Eloise Salutes the Stars

Eloise Salutes the Stars
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Lester Lewis
Starring	Eloise McElhone
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	15 minutes
Production company(s)	Lester Lewis Productions
Release
Original network	DuMont/WABD
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 1950 – April 1951

Eloise Salutes the Stars is a talk show hosted by Eloise McElhone (1921-1974) which aired on an 8-station network including the DuMont flagship station WABD. The series started on WABD in November 1949. The series aired Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET in 1950 and early 1951. Other stations in the network such as WXEL-TV in Cleveland showed the series on Thursdays at 7:30pm ET, and other stations, such as WPIX-TV chose to air the show at 5:15pm ET.

The show was sponsored by Doeskin Tissues, and produced by Lester Lewis (1913-1988). After the original 13 episodes were produced, the show was renewed for another 13 episodes in January 1951.

McElhone was also host of the DuMont series Quick on the Draw, a panelist on the ABC game show Think Fast, and a panelist on the NBC/ABC series Leave It to the Girls.

Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

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