Evening star., 1950-10-01

MS LeleVlSlOn ways ana IL is likely
that it will not be long before Mr.
Allen gets around to aiming his
comedy at the home audience
When he does, it will be a great
day for those who have been
waiting for him to come along and
raise television's entertainment
standards q bit.
Some Other Programs
Reviewed in Brief
Morton Downey is back on tele-
vision, this time in a variation to
the talent scout show called "Star
of the Family" (WTOP-TV, Fri
day, 10 p.m) and the reaction
must be set down as mixed one
Mr.. Downey is fine, good-natured
host for a television program or
any other kind of a program and
there is no doubt about his ability
to put Tilt in an Irish ballad
The formal Of "Star of the Fam
lily" has each performer INTRODUCED
by Downey interview with some
relative. This means that the en-
tertainment values vary greatly
with the personality of the relative
interviewed and the talent of the
performer introduced. Morey Am
|sterdams introduction of his son
Gregory, Borscht circuit come
dian at the age of 7, struck some
sort of a new low, for instance
But there still is Mr. Downey.
Milton Berle returned to his ole
spot (WNBW, Tuesday, 8 8p.m.) as
brash and cocky as if next months
ratings already were in and
showed him with a 25-point lead
over the nearest competition. Mr.
Berle, on this return, was his usuaI
self. as entertaining as ever. 9
man might say with a straight
face. AS loud as ever, too. If yor
like him. you stay right with him
but the limb this department is or
Is the prediction that this will be
the season which will see Berle
dumped from the top TV spot.
a Bow to Mr.. Husine;
Other Program Notes
The decision to employ Ted
Husing as the announcer for the
telecast of the Louis Charles fight
Wednesday night can be set dowr
as one Of the most satisfying de.
cisions had around CHS lately
There is man who understand.
tthe function Of a television an
nouncer at a sports event. He
supplied plenty of supplementary
information but did not waste hi:
breath or his viewers patience b,
explaining the obvious. There were
welcome moments when Mr.. Hus.
ing didn't say a word, on the
theory that all of us at home
could see as much as he coule
and could tell the two fighters
apart. THE Goldbergs'
(WTOP-TV-Monday, $50 PM
returned last week, not only 2
warm-hearted drama but a pro.
gram on which careful production
impressed televiewers.. Produce,
Worthington Minor made expert
use OF process shooting with mo-
ton pictures providing the back
ground) for the scenes laid aboard
a tranScontinental train. The
housewife report on the new Kate
Smith program (WNBW-NIonday
through Friday. 4 p.m.) seems to
be complete approval. The
investment firm of Merrill LYNCH
Pierce. Penner & Beane has re-
leased a new report on the radio
IIV-movie situation, according tt
a press release just received. Not.
ing that movie revenues have
dropped about 20 per cent since
1896, the report, according to the
press release. includes this star
ting discovery among the reasons
People go to the movies less often
October Brings Changes
To Rodio, TV Schedules
Space doesn't permit listing
them all, but October is bringine
a host of new programs to both
radio and television, while other
shows are returning from those
summer rest periods. Among to-
days TV premieres showing some
promise COR at least for which
there is great hope) are SHOW
time U. S. A." on which
Helen Hayes and some other no.
tables will be seen on ABC
tWMAL-TV), and the new Bobby
Clark-Bob Hope Comedy Hour !"
which the former will launch on
NBC (WNBW), with the latter
due in four weeks.
The coming week also will see
among other things, a new "Mu-
sical Comedy Time on NBC-TV