On This Day, September 5: Jeff Regan and Dick Tracy
Also featured: Ma Perkins.
September 5 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 5 across hardboiled detective investigations on Jeff Regan, Investigator starring Jack Webb as the Lion's Eye investigator (1947, 1948), comic strip police pursuits on Dick Tracy for Tootsie Roll, small-town heartland advice on Ma Perkins for Oxydol (1949, 1950), and solo dramatic monologues on Marvin Miller's Armchair Adventures, Matt Crowley (1947), Jack Webb (1947, 1948), and Virginia Payne (1949, 1950):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Labor Day Reflections with Virginia Payne" | CBS (WABC) 1949-09-05 1:15 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Oxydol Granulated Soap |
Virginia Payne & Forbes | Frank and Anne Hummert | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Ma Perkins", "Virginia Payne", "Oxydol"] |
Ma Perkins spends Labor Day advising Willie Fizgerald on lumber yard payroll disputes and family obligations in Rushville Center. |
| "Ma Wants More Facts with Virginia Payne" | CBS (WABC) 1950-09-05 1:15 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Oxydol Granulated Soap |
Payne & Charles Egelston | Frank and Anne Hummert | ["Soap Opera", "Drama", "Ma Perkins", "Virginia Payne", "Oxydol"] |
Ma refuses to authorize a suspicious real estate deal until partner Shuffle Shober investigates the developer's background in Chicago. |
| "The Walter Winchell Protection Case with Jack Webb" | CBS Pacific 1947-09-05 8:30 PM PST |
Sustaining West Coast Mystery |
Jack Webb & Herbert | E. Jack Neuman (Writer) | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Jeff Regan Investigator", "Jack Webb", "CBS"] |
The Lion's Eye Detective Agency assigns Jeff Regan to shadow a syndicated gossip columnist targeted by underworld extortionists. |
| "The Guy from Whispering Pines with Jack Webb" | CBS Pacific 1948-09-05 8:30 PM PST |
Sustaining West Coast Mystery |
Jack Webb & Herbert | E. Jack Neuman (Writer) | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Jeff Regan Investigator", "Jack Webb", "CBS"] |
Jeff Regan travels to an isolated mountain sanatorium to locate an heiress's vanished fiancé and uncovers a fraudulent medical scheme. |
| "Scoop with Marvin Miller" | CBS (WABC) 1952-09-05 10:45 PM EDT |
Sustaining Dramatic Monologue |
Marvin Miller (Narrator) | CBS Production Staff | ["Drama", "Anthology", "Armchair Adventures", "Marvin Miller", "CBS"] |
An ambitious cub reporter risks his life sneaking inside an illegal riverboat gambling den to secure a front-page exposé. |
| "The Flattop Murder Plot with Matt Crowley" | ABC (WJZ) 1947-09-05 5:00 PM EDT |
Sweets Co. of America Tootsie Rolls & Pops |
Matt Crowley & Smith | Chester Gould (Creator) | ["Detective", "Adventure", "Dick Tracy", "Matt Crowley", "Tootsie Roll"] |
Detective Dick Tracy uncovers an underworld conspiracy by criminal hitmen attempting to hijack a high-security prison transport convoy. |