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Wide Wide World (1955 – 1958)

Wide Wide World

^{(1955 – 1958)}

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1h 30m

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June 27th, 1955

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Wide Wide World was a 90-minute documentary series telecast live on NBC on Sunday afternoons at 4pm Eastern. Conceived by network head Pat Weaver and hosted by Dave Garroway, Wide Wide World was introduced on the Producers' Showcase series on June 27, 1955. The premiere episode, featuring entertainment from the US, Canada and Mexico, was the first international North American telecast in the history of the medium.

It returned in the fall as a regular Sunday series, telecast from October 16, 1955 to June 8, 1958. The program was sponsored by General Motors and Barry Wood was the executive producer. In March 1956, Time magazine reported that it was the highest-rated daytime show on television.

Garroway was the host of the series which featured live remote segments from locations throughout North America and occasional reports on film from elsewhere in the world. The series carried live events into four million households. The October 16 premiere, "A Sunday in Autumn," featured 50 cameras in 11 cities, including a college campus, the fishing fleet at Gloucester, Massachusetts, rainswept streets in Manhattan and Monitor broadcasting in NBC's Radio Central studio. An appearance by Dick Button ice skating at Rockefeller Center was canceled because the rain had washed away the ice, and a curious coverage by a nervous Ted Husing of an attempt by Donald Campbell to break a speed record showed nothing more than his boat, on the other side of the lake, failing to take off. Time reviewed:

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Cast

Dave Garroway
Self - Emcee
Gary Cooper
Self
Ira Hayes
Self
Maria Tallchief
Self
Anthony Perkins
Self
Lorne Greene
Self - excerpt from 'Julius Caesar'
Dorothy McGuire
Self
Lillian Gish
Self
Peter Mark Richman
Self
Louis Armstrong
Self
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Directors

Dick Schneider
(42 episodes, 1955-1958)
Van Fox
(14 episodes, 1957-1958)
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Producers

Herbert Sussan
producer
(14 episodes, 1955-1958)
Alan Neuman
producer
(10 episodes, 1956-1958)
John Goetz
producer
(9 episodes, 1956-1958)
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Writers

Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
creator
(59 episodes, 1955-1958)
Joseph Liss
writer
(13 episodes, 1955-1958)
Louis Solomon
written by
(12 episodes, 1955-1958)
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Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

June 27th, 1955 (United States of America)
October 16th, 1955 (United States of America)

Alternative Titles

Wide Wide World (original title)
Wide Wide World (United States of America)

Locations

Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA

Running Times

90 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Distribution Companies

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (United States of America) (1955-1958)
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (United States of America) (1955-1958)
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