The New Loretta Young Show 61 years old
The New Loretta Young Show, is an American television series, which aired for twenty-six weekly episodes on CBS television from September 24, 1962 to March 18, 1963, features Loretta Young in a combination drama and situation comedy about a free-lance writer in suburban Connecticut named Christine Massey, the widowed mother of seven children. The program is the only one in which Young starred as a recurring character. Her previous anthology series on NBC placed her in the role of hostess and occasional star. Young is the first star to garner both Academy and Emmy awards, one of a relatively few to make the transition from motion picture to television. Though it followed the popular The Andy Griffith Show on CBS, The New Loretta Young Show, sponsored by Lever Brothers, proved unable to sustain the needed audience in competition at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Mondays with the ABC medical drama Ben Casey starring Vince Edwards and Sam Jaffe, which entered its second season. NBC fielded David Brinkley's Journal at the same time, reflections of the news correspondent David Brinkley. The New Loretta Young Show was hence quietly dropped at the end of winter in 1963. Young had formed LYL Production Company for the series, an indication that she did not expect a premature end to the program. Norman Foster directed most of the episodes; John London and Ruth Roberts were the producers.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Beverly Washburn She was 18 , now 80 years old | |
| Loretta Young She was 49 , 87 years old when she died | |
| Kitty Kelly She was 60 , 66 years old when she died | |
| Sandy Descher She was 16 , now 78 years old | |
| Cindy Carol She was 17 , now 79 years old | |
| James Philbrook He was 37 , 58 years old when he died | |
| Dack Rambo He was 20 , 52 years old when he died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Joseph Pevney Directing He was 51 , 96 years old when he died | Director |
The New Loretta Young Show (61 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1962-09-24
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 26