

Critic at Large
Talk
Critic at Large
1S | 35E
08/18/1948
4.0
1. Episode 1
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8/18/1948
2. Episode 2
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8/25/1948
3. Episode 3
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9/1/1948
4. Episode 4
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9/8/1948
5. Episode 5
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9/15/1948
6. Episode 6
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9/22/1948
7. Episode 7
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9/29/1948
8. Episode 8
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10/6/1948
9. Episode 9
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10/13/1948
10. Episode 10
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10/20/1948
11. Episode 11
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10/27/1948
12. Episode 12
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11/3/1948
13. Episode 13
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11/10/1948
14. Episode 14
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11/17/1948
15. Episode 15
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11/24/1948
16. Episode 16
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12/1/1948
17. Episode 17
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12/8/1948
18. Episode 18
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12/23/1948
19. Episode 19
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12/30/1948
20. Episode 20
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1/6/1949
21. Episode 21
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1/19/1949
22. Episode 22
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1/26/1949
23. Episode 23
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2/2/1949
24. Episode 24
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2/9/1949
25. Episode 25
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2/16/1949
26. Episode 26
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2/23/1949
27. Episode 27
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3/2/1949
28. Episode 28
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3/9/1949
29. Episode 29
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3/16/1949
30. Episode 30
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3/23/1949
31. Episode 31
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3/30/1949
32. Episode 32
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4/6/1949
33. Episode 33
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4/13/1949
34. Episode 34
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4/20/1949
35. Episode 35
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4/27/1949
Overview
Author and critic John Mason Brown, who once commented that "some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes," offered this intellectual alternative in 1948-1949. It consisted of an informal living-room discussion on the arts with two or three guests, of the caliber of author James Michener, producer Billy Rose, publishrer Bennet Cerf, and critic Bosley Crowther. The subjects ranged from modern art to new novels, films, the theater and fashions.