The Harold Peary Show Log

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The Harold Peary Show

This series lasted for only one season before departing the airwaves. One of the problems was too many near connections to The Great Gildersleeve role that Harold Peary left behind when he jumped networks from NBC to CBS. Some NBC stars were lured away from that network to CBS with lucrative tax deals. It is thought that Harold Peary moved in that direction by signing on with CBS and assuming that The Great Gildersleeve program would follow. But the programs sponsor, Kraft, was happy at NBC and refused to move which left Harold Peary without a program until Honest Harold, The Homemaker was developed. The series was also known as The Harold Peary Show.

Broadcast History:
Network: CBS
09/24/50 to 06/13/51
Director:
Norman Macdonnell
Music:
Jack Meakin
Announcers:
Bob LeMond
Writers:
Harold Peary, Bill Danch, Jack Robinson, Gene Stone
Sponsor:
Sustained
Cast:
Harold Peary as Harold Hemp
Kathryn Card, later Jane Morgan as Mother Hemp
Parley Baer as Pete the marshal
Joseph Kearns as Old Doc Yancy
Also heard:
Gloria Hoiliday, Mary Jane Croft and Sammy Ogg


AUDIENCE RATINGS:
(First Season) A.C. Nielsen -- (1950 to 1951)


Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length unless otherwise noted.


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08/23/50 Audition Show

Sunday – 7:30 p.m.

09/17/50 # 1 Harold Loses His Job
09/24/50 # 2 Plan To Rename Boomer Park

Wednesday – 9:00 p.m.

10/04/50 # 3 Advertising Shark Repellant
10/11/50 # 4 Falls For A Chanteuse
10/18/50 # 5 Runaway Boy
10/25/50 # 6 The Campaign Speech
11/01/50 # 7 Harold Wants To Lose The Election
11/08/50 # 8 Cousin Raymond Visits
11/15/50 # 9 Getting Raymond A Job
11/22/50 #10 Thanksgiving Play
11/29/50 Pre-empted
12/06/50 #11 Harold Meets “he Hummer”
12/13/50 #12 Helping Raymond And Gloria To The Dance
12/20/50 #13 The Christmas Party
12/27/50 #14 New Year’s Barn Dance
01/03/51 #15 Mrs. O’Day’s Warbleware Party
01/10/51 #16 Harold Loses His Sponsor
01/17/51 #17 Thinking Of Going To New York
01/24/51 #18 Harold’s Engaged, Twice
01/31/51 #19 Civic Achievement Award
02/07/51 #20 Harold’s Mother’s Suitor
02/14/51 #21 Mistaken Valentines
02/21/51 #22 Florabelle Returns
02/28/51 #23 Willis Can’t Pass The Physical
03/07/51 #24 Red Cross Drive
03/14/51 #25 Income Tax
03/21/51 #26 Cousin Marvin Comes To Stay
03/28/51 #27 Marvin’s First Day Of School
04/04/51 #28 Modernizing Doc’s Office
04/11/51 Pre-empted
04/18/51 #29 Cleaning Out The Cellar
04/25/51 #30 Circus Day
05/02/51 #31 Marvin’s Gang
05/09/51 #32 Harold And Mr. Walker Vie For Class
05/16/51 #33 Does Florabelle Have A New Lover?
05/23/51 #34 Marvin Invited To A Party
05/30/51 #35 Harold Is Marshall For A Day
06/06/51 #36 Peabody’s Sister Takes Over Radio Station
06/13/51 #37 Marvin Decides To Stay With Harold

End Of The Series


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