Monday, Jun. 11, 1951

The New Shows

A Date with Judy (Sat. 11:30 a.m., ABC-TV) transforms another just-folks radio family into a daytime TV show. The Fosters come equipped with a whimsical father, a lovable but levelheaded Mom, and a lackwit, adolescent son, all working as background for daughter Judy (Pat Crowley). The plot throws Judy in love with an oaf named Oogie, supplies her with boundless opportunities to pout, indulge in temper tantrums and end nearly every scene in a drugstore, where a finger-pointing clerk urges viewers to stock up on Sponsor McKesson & Robbins' products.

Queens of America (Sat. 9 p.m., ABC-TV) adds women baseball players to the TV ranks of women roller skaters and women wrestlers. The Queens are a softball team decoratively turned out in shirts, shorts and knee-length stockings; their opponents bear such names as the Checashers, the Bluebirds and the Music Maids. The caliber of play is a good deal better than the camerawork and announcing.

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