The World in Your Home
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| genre = Educational
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| runtime = 15 minutes
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| country = United States
| channel = NBC
| first_aired = {{start date|1944|12|22}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1948}}
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The World in Your Home is an NBC Television series which aired from December 22, 1944, to 1948, originally broadcast on WNBT, NBC's New York flagship, then broadcast on NBC-affiliate stations WRGB, WNBW,{{cite magazine |date=September 1947 |page=27 |title=RCA Victor |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Television-Magazine/Television-1947-Sep.pdf#page=29 |magazine=Television |access-date=April 12, 2024 }} and WPTZ in Philadelphia starting shortly after its premiere.{{Citation needed |date=April 2024}} It was one of the earliest series on American TV.{{cite web |title=The World in Your Home - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-world-in-your-home/cast/1030054321/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412152809/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-world-in-your-home/cast/1030054321/ |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |url-status=live}}
Overview
Each episode was 15 minutes long, and is believed to be one of the first television programs in the history of the NBC Television network. The series aired after I Love to Eat with James Beard in 1946, and after Campus Hoopla in 1947.
Knowledge about the program's content is limited. RCA Victor sponsored the series, which combined live shows featuring Victor's recording artists{{cite magazine |date=November 4, 1944 |page=12 |title=RCA Victor on WNBT Fridays |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22World+in+Your+Home%22+NBC&pg=PT11 |accessdate=April 12, 2024 }} with "Walt Disney films made for the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs".{{cite magazine |date=November 11, 1944 |page=33 |title=Disney Films for Video |url=https://archive.org/details/independentfilmj00itoa/page/n978/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=The Independent Film Journal|access-date=April 12, 2024 }} The show also used travelogues made by Colonial Film Productions{{cite magazine |date=November 26, 1945 |page=80 |title=Brown, MacDonald Forming Film Firm |magazine=Broadcasting |url=https://archive.org/details/broadcasting292unse/page/n871/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=April 12, 2024 }} and Small Town, U. S. A. films from Julian Bryan Movies.{{cite magazine |date=July 30, 1945 |page=36 |title=RCA Televises Bryan Films |url=https://archive.org/details/business1944screen1946ma6and7rich/page/342/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Business Screen Magazine |access-date=April 12, 2024 }}
The World Is Your Home was broadcast from 8:30 to 8:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
The program was originally scheduled to debut on November 17, 1944. Pre-debut reports said that it would present "a well-rounded program of science, education, entertainment, sports news and special events".{{cite magazine |date=November 15, 1944|page=8 |title=(untitled brief) |url=https://archive.org/details/heinlradiobusin1944hein_0/page/n636/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Heinl Radio Business Letter |access-date=April 12, 2024 }}
Episode status
It is unclear if any episodes survive, although it seems unlikely as NBC did not have an archival policy at the time.
Critical response
A review of the December 22, 1944, episode in the trade publication Billboard said, "RCA didn't try to do too much in its first sponsored video show, but that which was tried was done almost to perfection."{{cite magazine |date=December 30, 1944 |page=7 |title=NBC |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22World+in+Your+Home%22+NBC&pg=PT6 |accessdate=April 12, 2024 }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0128903}}
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Category:NBC original programming
Category:1944 American television series debuts
Category:1948 American television series endings
Category:American educational television series
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:American English-language television shows
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