On This Day, August 25: Meet the Press (1968 Chicago DNC) and Everett Sloane
Also featured: Bulldog Drummond.
August 25 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 25 across American network, historic live political debates from the 1968 Chicago DNC, hardboiled realistic police procedurals starring Everett Sloane, classic fog-shrouded Bulldog Drummond mysteries, and golden age daytime Bauer family drama (1948–1968):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Senator Frank J. Lausche on Civil Rights Legislation (Meet the Press — NBC)" | NBC (WRCA) 1957-08-25 6:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Public Affairs Panel |
Sen. Frank J. Lausche, Lawrence E. Spivak | Robert Doyle (Director), Bryson Rash | ["Talk", "Interview", "Public Affairs", "News", "Politics"] |
"Meet the Press! America's press conference of the air!" U.S. Senator Frank J. Lausche of Ohio faces aggressive questioning from Lawrence E. Spivak and top national journalists regarding Senate civil rights legislation compromises and federal highway funding debates. |
| "Live from the 1968 DNC: Sen. Edmund Muskie & Gov. Harold Hughes (NBC)" | NBC (WNBC) 1968-08-25 1:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining NBC News Special |
Sen. Edmund Muskie, Gov. Harold Hughes | Lawrence E. Spivak, Max Schindler | ["Talk", "Interview", "Public Affairs", "News", "Politics"] |
Broadcasting live from Chicago on the eve of the historic 1968 Democratic National Convention, Senator Edmund Muskie and Iowa Governor Harold Hughes are grilled on Vietnam War platform planks, anti-war protests, and the presidential nomination battle. |
| "Ted and Meta's Marital Confrontation (Irna Phillips' Guiding Light — Duz)" | CBS (WCBS) 1950-08-25 1:45 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Duz — "Duz Does Everything!" |
Jone Allison (Meta), William Smith (Ted) | Irna Phillips, Ted Corday, Bud Collyer | ["Drama", "Soap Opera", "Domestic", "Family", "Romance"] |
"The Guiding Light, created by Irna Phillips..." Marital tension in the Bauer household reaches a breaking point when Meta confronts her controlling husband Ted White over his cruel psychological treatment of her rebellious teenage son Chuckie for Duz Soap. |
| "The Embezzling Bookkeeper (Everett Sloane as Captain Kennelly — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1953-08-25 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Everett Sloane (Capt. Kennelly), Ken Lynch | John Meston (Writer/Dir.), Art Hannes | ["Detective", "Procedural", "Police", "Crime", "Action"] |
"21st Precinct... 160,000 people, nine-tenths of a square mile... you're a cop in the precinct, it's your beat." Captain Frank Kennelly interrogates a meek textile firm bookkeeper who embezzled corporate funds to pay off a relentless loan shark, uncovering a larger extortion syndicate. |
| "The Hit-and-Run Collision (Everett Sloane & Jack Klugman — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1954-08-25 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Police Procedural |
Everett Sloane (Capt. Kennelly), Jack Klugman | John Meston (Writer/Dir.), Hugh James | ["Detective", "Procedural", "Police", "Crime", "Action"] |
Captain Frank Kennelly coordinates an intensive neighborhood investigation following a hit-and-run collision in the precinct, tracking down an intoxicated driver who abandoned an injured pedestrian in an alley. |
| "The Case of the Unlucky Seven (Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1948-08-25 8:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Hardboiled Detective |
Ned Wever (Bulldog Drummond), Luis Van Rooten | Himan Brown (Director), Henry Morgan | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Adventure", "Crime"] |
"Out of the fog, out of the night... comes Bulldog Drummond!" Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond and loyal valet Denny investigate a string of murders targeting surviving members of an exclusive yacht club syndicate known as the 'Lucky Seven'. |