After the Deadlines
After The Deadlines was an American evening news program of the early 1950s.[1] It was broadcast on the ABC network from April 1951 to October 1952.[2]
Typical of evening television news programs of the era, it lasted fifteen minutes. After the Deadlines aired at 7:00 PM, earlier than its competitors, Camel News Caravan (NBC, 7:45 PM) and Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS, 7:30 PM)[3] in an attempt to draw news viewers from these more-established networks. Its predecessor was News and Views, and its successor was All-Star News and, eventually, ABC World News, as seen in this list:
- ABC evening news programs[4]
- News and Views (August 11, 1948 – March 30, 1951)
- After The Deadlines (April 2, 1951 – October 3, 1952)
- All-Star News (October 6, 1952 – January 2, 1953)
- (No weekday evening news broadcast, January 5, 1953 – October 9, 1953)
- John Daly and the News (October 12, 1953 – September 12, 1958)
- ABC News (September 15, 1958 – May 8, 1959)[note 1]
- John Daly and the News (May 11, 1959 – December 16, 1960)
- ABC World News (December 19, 1960 – present (As of 2015[update]))[note 2]
In 1951 and 1952, most American households did not have television receivers, and ABC was a distinctly minor network compared to NBC and CBS, so After the Deadlines was not a major factor in the overall news business, and the identity of the anchor or anchors of After the Deadlines may be lost to history.[5]
References
- ^ "ABC News". Archive of American Television. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ David Shedden (August 11, 2014). "Today in media history: The beginning of ABC News". Poynter Institute. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "1951 - 1952 TV Schedule". Classic TV Database. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ David Shedden (April 4, 2006). "Early TV Anchors". Poynter Institute. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ Walt Kickey; Harry Enten (February 10, 2015). "Brian Williams Has Lasted Longer Than Most In NBC's Anchor Chair". Slate. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
'After the Deadlines' was so minor that we couldn't find a definitive source of who anchored it... There is some disagreement over who hosted the evening program between John Charles Daly and Ron Cochran. Some sources suggest more co-anchors than others.