV Shows FOOTBALL GAMES RETURNING TO TV NBC NETWORK The National Broadcasting Co. television network will carry the J952 N.C.A.A. college football program, the television committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association reports. The program will Include one major game on each of 12 dates during the season and also a comprehensive offering of small college 'games, to be presented locally, After, three days of discussions with major networks, sponsors and advertising agencies, the N.C.A.A. committee headed by Bob Hall, Yale University's direct- By VIRGIL G.

BAKER Television, which came into the big time of the entertainment world last year with opening of the coast-to-coast network of cable and micro-wave towers, now has tome Into the big time of public service, with coverage during the cummer and fall of the national political conventions, state and local political deliberations and personal presentation of the candidates in their campaign en deavors. All across the country, from now through the election in November, more millions of Americans will be brought closer to 'tiller illi' 'AIL-hP rS SV Looking on. as the cameras do, at a session of "To The Ladies" popular daytime KSD-TV show in which Su Louis area housewives participate. DennigsTakes Over JFriday Nights DENNIS DAY'S TV TIME EVERY WEEK jftj ji aasfciaBiiBBSsasiaiBaMlaWBB JO the political field of action than at any me in nisiory. ror ieie-, vision is no longer a part-time dlvertisment, but a proven means of communication that has taken Its place alongside newspaper, magazine, telephone, theater and radio to make the people of America a more completely informed and a better entertained nation than -any other anywhere.

In the field of entertainment, big-time stars of past seasons are all coming back this month and new ones rising from successful efforts through summer "fill-in" programs will carry on. In the field of drama. Plaj-house is back, first presentation having been made two weeks ago In a Sunday afternoon Spot (KSD-TV 3:30 p.m. Sundays, for 30 minutes). preside Theater will be resumed: at 8 Tuesdays on Sept, 80( replacing; 'Boss Lady," Jit's summer 'fill-in.

The Variety; programs of course, coming back in'forcei The Comedy Hour, 60-nflmif program at 7. p.m. be re sumed 21. Martin an Lewis are scheduled for the first show, to be followed en Sept. 28 by Eddie Cantor.

1 Donald O'Connor will take over on Oct. 5, and then Bob Hope, Abbott and Cos-tello and -Cantor will follow, in turn. i t.r- Dennis Day opened the "All Sjtar faU and, wintei; season last night at 7 over KSD-TV; Georgie Jewel wilt be on next Saturday night anal Uimmy, is scheduled Jot Other stars stated to agpeat the isnov mis' il incioae An -AU SUrk-iflyJafvafH show tmilfc around we star oe week, each with his own guests and supporting artists and cSst. Day functioned as. "emcee" of the show last night, as rvell as1 being the stellar attractions Hit- Parade icame Hack 'lasti midnight.

Hit Parade has mond Scott and orchestra, singers Snooky Lansom, Dorothy Collins and June Valli. dances and chorus. June rVallee replaces Eileen Wilson oh the Top-Rated Slap 5:9 i tor of athletics, and with Commissioner Asa S- Bushnell of the Eastern College Athletic Conference as its director, made' the award to NBC. The award was made on the basis of the network's proposed geographical coverage, its facilities and its projected program for providing the with information on colleges and their educational and athletic activities. NBC also carried the N.C.A.A.

football program last year. Association Pleased. In his letter of acceptance "of the NBC offer, Hall stated to Joseph H. McConnell, president of NBC: "The NBC proposal was the most complete and comprehensive of all the bids we received and we are very happy to know that the N.C.A.A. program will be given such extensive coverage.

The public will not only see the finest of football fare, but through the great medium of 1 i i will be informed throughout the season of the values which are inherent in the college educational and athletic programs. We' are completely convinced that NBC will do the job." Supplementing the statement by the committee chairman, Bushnell explained that NBC, under the terms of the N.C.A.A. plan, will select the schedule of games to be telecast and will negotiate for the to those games directly with the colleges which NBC and the prospective sponsor or sponsors will select. Thanksgiving Day Plus, i Expressing NBC's gratification, McConnell said: "The National Broadcasting Co. is proud to be ootDall to American homes thfough television this fall sea- We will provide tne pumic not with the finest football games but also a comprehensive program of information on college athletics and their place in the field of education." The 12 dates making up the program will comprise the 11 Saturdays from Sept.

20 to Nov. 29, inclusive, plus Thanksgiving day. No cities will be blacked out, as they were last year. Negotiations for NBC were carried on by Davidson Taylor, general production executive of the TV network, and Tom Gallery, director of sports. Acting for the N.C.A.A.

television committee Was its steering committee, which includes in addition to Bushnell and Hall Walter Byers, executive director of the N.C.A.A., and J. Shober Barr, of Franklin' and Marshall. THAt" ALDR1CH BOY AGAIN Children sometimes seem to grow to adult-hood with unusual speed, but when they reach that girl-friend teen-age bracket the growing just goes on and on without ever seeming to end. That's probably due to the extraordinary number of complicated situations they can get into within a short period of time. One of the champions at getting into "situations" is that Aldrich boy, Henry, and his friend, Homer.

Henry's back again after a summer off at camp or somewhere having resumed appearances on KSD-TV last Friday at 8:30 p.m. with 30 minutes of shenanigans. He shows up every Friday night at the tame time! Dennis Day, co-starred last year Victor Show, came back last Friday night (7 p.m. Fridays, KSD-TV) with the whole show to himself well not quite to himself there's his domineering mother and Mildred. Irish singer Dennis Day, who co starred with Metropolitan Opera singer Ezio Pinza (alternating every other week) on the RCA-Victor Show last season will have the whole show to himself this year.

Pinza will not renew this fall, so Dennis to be on KSD-TV every week, beginning Oct. 3. (that's Friday night, as last year) at 7 p.m. 1 Dennis is to have a 30-minute-show of songs, stuff and nonsense aided and abetted by his domineering mother and naive girl friend, Mildred. uay, Despite ns porirayai oi a Dumping youtn, is a successiui business, man.

He, Has his own music publishing firm, the Ken-more Music and is active in civic affairs in Hollywood, in addition to carrying out radio and TV commitments. (In, addition to appearing on his own Friday night program, he will be doing some guest-star work this season.) New to TV Brand-new to TV. but well, known to daytime radio listeners, is Tommy Baftlett. with "Welcome Travelers," as host to persons of note and persons with human interest Stories who make their appearance in Chicago. Happy Family 1 Vi with Ezio Pima on fhe RCA -4 ALL FILM SHOW, THE DOCTOR, HITS BASIC PROBLEMS New for Sunday nights- fall is "The Doctor" at p.m.', started last month with Warner Anderson in the title roie, on KSD-TV.

Each week. The which is entirely on film, presents a dramatic story dealing with a basic human problem, a problem not necessarily physical in nature, but one which involves deep, human emotions, the type of problems that beset most everyone in their dajly lives. As the doctor, Warner Anderson plays an understanding, compassionate, intelligent leader in the community, whose penetrating insight into the workings of human nature and the human mind enable him to solve some of the fundamental questions of living in the present day. The presence of the Doctor provides the framework for the dramatic sequences, each story open-fang nd? closing with him as the central figure. -v iUll Lucy's coming -back, and Desi, too, at 7:30 p.m.

next Thursday ever KSD-TV, replacing the summer-time fourth-place summer entertainment feature, "My Little Margie," Lucy wast: the top-rated entertainment of all television last winter season..