PM East/PM West
PM East/PM West is a late-night talk show hosted by Mike Wallace and Joyce Davidson in New York City (where the PM East portion originated) and San Francisco Chronicle television critic Terrence O'Flaherty in San Francisco (PM West).[1] The program was seen five nights a week from June 12, 1961, to June 22, 1962.
The show was syndicated by Group W Productions to Westinghouse-owned television stations in Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, San Francisco, as well as to other stations in Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and Dallas, Texas.[2] It was scheduled at the same time as NBC's The Tonight Show, then hosted by Jack Paar. Westinghouse, which was only a broadcaster that syndicated its programs through Group W, attempted to compete with NBC, which had had a monopoly on late-night television since Steve Allen had originated The Tonight Show in 1954.
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Episode status
Audio recordings of some of Barbra Streisand's appearances constitute nearly all that survives. The sole episode known to exist in its entirety with moving images and sound, available for viewing at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, is the February 12, 1962, telecast, which was a tribute to George Schaefer.[3] It features actors who worked with Schaefer, including Boris Karloff (who is interviewed by Davidson), Ed Wynn, and Ethel Griffies. Streisand does not appear, nor does anyone mention her name.
In 2018, someone uploaded to YouTube a clip that lasts 4 minutes 46 seconds from an episode in which the guests include comedian
References
- ^ Classic Themes: "PM East / PM West"
- ISBN 9780316377942.
PM East/PM West.
- ^ "Barbra Streisand Archives | P.M. East with Mike Wallace 1961-1962". barbra-archives.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.