Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Series end of network run
TV Flash files “Series end of network run” as a desk landmark hour — Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (1948–1958) on CBS, season 1, episode 2, aired 1958-01-01.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 2 in the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts guide, desk landmark file. It aired 1958-01-01. The listed hour before it is “Series premiere (Talent Scouts)” (S01E01). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Desk landmark: the end of an empire that taught TV how a personality could outrank the network schedule.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
By the late 1950s the Godfrey machine had cooled — talent shows still thrived, but the man who owned Monday night no longer owned the culture.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Series end of network run sit in the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 2 — desk landmark file, season 1 episode 2.
When did Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts S01E02 air?
Series end of network run aired 1958-01-01.
Where should I start?
Start with Godfrey, the ukulele, and the applause-meter auditions. The host's power is the show; the acts are the evidence.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts is the talent-show prototype: a ukulele host who could make or unmake a career on a network night. Folksy tyranny, on-air firings, and America's first real TV star-maker. Watch it now as the prehistory of every singing competition — when the host, not a judges' table, owned the power.
The look is a ukulele that can make or unmake a career — folksy tyranny as a silhouette, an applause meter as the verdict, a host instead of a judges' table. CBS's *Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts* (1948–1958) was among the top-rated shows of early television; combined with *Arthur Godfrey and His Friends*, he was a one-man primetime block. Amateur and rising performers auditioned; the meter could mint careers. On-air firings. Beloved and feared in the same breath. America's first real TV star-maker. The timeline…
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- Arthur Godfrey as Host
Arthur Godfrey hosted Talent Scouts as the talent-show prototype — a ukulele that could make or unmake a career on a network night, folksy tyranny, on-air firings, America’s first real TV star-maker. Prehistory of every singing…