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Hawkins Falls (weekdays, 5 p.m., NBCTV) won critical good marks last year as a literate, but unsponsored, example of the relaxed "Chicago school" of TV. This year, cut to 15 minutes and tricked out with a sudsy dramatic line, Hawkins Falls seems more intent on impressing its. sponsor (Lever Bros.) than its critics. But even with the added heart tugs of a bedridden invalid, a runaway boy and a self-sacrificing wife, the show keeps enough of its original flavor to be better-than-average daytime TV fare...
...unpretentious show called Fireside Theater (Tues. 9 p.m., NBCTV) last week had shot to second place in TV popularity ratings. Having distanced such formidable rivals as Toast of the Town and Arthur Godfrey, it is now hot on the heels of TV's perennial leader, Milton Berle...
...Year: Sid Caesar (NBCTV) Woman of the Year: Faye Emerson (NBCTV and CBS-TV). Drama Show: Studio One (CBS-TV). Comedy Show: MiltonBerle (NBCTV). Musical Show: Fred Waring (CBS-TV)' Commentator: John Cameron Swayze (NBC-TV). Quiz Show: Stop the Music (ABC-TV). Sportcaster: Jimmy Powers (NBC-TV)! Children's Show: Kukla, Fran & Olli...
First, a Teaser. Another Roosevelt-son Elliott-is deeply involved in the show. His official position is president of the radio-TV "package" firm, Roosevelt & Jones, Inc. But, possibly because Mrs. Roosevelt's radio show and her TV show (Sun. 3:30 p.m., NBCTV) are the only ones he has on the air, Impresario Elliott serves in many other capacities. He often rounds up talent for the radio program, his determined salesman's geniality in offhand invitations such as the one he gave Fred Allen: "Come on over and have some fun with mother." He supervises the recording...
World Series (Fri. 12:45 p.m., Mutual, ABC-TV, NBCTV, CBS-TV). New York Yankees v. Philadelphia Phillies...