On This Day, September 3: Meet the Press and 21st Precinct
Also featured: Chandu.
September 3 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 3 across hard-hitting journalistic panel forums, gritty precinct police procedurals, occult mystical cliffhangers, British historical docudramas, and domestic suburban comedy, Lawrence Spivak on Meet the Press with Secretary Maurice Tobin (1948) and Commissioner Harold Howe II (1967), Everett Sloane in 21st Precinct (1955), Chandu the Magician (1948), The Travels of Mary Ward (1936), and Friends and Neighbors (1936–1973):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin with Lawrence Spivak" | Mutual (WOR) 1948-09-03 10:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Public Affairs Forum |
Maurice J. Tobin (Labor) | Lawrence Spivak & Rountree | ["Interview", "Public Affairs", "Meet The Press", "Maurice Tobin", "Mutual"] |
Newly appointed Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin faces journalists' questioning regarding the Taft-Hartley Act and post-war industrial labor strikes. |
| "Commissioner Harold Howe II with Lawrence Spivak" | NBC (WNBC) 1967-09-03 12:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Public Affairs Special |
Harold Howe II (Education) | Lawrence Spivak & Newman | ["Interview", "Public Affairs", "Meet The Press", "Harold Howe II", "NBC"] |
U.S. Commissioner of Education Harold Howe II defends federal school desegregation guidelines and urban educational funding. |
| "The Coffee with Everett Sloane as Captain Frank Kennelly" | CBS (WCBS) 1955-09-03 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Everett Sloane (Kennelly) | Ken Lynch & Meston | ["Police", "Procedural", "21st Precinct", "Everett Sloane", "CBS"] |
Captain Kennelly investigates a suspicious diner death where a regular patron collapsed immediately after drinking poisoned coffee. |
| "Roxor Is Alive with Tom Collins as Chandu" | Mutual-Don Lee 1948-09-03 |
Los Angeles Soap Co. White King Granulated Soap |
Tom Collins (Chandu) | Luis Van Rooten (Roxor) | ["Adventure", "Occult", "Chandu", "Tom Collins", "White King"] |
Frank Chandler senses occult vibrations in Cairo revealing his arch-nemesis Roxor has survived a deadly Egyptian pyramid collapse. |
| "Flight to Rome with BBC Drama Cast" | BBC National 1936-09-03 |
Sustaining Historical Docudrama |
BBC Drama Cast | BBC Drama Producers | ["Drama", "History", "Mary Ward", "BBC National", "Religious"] |
Seventeenth-century English religious pioneer Mary Ward undertakes a hazardous foot journey across the Alps to petition the Pope. |
| "Love Me, Love My Car with Colin Morris" | Springbok / SABC 1973-09-03 |
Sustaining Suburban Sitcom |
Colin Morris (Lead) | SABC Comedy Staff | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Friends And Neighbors", "Colin Morris", "Springbok"] |
A suburban husband's obsession with restoring a vintage sports car incites neighborhood feuds and domestic ultimatums. |