Evening star., 1955-04-28
ON THE AIR

The cost OF living is high for
us all, but it is higher in some
places than in others. This dis
covery was made, delightedly it
might be noted, by newspaper
man here who got nosey when
NBC-TV's Home" paid it's re-
cent visit to Washington.
Among the other things this
man learned while browsing
around behind the Home" front
was that the shows budget is
$4,000 a week. This is not, he
admitted, an especially stagger-
ing sum, since it adds up to. or
rather divides down to a mere
S8.400 per day. The television
hours costing more than that to
produce probably outnumber
those costing less.
1t was something else that
really fascinated this depart
ment's dubious informant (the
adjective refers not to. his aspect
but to his nature). This was what
will happen when the show
visits Las Vegas, where. as Bob
Hope remarked the other night.
things are different-the bird
cages clean people.
For a week in Las Vegas. the
"Home" budget will be dou-
bled. Informant has only one
thought: Oil for the lamps of
China is nothing compared to
oil for the wheels of Nevada. He
thinks Home" may be the
cleanest show on television after
Las Vegas.
NO SURPRISE-The news
late yesterday that Bishop Full
ton ]. Sheen would be switching
networks in the fall was not
overly surprising. Du Mont. with
q new combination TV-movie
camera just developed in the AL
len D. Du Mont Laboratories, is
about to become a network via
film rather than via coaXial
and microwave relay. 1t also
seems to have had some trouble
clearing stations for some of its
network shows.
Bishop Sheen's Life is Worth
Living just isn't one of those
TV enterprises that suffer little
harm in the transfer to film. 1t
needs the immediacy of the
cleric's presence. This, un-
doubtedly. is at least partly re-
sponsible for his switch to the
ABC television network, where
he will start the new season,
his fourth in TV, in october.
Milton Berle, who seems deS-
tined to share Tuesday nights
at 8 on NBC-TV with Martha
Raye, will not be sorry to see
Bishop Sheen depart that time
spot. On ABC-TV. Life Is
Worth Living" will be seen on
Thursday nights at 8.
Bishop Sheen. incidentally. be-
came aware early of the COM
petition he was giving Berle
and he referred to it yesterday
at the news conference an
nouncing his change. He was
making the move to ABC and
Thursday nights. he said, Gin Or
der that I can hear Milton
Berle."
ANNIVERSARY George
town University Forum" will ex-
pand to a full hour this Sunday
land this Sunday only over
WTTG at 4:30 pm. The occa-
sion will be the programs 200th
telecast. which makes it the
Nations "record-holder for con-
secutive telecasts of a forum
program in Glass A time
In honor of the event. two top
les rather than the usual one will
be discussed. The first half hour
will be devoted to Labor Lead
ers Behind the Iron Curtain. "
The second half of the show will
have look at Washington Fu-
turama. the panelists discussing
"Slum Town or Nations Capt.
tal?"
Matthew Warren has been
moderator of GEORGETOWN Forum"
since Frank Blair moved on to
New York and To-day" The
man in charge for Georgetown
University is Father Daniel
Power of the schools faculty.
SLOW BOAT TO - Captain
Video, the interstellar adven-
turer recently grounded by Du-
Mont. will slow his pace consid-
rrably and take to new (for
him. that is> mode of travel
here Saturday, He'll be on board
the Mt. Vernon to lead the Will