Bright Star

Bright Star. October 23, 1952. Program #1. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Audition show. George tries to expose a phoney oil promotion scheme to Susan. Dates indicated for these program may be the date of initial broadcast on NBC. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Sheldon Leonard, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. October 30, 1952. Program #2. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Susan decides to run for the office of mayor. Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 27:00. 

Bright Star. November 6, 1952. Program #3. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. "The Star" sponsors an "Arabian Days" celebration to benefit an orphanage. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 26:50. 

Bright Star. November 13, 1952. Program #4. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Susan tricks George into signing an employment contract when she thinks he might leave the paper. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne. 27:28.. 

Bright Star. November 20, 1952. Program #5. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George tries to break up the Mantelli gang through an informant. Susan objects, so George takes matters into his own hands. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. November 27, 1952. Program #6. NBC net syndication, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Carnival crooks are about to cheat the newspaper. Princess Tonga warns George and Susan of the danger. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. December 4, 1952. Program #7. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A little old lady leaves her $200,000 estate to her cat. Some racketeers try to muscle in. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. December 11, 1952. Program #8. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A meek "true confessions" writer uses the name Huntley Preswick Sedgewick. A character with that name shows up and threatens to sue. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. December 18, 1952. Program #9. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. The Star is running a baby contest and the most beautiful entrant is from the rival paper in town. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. December 25, 1952. Program #10. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A prizefighter has come between George and Susan, so George starts working out, in preparation... Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. January 1, 1953. Program #11. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A ham actor arrives in town and Susan starts to take dramatic lessons. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. January 8, 1953. Program #12. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A French dress designer takes an interest in Susan, and George doesn't like it one bit. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. January 29, 1953. Program #15. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George is coerced into becoming a volunteer cop and buying $50 worth of tickets to the policeman's ball. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour

Bright Star. February 5, 1953. Program #16. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George takes over the woman's page and Susan starts to do the sports page. George winds up in a wrestling match. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. February 12, 1953. Program #17. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Susan decides to make a local hero out of a stranger who performed a brave deed during a fire. George quits (again!) in protest. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

3530. Bright Star. February 19, 1953. Program #18. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George becomes coach of the local high school football team. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour.. 

Bright Star. February 26, 1953. Program #19. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George and Susan investigate a haunted house which turns out to be a den for counterfeiters. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. March 5, 1953. Program #20. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. The Star is being sued by the lady owner of a traveling rodeo. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. March 12, 1953. Program #21. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A French advocate of scientific living tells Susan how to land George. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. March 19, 1953. Program #22. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. A devastating cook is hired to be woman's page editor. Susan feels she's got to beat her at her own game. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. March 26, 1953. Program #23. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. One of George's old flame comes to town. Sammy, the copy boy winds up locked in the bathroom to save Susan's romance. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 27:13

Bright Star. April 2, 1953. Program #24. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Susan's Aunt Sophie comes to town and tries to promote a match between Susan and George. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. April 9, 1953. Program #25. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George outbids Susan for a talking parrot who knows the location of buried treasure. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. April 16, 1953. Program #26. NBC net origination, Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. George and Susan try to bring romance into the life of Patience, Susan's housekeeper. Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 1/2 hour. 

Bright Star. October 8, 1953. Program #51. NBC net origination/Ziv syndication. Commercials added locally. Betty Lou from Memphis comes to town, thinking George Harvey is the editor of the paper, not just a reporter. A local gangster complicates the deception. Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Mitchell, Wendell Niles (announcer). 27:46. 

Bright Star. October 15, 1953. Program #52. NBC net origination/Ziv syndication. Sponsored by: Commercials added loclly. Susan's teenaged cousin Emily arrives in Hillsdale for a visit. She's very much in love with Peter Andrews, but there seems to be two Peter Andrews'! Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Wendell Niles (announcer). 27:36.