After polling U.S. radio & TV editors the tradesheet Radio Daily last week an nounced their favorite shows and perform ers of 1950. In the TV documentary field MARCH OF TIME’S filmed Crusade in Eu rope (ABC-TV) scored a repeat win (first telecast in 1949, Crusade won a Peabody Award). Documentary honors in radio went to NBC’s four-part atomic program The Quick and the Dead, starring Bob Hope.
Other winners:
RADIO
Man of the Year: Jack Benny (CBS) Woman of the Year: Eve Arden (CBS) Drama Show: Lux Radio Theater (CBS).
Comedy Show: Jack Benny (CBS).
Musical Show: Telephone Hour (NBC) Commentator: Walter Winchell (ABC).
Quiz Show: Groucho Marx’s You Bet Your Life (NBC).
Sportcaster: Mel Allen (Mutual).
Children’s Show: Let’s Pretend (CBS).
TELEVISION
Man of the Year: Sid Caesar (NBCTV) Woman of the Year: Faye Emerson (NBCTV and CBS-TV). Drama Show: Studio One (CBS-TV). Comedy Show: MiltonBerle (NBCTV). Musical Show: Fred Waring (CBS-TV)’ Commentator: John Cameron Swayze (NBC-TV). Quiz Show: Stop the Music (ABC-TV). Sportcaster: Jimmy Powers (NBC-TV)! Children’s Show: Kukla, Fran & Olli’e (NBC-TV).
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