Eloise Salutes the Stars explained

Genre:	Talk show
Presenter:	Lester Lewis
Starring:	Eloise McElhone
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	26
Camera:	Multi-camera
Runtime:	15 minutes
Company:	Lester Lewis Productions
Channel:	DuMont/WABD

Eloise Salutes the Stars is a talk show hosted by Eloise McElhone (1921-1974) which aired on an 8-station network including the DuMont flagship station WABD. The series started on WABD in November 1949. The series aired Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET in 1950 and early 1951. Other stations in the network such as WXEL-TV in Cleveland showed the series on Thursdays at 7:30pm ET, and other stations, such as WPIX-TV chose to air the show at 5:15pm ET.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The show was sponsored by Doeskin Tissues, and produced by Lester Lewis (1913-1988).^[4] After the original 13 episodes were produced, the show was renewed for another 13 episodes in January 1951.^[5]

McElhone was also host of the DuMont series Quick on the Draw, a panelist on the ABC game show Think Fast, and a panelist on the NBC/ABC series Leave It to the Girls.

Episode status

Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• Highway to the Stars
• Look Upon a Star

Notes and References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19510624&id=0XIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RRAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530,3715239 Milwaukee Sentinel (June 24, 1951)
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=BUUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=eloise+salutes+the+stars&pg=PA8 Billboard (January 20, 1950)
3. http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=the&p=217&item=T:28757 Paley Center for Media entry for "Opening Night for Dynamic Television and Appliance Store at 65th Street and Broadway" mentioning McElhone as host of Eloise Salutes the Stars
4. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/08/obituaries/lester-lewis-producer-and-agent-dies-at-75.html New York Times obituary (September 8, 1988)
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=XR8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=eloise+salutes+the+stars+variety&pg=PA51 Billboard (January 13, 1951)