‘Queen For A Day’ ABC Hollywood
‘Queen For A Day’
Here is the ABC Hollywood crew for the show with a few of the iconic white ABC TK30s around 1949. One of the show’s telecast locations was the Earl Carroll Theater on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood and that’s where this photo was taken. In 1953, it was renamed The Moulin Rouge Theater and is called that in the show’s intro in the video below.
Ken Murray hosted the original radio version of the show on the Mutual–Don Lee Radio Network but on April 30, 1945, it came to ABC radio in New York City and when it moved, Jack Bailey became the host. A few months into the new show, it was moved back to Hollywood. The show aired five days a week, during the daytime and came to television in 1948. It was simulcast on ABC radio and television from 1948 -1955.
NBC picked up the show for national broadcast from January 3, 1956 to September 2, 1960 and it aired live at 4:30 EST. The show went back to ABC on September 5, 1960 and ran there until the final broadcast on October 2, 1964. Thanks to Chuck Pharis for the photo.
Didn’t “Star Search” and the ill fated Chevy Chase talk show emanate from this same theater?
As I recall, wasn’t it also hosted by Jack Bailey?
It took so long to get the show on TV because Mutual thought they would be able to get into TV, and they would not sublet the rights.
Appointment television for my mother and me when I was a little kid.
today the name of that show would have a much different take !