Byline (TV series)

{{Short description|TV series of live mysteries}}

{{about|the American TV mystery series|the UK-based Internet video channel|Byline TV}}

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1951|11|04}}

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Your Kaiser Dealer Presents Kaiser-Frazer "Adventures In Mystery" Starring Betty Furness in "Byline" is a brief series of live mysteries that aired from November 4 through December 9, 1951, on ABC television.

In the 1950s, when companies directly sponsored entire TV programs, it was not unusual for a sponsor to place its name directly on the title of the show (such as The US Steel Hour or The Bell Telephone Hour). The full fourteen-word title by sponsor Kaiser Motors is believed to be the longest for any program in US television history.{{cite book|last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|year=2007|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=978-0-345-49773-4}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Byline+Drama%22&pg=PA200 p. 200] {{access-date|July 23, 2024}}.

The show was usually known simply as Byline during its six-week prime time run, and as News Gal when the series aired Saturdays at noon on the DuMont Television Network for two weeks in October 1951.

Betty Furness portrayed a newswoman who fought espionage.{{cite book |last1=Timberg |first1=Bernard M. |last2=Erler |first2=Robert J. |title=Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show |date=2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292773660 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpIQAwAAQBAJ&dq=Byline+Furness&pg=PA235 |accessdate=24 April 2019 |language=en}} Other actors featured in the program included Don Cherry, Hank Frost, David Ross, and Bill Stern.{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&pg=PA150 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7 |edition=2nd |location=Jefferson, N.C. |page=150}}