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• 07:00 p.m. Johnny Dollar
  05/25/58 #590 Midnight Sun Matter (AFRS) (24:32))
• 07:30 p.m. Dragnet
  05/03/55 #298 Big Momma (AFRS) (24:22)
• 08:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  06/11/61 #479 Doc's Visitor (Multiple Sponsors) (CBS) (22:52)
• 08:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
  12/26/48 #13 No Presents From Rexall (Rexall) (NBC) (29:40)
• 09:00 p.m. Casey Crime Photographer 10/23/47 #208 Lady In Distress (Anchor Hocking) (CBS) (29:26)
• 09:30 p.m. Challenge of the Yukon 09/06/47 #496 The Stolen Pups (Sus.) (ABC) (29:22)
• 10:00 p.m. Ford Theater
  10/05/47 #01 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (Ford) (NBC) (59:50)

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December 26, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

• 7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
  5/25/58 "Midnight Sun Matter" (24:32) Matter #590 Bob Bailey, Jean Tatum, Frank Nelson, Russell Thorson, Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Forrest Lewis ; Writer/ Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Expense Account Total - $600.00 ; Armed Forces Radio & TV Service ; "The most dangerous, exciting incident in my whole career. I break out in a cold sweat whenever I think of it." ; Johnny's flying in a cargo plane over Alaska with a load of dynamite...when the pilot gets appendicitis! The script was adapted from one used at a convention of airline pilots on March 14, 1958

• 7:30 p.m. Dragnet
  5/3/55 "The Big Momma" (AFRS) (24:22) Program #298 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; bunco/fugitive The owner/employer of Multiple Uranium Investments has left town with the entire company and company records.

• 8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
  6/11/61 "Doc's Visitor" (CBS) (22:52) Program #479 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), John Dehner, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Ralph Moody, James Nusser, Sam Edwards ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - Marian Clark ; Music Composed and Conducted - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Multiple Sponsors ; Doctor William Weber, who according to Mr. Dobie, "looks like a doctor ought ta look," arrives in Dodge City. Dr. Weber is the bearer of unfortunate news. One of Doc Adams' old friends, Dr. Henry wilson, has passed away and Wilson's final wish was for Doc adams to take over his successful clinic in Philadelphia. Doc is faced with a difficult decision. If he stays in Dodge, he will give up the opportunity to learn new techniques and work with up-to-date equipment in a comfortable surrounding. If he goes to Philadelphia he leaves a town that desperately needs him.

• 8:30 p.m. Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show
  12/26/48 "No Presents From Rexall" (NBC) (29:40) Program #13 "No Presents from Rexall" Phil Harris & Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis (Frankie Remley), Walter Tetley (Julius Abbrusio), Robert North (Willie Faye), Jeanine Roos (Little Alice), Anne Whitfield (Phyllis), Gale Gordon (Mr. Scott) ; Producer/Director - Paul Phillips ; Writers - Ray Singer & Dick Chevillat ; Music - Walter Scharf and his Orchestra ; Announcer - Bill Forman ; Sponsor - Rexall Drug Products ; Everyone gets a Christmas present from Rexall except Phil.

• 9:00 p.m. Casey Crime Photographer
  10/23/47 "Lady In Distress" (CBS) (29:26) Program ##208 ; "Lady In Distress" Staats Cottsworth (Jack "Flashgun" Casey), Jan Miner (Ann Williams), John Gibson (Ethelbert) ; Writer - Alonzo Deen Cole ; Creator - George Harmon Coxe ; Director - John Dietz ; Original Music - Archie Bleyer ; Blue Note Pianist - Herman Chittison ; Sponsor - Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation, of Lancaster, Ohio, makers of Fire King oven glass, Anchor glass containers, Anchor caps & closures ; Announcer - Tony Marvin ; CBS ; Marybelle Warren has disappeared, and her cowboy companion is concerned. A phoney murder racket is the cause of it all!

• 9:30 p.m. Sergeant Preston, The Challenge of the Yukon
  9/6/47 "The Stolen Pups" (29:22) Episode #496 Paul Sutton (Sergeant William Preston), Dewey Cole (Yukon King) ; Creator/Producer - George W. Trendle ; Director - Fred Flowerday ; Supervisor - Charles D. Livingston ; Announcer - El Prowell ; Writer - Mildred Merrill ; Copyrighted feature of The Challenge of the Yukon, Incorporated, Michigan Radio Network, originating from the transcription studios of WXYZ in Detroit ; ABC ; The same script (entitled "Balmy Bill") in a fifteen minute format, was previously broadcast on May 2, 1946. ; Sustaining ; Two embezzlers use a simpleton to steal a cache of gold, but all Balmy Bill wants is a soft puppy.

• 10:00 p.m. Ford Theatre
  10/5/47 "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" (Ford) (NBC) (59:50) Program #1 Mason Adams, Karl Swenson, Charita Bauer, Ian Martin (doubles), Santos Ortega (doubles), John Moore (doubles), Reese Taylor (doubles), Horace Braham (doubles), Neil Fitzgerald (doubles) ; Host/Narrator - Howard Lindsay ; Announcer - Martin Gabel ; Continuity - George Faulkner ; Producer/Director - George Zachery ; Author - Mark Twain ; Radio Adaptation - Lillian Shane ; Story Editor - Howard Teichman ; Music Composer/Conductor - Lyn Murray ; Sponsor - Ford ; Commercial Spokesman - Henry Ford II ; The first show of the series. The Mark Twain classic is cleverly brought up to date with slang from the wartime era, there's even a Ford at King's Arthur's court! Henry Ford II speaks during the first commercial. An announcement is made that this is the first time the story has been dramatized on the air (not true, it was done July 23, 1946 on "Favorite Story".)