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Maggi's Private Wire (1949-50)
 Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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MAGGI'S PRIVATE WIRE
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NBC (12-Apr-1949 to 02-Jul-1949)
CBS (03-May-1950 to 26-Jul-1950)

US Talk show 1949-50 25 episodes x 15 min 

Host: Maggi McNellis

A program of celebrity interviews, human interest accounts, fashion previews, and gossip.

Announcer Charles (Budd) Rogers

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NBC (12-Apr-1949 to 02-Jul-1949)
NBC Tuesdays 7:30 to 7:45pm (April) then Saturdays 7:30-7:45pm

[01] Maggi's Private Wire
12Apr1949 NBC Tue 7:30pm [Premiere]
Host Maggi McNellis
Guest
Lee Tracy

[02] Maggi's Private Wire
19Apr1949 NBC Tue 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[03] Maggi's Private Wire
26Apr1949 NBC Tue 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Meg Mundy
and Richard Hart.

[04] Maggi's Private Wire
07May1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
John Carradine
and Henry Scott.

[05] Maggi's Private Wire
14May1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Lawrence Tibbett
and Carol Stone

[06] Maggi's Private Wire
21May1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guest
Donald Richards

[07] Maggi's Private Wire
28May1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[08] Maggi's Private Wire
04Jun1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[09] Maggi's Private Wire
11Jun1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[10] Maggi's Private Wire
18Jun1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Bill Talbert
and Osa Johnson.

[11] Maggi's Private Wire
25Jun1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[12] Maggi's Private Wire [Final episode on NBC]
02Jul1949 NBC Sat 7:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

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CBS Wednesdays 11:00-11:15pm (03-May-1950 to 26-Jul-1950)

2.1 [13] Maggi's Private Wire [Premiere on CBS]
03May1950 CBS Wed 11pm 
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Jack Carson
and Lola Albright.

2.2 [14] Maggi's Private Wire
10May1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Roberta Alda
and Lee Bowman.

2.3 [15] Maggi's Private Wire
17May1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Earl Wilson
and Jack Topping.

2.4 [16] Maggi's Private Wire
24May1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guest
Anita Colby

2.5 [17] Maggi's Private Wire
31May1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guest

2.6 [18] Maggi's Private Wire
07Jun1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Joey Adams
and Pat Burrage

2.7 [19] Maggi's Private Wire
14Jun1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Faye Emerson
and Garry Moore.

2.8 [20] Maggi's Private Wire
21Jun1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Gypsy Rose Lee
and Betty Betz.

2.9 [21] Maggi's Private Wire
28Jun1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guest
Gloria DeHaven

2.10 [22] Maggi's Private Wire
05Jul1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests

2.11 [23] Maggi's Private Wire
12Jul1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Buddy Rogers

2.12 [24] Maggi's Private Wire
19Jul1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Sammy White

2.13 [25] Maggi's Private Wire [Last show of the series]
26Jul1950 CBS Wed 11pm
Host Maggi McNellis
Guests
Buddy Lester

The Maggi McNellis Show (1952)
ABC (31-Jul-1952 to 11-Dec-1952)

US Talk show 1952  20 episodes x 30min

Host Maggi McNellis

Note: Carl Reiner remembered the show. The room was set up like a nightclub. There were people sitting at a table,
and she would come over and talk to you. It was half an interview show and then you would get up and do something.
There was no nightclub like that in the world. They paid you $125, which seems like a lot for five minutes' work,
but it really wasn't because a lot of people were seeing it, and you were ruining your act for club dates.

[01] The Maggi McNellis Show [Premiere]
31Jul1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[02] The Maggi McNellis Show
07Aug1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[03] The Maggi McNellis Show
14Aug1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[04] The Maggi McNellis Show
21Aug1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[05] The Maggi McNellis Show
28Aug1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[06] The Maggi McNellis Show
04Sep1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[07] The Maggi McNellis Show
11Sep1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[08] The Maggi McNellis Show
18Sep1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[09] The Maggi McNellis Show
25Sep1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[10] The Maggi McNellis Show
02Oct1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[11] The Maggi McNellis Show
09Oct1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[12] The Maggi McNellis Show
16Oct1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[13] The Maggi McNellis Show
23Oct1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[14] The Maggi McNellis Show
30Oct1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[15] The Maggi McNellis Show
06Nov1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[16] The Maggi McNellis Show
13Nov1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[17] The Maggi McNellis Show
20Nov1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[18] The Maggi McNellis Show
27Nov1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[19] The Maggi McNellis Show
04Dec1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

[20] The Maggi McNellis Show [Final show of the series]
11Dec1952 WJZ Thurs 9:30pm
Host Maggi McNellis

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