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==Broadcast history==
''The Wendy Barrie Show'' is notable as one of the first examples of a televised talk show, and aired (separately) on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]], and [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]. The show aired Mondays at 8:30pm ET on ABC as ''Photoplay Time'' during the 1949-50 season. The DuMont version ranaired from 2:30 to 3pm ET from January 17, 1949 to July 13, 1949.<ref>[http://www.dumonthistory.tv/a2.html DuMont historical website]</ref>
 
The series stars [[Wendy Barrie]], a film and television actress with over forty films to her credit. The series began on ABC as a [[sketch comedy]] titled ''Inside Photoplay'', but eventually changed formats and became a talk show. The series was also known as ''Photoplay Time'' (from September to December 1949) and ''Through Wendy's Window'' (from August to September 1950). The NBC series aired Tuesdays and Thursdays, with the final NBC episode airing on September 27, 1950.
 
According to the book ''What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s'' (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:
 
*10-10:30am ''Johnny Olsen's Rumpus Room''
*10:30-11am ''Welcome, Neighbors''
*11am-12noon ''The Stan Shaw Show''
*12noon-12:15pm ''[[Amanda (TV series)|Amanda]]''
*12:15-12:30pm ''Man in the Street''
*12:30-12:45pm ''[[Camera Headlines]]''
*12:45-1pm ''Fashions in Song''
*1-1:30pm ''[[Okay, Mother]]''
*2:30-3pm ''Inside Photoplay'' (''The Wendy Barrie Show'')
*3-3:15pm ''[[The Needle Shop]]''
*3:15-3:30pm ''Vincent Lopez Speaking'' (''[[The Vincent Lopez Show]]'')
 
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