Television Screen Magazine is a NBC Television Network series which debuted 17 November 1946 and ran from 1946 to 1949. Hosts and panelists included John McCaffery

John McCaffery

John McCaffery was an American television host who appeared on many game shows and talk shows during the 1940s and 1950s including Americana, Television Screen Magazine, What's the Story, and Author Meets the Critics.-Game Shows:McCaffery also hosted the following game shows:* We Take Your Word...

, Millicent Fenwick

Millicent Fenwick

Millicent Hammond Fenwick was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm...

, and George F. Putnam

George Putnam (newsman)

George Putnam was an American television news reporter and talk show host based in Los Angeles. He was known for his catchy phrase "See ya at ten, see ya then" intro prior to a broadcast of the news.-Biography:...

. The program featured a magazine-type format with various subjects and guests. According to some sources, as the series aired during the early days of live television

Live television

Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...

, very few famous people agreed to appear on the series.

Episode status

It is unclear if any episodes survive of this series. It is certain that none of the 1946 episodes survive, as NBC did not start kinescoping

Kinescope

Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program made by filming the picture from a video monitor...

 its programs until 1947, and even then only a few series were recorded.

An audio recording of the live TV broadcast of September 14, 1948 from WNBT-TV in New York City is listed as archived in listed in the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

SONIC Catalogue. It features a news recap, followed by interviews with an Irish beauty queen and a horseback rider, among others.