* 38/10/05 Alter Ego * 38/10/12 The Jest * 38/10/19 Romance * 38/10/26 Imitation of Glory * 38/11/02 First Song - Night and Day * 38/11/09 First Song - Hallelujah * 38/11/16 Monument to Love * 38/11/23 The Happy Ending * 38/11/30 First Song - The Girlfriend Of The Whirling Dervish * 38/12/07 First Song - Ferdinand The Bull * 38/12/14 First Song - Swamp Fire * 38/12/21 First Song - Don't Wait Until The Night Before Christmas * 38/12/28 First Song - Loveland In The Wintertime 39/01/04 John Barrymore, M.C. 39/01/11 Guest - Basil Rathbone 39/01/18 Eddie Cantor, M.C. 39/01/25 Man Who Could Work Miracles 39/02/08 Guest - Joan Blondell 39/02/15 Guest - George Raft 39/02/22 39/03/01 39/03/08 39/03/15 39/03/22 39/03/29 39/04/05 39/04/12 39/04/19 39/04/26 39/05/03 39/05/10 39/05/17 39/05/24 39/05/31 39/06/07 39/06/14 39/06/21 39/06/28 * 39/09/13 Valley Forge (Host - Ken Murray) * 39/09/20 Saturday's Children * 39/09/27 Secrets * 39/10/04 Tomorrow and Tomorrow * 39/10/11 Kind Lady * 39/10/18 Tarzan - Her Master's Voice * 39/10/25 Green Grow The Lilacs * 39/11/01 A Bill of Divorcement * 39/11/08 Another Language * 39/11/15 The Criminal Code * 39/11/22 Candlelight * 39/11/29 Berkeley Square * 39/12/06 The Bishop Misbehaves * 39/12/13 The Patsy * 39/12/20 The Goose Hangs High * 39/12/27 The Great Adventure * 40/01/03 Romance * 40/01/10 The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse * 40/01/17 Five Star Final * 40/01/24 of Three Echoes * 40/01/31 ast of Mrs Cheyney * 40/02/07 Kick In * 40/02/14 Jezebel * 40/02/21 A Church Mouse * 40/02/28 Small Miracle * 40/03/06 The Third Degree * 40/03/13 z and Maximillian 40/03/20 ng Zero * 40/03/27 e Door 40/04/03 40/04/10 40/04/17 40/04/24 * 40/05/01 Way 40/05/08 * 40/05/15 Guest - Johnny Weismuller 40/05/22 40/05/29 40/06/05 40/06/12 40/06/19 40/06/26 40/07/03 40/07/10 40/07/17 40/07/24 40/07/31 40/08/07 40/08/14 40/08/21 40/08/28 40/09/04 40/09/11 40/09/18 40/09/25 * 40/10/02 1 Grab It Or Leave It (Fred Allen begins as host) * 40/10/09 2 The Sea Buzzard * 40/10/16 3 Death Takes A Boniface 40/10/30 4 * 40/11/06 5 The Story Of Bramson Snide * 40/11/13 6 Mountain Justice * 40/11/20 7 The Eagle Is Back * 40/11/27 8 The Great Department Store Dilemma * 40/12/04 9 Death Comes To The Mystery Story Writer * 40/12/11 10 The Dentist's Plight * 40/12/18 11 Santa Claus Sits Down * 40/12/25 12 Otto Hottendorf * 41/01/01 13 Amateur of the Month * 41/01/08 14 All Is Not Gold That Glitters * 41/01/15 15 The Specialist's Quandary * 41/01/22 16 They Almost Junked the Junket * 41/01/29 17 A Stay-At-Home Cruise * 41/02/05 18 Mountain Justice * 41/02/12 19 Truth or Subsequences * 41/02/19 20 Milk * 41/02/26 21 Western Union * 41/03/05 22 Little Red Riding Hood * 41/03/12 23 Philanda Blank - My Story * 41/03/19 24 Nicotine Alley * 41/03/26 25 The Wedlock Society * 41/04/02 26 One Long Pan Takes a Chance * 41/04/09 27 Shortcut to a Nervous Breakdown * 41/04/16 28 Sleep * 41/04/23 29 Radio - the Great American Pastime * 41/04/30 30 The Baritone's Plight * 41/05/07 31 Jack Benny's 10th Anniversary * 41/05/14 32 Rhyme Doesn't Pay * 41/05/21 33 What's Wrong with Radio * 41/05/28 34 The Great Studio Economy Wave * 41/06/04 35 One Long Pan, Ghost to Ghost Network * 41/06/11 36 The Saga of the Great American Drugstore * 41/06/18 37 No Blood and No Sand * 41/06/25 38 The Hour of Good Intentions 41/10/01 39 41/10/08 40 41/10/15 41 41/10/22 42 41/10/29 43 41/11/05 44 * 41/11/12 45 Havoc in the Auto Factory * 41/11/19 46 Death Comes to Barnegie Hall * 41/11/26 47 Mob Breakers * 41/12/03 48 How Clean Is My Alley * 41/12/10 49 Death Valley Takes a Day Off 41/12/17 50 41/12/24 51 41/12/31 52 42/01/07 53 42/01/14 54 42/01/21 55 42/01/28 56 42/02/04 57 42/02/11 58 Duffy's Tavern 42/02/18 59 * 42/02/25 60 Death at King Tut's Tomb * 42/03/08 61 The Life of Fred Allen 42/03/15 62 * 42/03/22 63 Sherlock Holmes Parody * 42/03/29 64 Quiz Kids * 42/04/05 65 Forum for the Forlorn * 42/04/12 66 Excerpt * 42/04/19 67 Falstaff Openshaw * 42/04/26 68 Fred Interviews College Student * 42/05/03 69 The Great Side Show Mystery * 42/05/10 70 The Courtin' Of Nasty And Narrow 42/05/17 71 * 42/05/24 72 Vaudeville 42/05/31 73 * 42/06/07 74 A Star Is Born aka English Radio Spoof * 42/06/14 75 The Life Of Luther Boomer * 42/06/21 76 Mountain Justice * 42/06/28 77 Vacation Plans * 42/10/04 1 First 30 minute show * 42/10/11 2 Wee Bonnie Baker is Engaged * 42/10/18 3 Les Miserables * 42/10/25 4 Courtin' Of Jenny Suggs * 42/11/01 5 Coffee Rationing to Begin * 42/11/08 6 Guest - Hugh Herbert * 42/11/15 7 BBC, Take It or Leave It * 42/11/22 8 Guest - Milton Cross * 42/11/29 9 Adolphe Menjou Translates Jokes * 42/12/06 10 Allen's Alley Begins 42/12/13 11 * 42/12/20 12 Rise Stevens 42/12/27 13 * 43/01/03 14 The Missing Shot * 43/01/10 15 Guest - Jack Benny * 43/01/17 16 Guest - George Jessel 43/01/24 17 * 43/01/31 18 How Do You Feel About Dining Out * 43/02/07 19 Phantom of the Opera * 43/02/14 20 Guest - Joe Baker * 43/02/21 21 Guest - Jack Haley * 43/02/28 22 The Shot In The Penthouse * 43/03/07 23 100th Program for Texaco * 43/03/14 24 Guest - Joel Kupperman * 43/03/21 25 The Great Goldfish Murder 43/03/28 26 43/04/04 27 Guest - Jimmy Durante 43/04/11 28 * 43/04/18 29 Mrs Cavath Wells And Her Talking Bird * 43/04/25 30 Guest - Bela Lugosi * 43/05/02 31 Immediate Seating on the Inside * 43/05/09 32 Guest - Akim Tamiroff * 43/05/16 33 Are You Raising Chickens * 43/05/23 34 What are you doing about National Poetry Week 43/05/30 35 43/06/06 36 * 43/06/13 37 Raffles, the Talking Bird 43/06/20 38 43/06/27 39 * 43/12/12 40 Fred tries to get Lauritz Melchior a job on radio 43/12/19 41 * 43/12/26 42 * 44/01/02 43 Loan Sharks * 44/01/09 44 Fred Gets Hit on the Head by a Barrel from a Brewery Truck * 44/01/16 45 Guest - Mary Pickford * 44/01/23 46 How did the fish shortage bother you 44/01/30 47 44/02/06 48 * 44/02/13 49 How is the alarm clock shortage going to affect you * 44/02/20 50 Guest - Martha Raye * 44/02/27 51 Guest - The Quiz Kids * 44/03/05 52 Guest - Ralph Edwards * 44/03/12 53 How are you doing with your income tax * 44/03/19 54 Are you keeping a victory garden this year * 44/03/26 55 Benny Goodman is breaking up his band * 44/04/02 56 How has the egg surplus affected you * 44/04/09 57 Have you eaten in a restaurant lately * 44/04/16 58 How much money do you think you're going * 44/04/23 59 North Dakota 44/04/30 60 * 44/05/07 61 The Unknowns * 44/05/14 62 Quota of sugar 44/05/21 63 * 44/05/28 64 Are you still turning in every piece of paper * 44/06/04 65 The Killers * 44/06/11 66 South Dakota * 44/06/18 67 Reduce the amount of meat you have been eating lately 44/06/25 68 44/06/xx (because the summer shows continued in the fall with the same host they are included here) 44/06/xx (newspaper listings were inconsistent for the summer period) 44/06/xx (unclear if the show that began July 2 was intended to be the Texaco Star Theatre) 44/06/xx (variously listed as James Melton Show; Summer Theater (thru Sep 10); Star Theater) * 44/07/02 Guest - Ginny Simms (James Melton Hosts) * 44/07/09 Guest - Kathryn Grayson * 44/07/16 Guest - Sandra Berkova * 44/07/23 Guest - Francis White * 44/07/30 Guest - Diana Lynn * 44/08/06 Guest - Jane Powell * 44/08/13 Guest - Helen Forrest * 44/08/20 Guest - Alec Templeton * 44/08/27 Guest - Jarmina Navotna * 44/09/03 Guest - Lawrence Brooks * 44/09/10 Guest - Jane Froman * 44/09/17 Guest - Joan Edwards * 44/09/24 Guest - Helen Jepson * 44/10/01 Guest - Alec Templeton * 44/10/08 Guest - Celeste Holm * 44/10/15 Guest - Mary Martin * 44/10/22 Guest - Dorothy Kirsten * 44/10/29 Guest - Celeste Holm * 44/11/05 Guest - Mary Martin * 44/11/12 Guest - Elieen Farrell * 44/11/19 Guest - Alec Templeton * 44/11/26 Guest - Grace Moore * 44/12/03 Guest - Mary Martin * 44/12/10 Guest - Hildegarde * 44/12/17 Guest - Grace Moore * 44/12/24 Christmas Show * 44/12/31 Guest - Rise Stevens * 45/01/07 Guest - Mary Martin * 45/01/14 Guest - Jane Froman * 45/01/21 First Song - I Got A Song * 45/01/28 Guest - Jane Froman * 45/02/04 Guest - Grace Moore * 45/02/11 Guest - Grace Moore * 45/02/18 Guest - Victor Borge * 45/02/25 Guest - Rise Stevens * 45/03/04 Guest - Lawrence Tibbett * 45/03/11 Guest - Lawrence Tibbett * 45/03/19 Guest - Lawrence Tibbett * 45/03/25 First Song - The Song Of The Rangers * 45/04/01 First Song - Lili Marlene * 45/04/08 Guest - Frances Langford * 45/04/15 First Song - Begin The Beguine * 45/04/22 First Song - Californ-I-A * 45/04/29 First Song - A Woman Is A Sometime Thing * 45/05/06 Guest - Ginny Simms * 45/05/13 Guest - Patrice Munsel * 45/05/20 Guest - Ginny Simms 45/05/27 * 45/06/03 Guest - Hildegarde * 45/06/10 Guest - Ethel Smith * 45/06/17 Guest - Jo Stafford * 45/06/24 All Gershwin Show 45/07/01 45/07/08 45/07/15 45/07/21 45/07/29 45/08/05 * 45/08/12 Guest - Richard Rodgers * 45/08/19 Guest - Liberace 45/08/26 45/09/02 45/09/09 * 45/09/16 Guest - Ethel Smith 45/09/23 45/09/30 * 45/10/07 Guest - Victor Borge 45/10/14 45/10/21 It's A Grand Night For Singing 45/10/28 * 45/11/04 Guest - Anna Mary Dickey * 45/11/11 Guest - Robert Benchley * 45/11/18 Guest - Jimmy Savo * 45/11/25 Guest - Frank Sinatra * 45/12/02 Guest - Danny Kaye * 45/12/09 First Song - That's For Me * 45/12/16 Guest - Benny Goodman * 45/12/23 Guest - Ralph Bellamy * 45/12/30 Guest - Danny Kaye * 46/01/06 Carmen * 46/01/13 William Tell * 46/01/20 Romeo And Juliet * 46/01/27 Faust * 46/02/03 The Flying Dutchman * 46/02/10 The Barber Of Seville * 46/02/17 Pagliacci * 46/02/24 Aida * 46/03/03 Guest - Annamary Dickey * 46/03/10 La Boheme * 46/03/17 Tristan And Isolde * 46/03/24 Hansel And Gretel * 46/03/31 HMS Pinafore * 46/04/07 La Traviata * 46/04/11 Don Quixote * 46/04/21 Martha * 46/04/28 Mignon * 46/05/05 Il Trovatore * 46/05/12 Louise * 46/05/19 Trial By Jury * 46/05/26 Lohengrin * 46/06/02 Girl Of The Golden West * 46/06/09 La Giaconda * 46/06/16 Wedding Of The Battered Bride * 46/06/23 L'Afrikana * 46/06/30 Guest - Virginia Haskins * 46/07/07 First Song - All Through The Day * 46/07/14 Guest - Patty Clayton 46/07/21 * 46/07/28 Kilroy Was Here * 46/08/04 Guest - Joan Lawrence * 46/08/11 Guest - Virginia Haskins * 46/08/18 Guest - Virginia Haskins * 46/08/25 Guest - Jane Wilson * 46/09/01 Guest - Virginia Haskins * 46/09/08 Guest - Virginia Haskins * 46/09/15 Guest - Jane Wilson * 46/09/22 Guest - Virginia Haskins 47/03/29 (Tony Martin begins as host) * 47/03/30 First Song - The Lullaby Of Broadway * 47/04/06 Guest - Eddie Cantor * 47/04/13 First Song - You Can't See The Sun When You're Crying * 47/04/20 Guest - Red Skelton 47/05/04 47/05/11 47/05/18 47/05/25 47/06/01 47/06/08 47/06/15 47/06/22 47/06/29 47/07/06 47/07/13 47/07/20 * 47/07/27 First Song - Breezin' Along With The Breeze 47/08/03 * 47/08/10 First Song - Old Man River 47/08/17 47/08/24 47/08/31 47/09/07 47/09/14 47/09/21 47/09/28 47/10/05 47/10/12 47/10/19 47/10/26 47/11/02 47/11/09 47/11/16 47/11/23 47/11/30 47/12/07 47/12/14 47/12/21 47/12/28 47/12/31 (Tony Martin as host moves to Wednesday and ABC network) * 48/01/04 First Song - Near You (Start of Gordon McRae as host on Sunday version of show) 48/01/07 Martin * 48/01/11 First Song - The Best Things In Life Are Free 48/01/14 Martin * 48/01/18 First Song - You Are My Sunshine 48/01/21 Martin * 48/01/25 First Song - Bongo, Bongo, Bongo 48/01/28 Martin * 48/02/01 First Song - She's Too Fat For Me 48/02/04 Martin * 48/02/08 First Song - Maņana 48/02/11 Martin * 48/02/15 First Song - I'm A Comin' A-Courtin' Corabelle 48/02/18 Martin * 48/02/22 First Song - She's Too Fat For Me 48/02/25 Martin * 48/02/29 First Song - The Best Things In Life Are Free 48/03/03 Martin * 48/03/07 First Song - Maņana 48/03/10 (Last show with Tony Martin as host) * 48/03/14 First Song - I'm looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover * 48/03/21 First Song - You Are My Sunshine 48/03/23 (March 24 - Gordon MacRae moves to Wednesday) * 48/03/24 First Song - I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover * 48/03/31 First Song - Bye Bye Blackbird * 48/04/07 First Song - Blue Skies * 48/04/14 First Song - The Dickie Bird Song * 48/04/21 First Song - Baby Face * 48/04/28 First Song - Somebody Stole My Gal * 48/05/05 First Song - Bye Bye Blackbird * 48/05/12 First Song - My Blue Heaven * 48/05/19 First Song - Sweet Sue * 48/05/26 First Song - June Is Busting Out All Over * 48/06/02 First Song - Baby Face * 48/06/09 Guest - Jimmy Durante * 48/06/16 First Song - Put 'Em In A Box * 48/06/23 First Song - When The Red Red Robin * 48/06/30 First Song - Yankee Doodle * 48/07/07 First Song - A Most Unusual Day * 48/07/21 First Song - The Woody Woodpecker Song * 48/07/28 First Song - The Highway To Love * 48/08/04 First Song - Top Hat, White Tie And Tails * 48/08/11 First Song - Somebody Stole My Gal * 48/08/18 First Song - It's A Most Unusual Day * 48/08/25 First Song - You Call Everybody Darling * 48/09/01 First Song - Little Girl * 48/09/08 First Song - Ramblin' Rose * 48/09/15 First Song - Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue * 48/09/22 Salute To Education (Milton Berle begins as host) * 48/09/29 Salute To The Old West * 48/10/06 Salute To Baseball * 48/10/13 Salute To The Theater * 48/10/27 Salute To Politics * 48/11/03 Salute To Public Servants * 48/11/10 Salute To Philadelphia * 48/11/17 Salute To Football * 48/11/24 Salute To Thanksgiving * 48/12/01 Salute To New York * 48/12/08 Salute To Radio * 48/12/15 Salute To Department Stores * 48/12/22 Salute To Christmas * 48/12/29 Salute To New Year's * 49/01/05 Salute To Music * 49/01/12 Salute To Winter Sports * 49/01/19 Salute To American History * 49/01/26 Salute To Transportation * 49/02/02 Guest Host - Rudy Vallee * 49/02/09 Salute To Medicine * 49/02/16 Salute To Romance * 49/02/23 Salute To Justice * 49/03/02 Salute To Communications * 49/03/09 Salute To Motion Pictures * 49/03/16 Salute To Finance * 49/03/23 Salute To Spring * 49/03/30 Salute To Travel * 49/04/06 Salute To Army Day * 49/04/13 Salute To The Circus * 49/04/20 Salute To Baseball * 49/04/27 Salute To Literature And The Press * 49/05/04 Salute To The Navy * 49/05/11 Salute To The Automobile Industry * 49/05/18 Salute To The World Of Sports * 49/05/25 Salute To The South And To Latin America * 49/06/01 Salute To Love * 49/06/08 Salute To The Great Outdoors * 49/06/15 Salute To The Motion Picture Industry