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Footlights and Kleiglights (1951)  
a.k.a. Kleiglights and Footlights  (23Apr1951 to 04May1951)
 Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Uploaded April 2019]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
Info from: New York Times, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Billboard, Radio-Television Daily.
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FOOTLIGHTS AND KLEIGLIGHTS
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NBC
Producer Phyllis Adams

US Daytime Talk show 1951 145 episodes (29 weeks)

Host Ben Grauer (23Apr1951 to 14Sep1951)
Host Frank Farrell (17Sep1951 to 09Nov1951)

Premise: Program deals with the theatrical arts and films with interviews
to provide viewers a behind-the-scenes look at stage, screen and television.

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NBC 11:30 am 15 minutes (became a half hour show late in 1951)
(23Apr1951 to 04May1951)(Mon-Fri)

[01] Kleiglights and Footlights
23Apr1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[02] Kleiglights and Footlights
24Apr1951
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[03] Kleiglights and Footlights
25Apr1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[04] Kleiglights and Footlights
26Apr1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[05] Kleiglights and Footlights
27Apr1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[06] Kleiglights and Footlights
30Apr1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[07] Kleiglights and Footlights
01May1951
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[08] Kleiglights and Footlights
02May1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guests
William Gaxton
Blanche Yurka.

[09] Kleiglights and Footlights
03May1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guests
Sarah Churchill
Robert Sterling.

[10] Kleiglights and Footlights
04May1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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NBC 11:30 am 15 minutes (became a half hour show late in 1951)
(07May1951 to 09Nov1951)(Mon-Fri)

[11] Footlights and Kleiglights [Title changes].
07May1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[12] Footlights and Kleiglights
08May1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Russel Crouse

[13] Footlights and Kleiglights
09May1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Ed Wynn

[14] Footlights and Kleiglights
10May1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Robert J. Flaherty

[15] Footlights and Kleiglights
11May1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Susan Douglas (Rubes)

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[16] Footlights and Kleiglights
14May1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Margaret Phillips

[17] Footlights and Kleiglights
15May1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Sidney Franklin

[18] Footlights and Kleiglights
16May1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Freddie Bartholomew

[19] Footlights and Kleiglights
17May1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Theresa Helburn

[20] Footlights and Kleiglights
18May1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Vin Kehoe

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[21] Footlights and Kleiglights
21May1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[22] Footlights and Kleiglights
22May1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Arthur Treacher

[23] Footlights and Kleiglights
23May1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Jose Ferrer

[24] Footlights and Kleiglights
24May1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Anita Colby

[25] Footlights and Kleiglights
25May1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Barbara Bel Geddes

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[26] Footlights and Kleiglights
28May1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guests
Nancy Carroll
Patricia Kirkland.

[27] Footlights and Kleiglights
29May1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Russell Nype

[28] Footlights and Kleiglights
30May1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Igor Cassini

[29] Footlights and Kleiglights
31May1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Jane Wyatt

[30] Footlights and Kleiglights
01Jun1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Vinton Freedley

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[31] Footlights and Kleiglights
04Jun1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Theron Bamberger

[32] Footlights and Kleiglights
05Jun1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Nanette Fabray

[33] Footlights and Kleiglights
06Jun1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Conrad Nagel

[34] Footlights and Kleiglights
07Jun1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Dean Murphy

[35] Footlights and Kleiglights
08Jun1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Binnie Barnes

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[36] Footlights and Kleiglights
11Jun1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[37] Footlights and Kleiglights
12Jun1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[38] Footlights and Kleiglights
13Jun1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[39] Footlights and Kleiglights
14Jun1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[40] Footlights and Kleiglights
15Jun1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[41] Footlights and Kleiglights
18Jun1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[42] Footlights and Kleiglights
19Jun1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[43] Footlights and Kleiglights
20Jun1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[44] Footlights and Kleiglights
21Jun1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Richard Maney

[45] Footlights and Kleiglights
22Jun1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[46] Footlights and Kleiglights
25Jun1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Fred Allen

[47] Footlights and Kleiglights
26Jun1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[48] Footlights and Kleiglights
27Jun1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[49] Footlights and Kleiglights
28Jun1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[50] Footlights and Kleiglights
29Jun1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[51] Footlights and Kleiglights
02Jul1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guests
Eva Le Gallienne
Gene Lockhart.

[52] Footlights and Kleiglights
03Jul1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Judith Evelyn

[53] Footlights and Kleiglights
04Jul1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
with Cavalcade of American History films.

[54] Footlights and Kleiglights
05Jul1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Lee Tracy

[55] Footlights and Kleiglights
06Jul1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Eva Le Gallienne

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[56] Footlights and Kleiglights
09Jul1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Philip Reed

[57] Footlights and Kleiglights
10Jul1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[58] Footlights and Kleiglights
11Jul1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[59] Footlights and Kleiglights
12Jul1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Anne Jeffreys

[60] Footlights and Kleiglights
13Jul1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Maurice Zolotow

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[61] Footlights and Kleiglights
16Jul1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Sidney Blackmer

[62] Footlights and Kleiglights
17Jul1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Abe Burrows

[63] Footlights and Kleiglights
18Jul1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Gladys Swarthout

[64] Footlights and Kleiglights
19Jul1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Pat Hitchcock

[65] Footlights and Kleiglights
20Jul1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Robert Alda

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[66] Footlights and Kleiglights
23Jul1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Denise Darcel

[67] Footlights and Kleiglights
24Jul1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Robert Preston

[68] Footlights and Kleiglights
25Jul1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[69] Footlights and Kleiglights
26Jul1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Ramon Novarro

[70] Footlights and Kleiglights
27Jul1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[71] Footlights and Kleiglights
30Jul1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Paul Stewart

[72] Footlights and Kleiglights
31Jul1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Valerie Bettis

[73] Footlights and Kleiglights
01Aug1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Jackie Cooper

[74] Footlights and Kleiglights
02Aug1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Phil Regan

[75] Footlights and Kleiglights
03Aug1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Dolores Gray

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[76] Footlights and Kleiglights
06Aug1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[77] Footlights and Kleiglights
07Aug1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[78] Footlights and Kleiglights
08Aug1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[79] Footlights and Kleiglights
09Aug1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[80] Footlights and Kleiglights
10Aug1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[81] Footlights and Kleiglights
13Aug1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Vanessa Brown

[82] Footlights and Kleiglights
14Aug1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Wally Cox

[83] Footlights and Kleiglights
15Aug1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Francis L. Sullivan

[84] Footlights and Kleiglights
16Aug1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Cornelia Otis Skinner

[85] Footlights and Kleiglights
17Aug1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[86] Footlights and Kleiglights
20Aug1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[87] Footlights and Kleiglights
21Aug1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[88] Footlights and Kleiglights
22Aug1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[89] Footlights and Kleiglights
23Aug1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Fritzie Scheff

[90] Footlights and Kleiglights
24Aug1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Ilka Chase

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[91] Footlights and Kleiglights
27Aug1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[92] Footlights and Kleiglights
28Aug1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guests
Pat Crowley
Anne Crowley.

[93] Footlights and Kleiglights
29Aug1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Melville Cooper

[94] Footlights and Kleiglights
30Aug1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest
Wendell Corey

[95] Footlights and Kleiglights
31Aug1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[96] Footlights and Kleiglights
03Sep1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[97] Footlights and Kleiglights
04Sep1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[98] Footlights and Kleiglights
05Sep1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[99] Footlights and Kleiglights
06Sep1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[100] Footlights and Kleiglights
07Sep1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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[101] Footlights and Kleiglights
10Sep1951 NBC Mon
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[102] Footlights and Kleiglights
11Sep1951 NBC Tue
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[103] Footlights and Kleiglights
12Sep1951 NBC Wed
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[104] Footlights and Kleiglights
13Sep1951 NBC Thur
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

[105] Footlights and Kleiglights
14Sep1951 NBC Fri
Host Ben Grauer
Guest

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New Host Frank Farrell (17Sep1951 to 09Nov1951)
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[106] Footlights and Kleiglights
17Sep1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[107] Footlights and Kleiglights
18Sep1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[108] Footlights and Kleiglights
19Sep1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[109] Footlights and Kleiglights
20Sep1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[110] Footlights and Kleiglights
21Sep1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[111] Footlights and Kleiglights
24Sep1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Joan Blondell

[112] Footlights and Kleiglights
25Sep1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guests
Milton Pearlman
Walter Lowendall

[113] Footlights and Kleiglights
26Sep1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Martha Wright

[114] Footlights and Kleiglights
27Sep1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Paul Lukas

[115] Footlights and Kleiglights
28Sep1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Martha Stewart

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[116] Footlights and Kleiglights
01Oct1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[117] Footlights and Kleiglights
02Oct1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[118] Footlights and Kleiglights
03Oct1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[119] Footlights and Kleiglights
04Oct1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[120] Footlights and Kleiglights
05Oct1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[121] Footlights and Kleiglights
08Oct1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[122] Footlights and Kleiglights
09Oct1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[123] Footlights and Kleiglights
10Oct1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[124] Footlights and Kleiglights
11Oct1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[125] Footlights and Kleiglights
12Oct1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[126] Footlights and Kleiglights
15Oct1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[127] Footlights and Kleiglights
16Oct1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[128] Footlights and Kleiglights
17Oct1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[129] Footlights and Kleiglights
18Oct1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[130] Footlights and Kleiglights
19Oct1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[131] Footlights and Kleiglights
22Oct1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

2.27 [132] Footlights and Kleiglights
23Oct1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[133] Footlights and Kleiglights
24Oct1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[134] Footlights and Kleiglights
25Oct1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[135] Footlights and Kleiglights
26Oct1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[136] Footlights and Kleiglights
29Oct1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[137] Footlights and Kleiglights
30Oct1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[138] Footlights and Kleiglights
31Oct1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[139] Footlights and Kleiglights
01Nov1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[140] Footlights and Kleiglights
02Nov1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

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[141] Footlights and Kleiglights
05Nov1951 NBC Mon
Host Frank Farrell
Guest

[142] Footlights and Kleiglights
06Nov1951 NBC Tue
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Isabel Bigley

[143] Footlights and Kleiglights
07Nov1951 NBC Wed
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Melvyn Douglas

[144] Footlights and Kleiglights
08Nov1951 NBC Thur
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
William Gaxton

[145] Footlights and Kleiglights [Final Show]
09Nov1951 NBC Fri
Host Frank Farrell
Guest
Lloyd Nolan

*Note: "Date in Manhattan" takes this timeslot.

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