The Growing Paynes
The Growing Paynes | |
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Created by | Pat Fay |
Starring | John Harvey (1948-1949) (1948-1949) (1949) Elaine Stritch (1949) |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | DuMont |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | October 20, 1948 August 3, 1949 | –
The Growing Paynes is an American sitcom that aired on the DuMont Television Network.
Broadcast history[]
The series aired on DuMont on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET for one season, 1948 to 1949. The series stars John Harvey, , David Anderson, Ann Sullivan, , and .
One of the first sitcoms to air in the United States, the 30-minute series was broadcast live. Advertisements for the show's sponsor, Wanamaker's Department Store, were worked into the early stories.[1]
Harvey and Parrish, who were husband and wife in real life, left the show in 1949 and were replaced by and Elaine Stritch as Mr. and Mrs. Payne.[1] This series marked Stritch's television debut.
Synopsis[]
The setting is the Payne family's apartment. Comedic situations deal with the trials of an insurance salesman, George Payne (played by Harvey), his screwball wife, Laraine Payne (played by Parrish), and their young son, John Payne (played by Anderson). Often it is their maid, Birdie (played by Sullivan), who saves the day.[1]
Episode status[]
One episode of The Growing Paynes is at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and four episodes are at the Paley Center for Media.
Cast[]
- John Harvey as George Payne (1948-1949)
- as Laraine Payne (1948-1949)
- as John Payne
- Ann Sullivan as Birdie
Replacement cast[]
- as George Payne (1949)
- Elaine Stritch as Laraine Payne (1949)
See also[]
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule
- Mary Kay and Johnny (The first sitcom to air in the United States)
References[]
Bibliography[]
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links[]
- 1940s American sitcoms
- 1948 American television series debuts
- 1949 American television series endings
- DuMont Television Network original programming
- Black-and-white American television shows
- American live television series
- English-language television shows