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Show</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Letter_to_Loretta_video_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Letter_to_Loretta_video_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="189" height="350" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="189" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><i>The Loretta Young Show</i> video cover</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka">Letter to Loretta</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">Anthology</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dramatic_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Dramatic programming">Drama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Laslo_Benedek" class="mw-redirect" title="Laslo Benedek">Laslo Benedek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Carlson_(actor)" title="Richard Carlson (actor)">Richard Carlson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Donner" title="Richard Donner">Richard Donner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Florey" title="Robert Florey">Robert Florey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Foster_(director)" title="Norman Foster (director)">Norman Foster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Mat%C3%A9" title="Rudolph Maté">Rudolph Maté</a>, Richard Morris, <a href="/wiki/John_Newland" title="John Newland">John Newland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tay_Garnett" title="Tay Garnett">Tay Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Hayden" title="Jeffrey Hayden">Jeffrey Hayden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Weis" title="Don Weis">Don Weis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data">Harry Lubin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"Loretta"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data">Harry Lubin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">165</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-camera_setup" title="Single-camera setup">Single-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">30 minutes <span style="font-size:85%;">(including commercials)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data">Lewislor Films (1953–58)<br />Toreto Enterprises (1958–61)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">September 2, 1953<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1953-09-02</span>)</span> –<br />June 4, 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1961-06-04</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Loretta Young Show</b></i> (originally known as <i><b>Letter to Loretta</b></i>) is an American <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama</a> television series broadcast on Sunday nights from September 2, 1953, to June 4, 1961, on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> for a total of 165 episodes. The series was hosted by actress <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a>, who also played the lead in various episodes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series_overview">Series overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Series overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Loretta Young Show</i> was sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble" title="Procter & Gamble">Procter & Gamble</a> for its first six seasons, from 1953 to 1959. After a dispute with her sponsor, Young found other sponsors to sustain her program: The Toni Company (1959–1961), <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA" title="Philip Morris USA">Philip Morris</a> (1959–60), and <a href="/wiki/Warner-Lambert" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner-Lambert">Warner-Lambert</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Listerine" title="Listerine">Listerine</a> (1960–61). </p><p>The program began with the premise that each drama was an answer to a question asked in her <a href="/wiki/Fan_mail" title="Fan mail">fan mail</a>; the program's original title was <i><b>Letter to Loretta</b></i>. The title was changed to <i>The Loretta Young Show</i> during the first season (as of February 14, 1954), and the "letter" concept was dropped altogether at the end of the second season. At this time, Young's health, which had deteriorated due to a heavy production schedule during the second season, required a number of guest hosts and guest stars; her first appearance in the <a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1955–56 United States network television schedule">1955–56 season</a> was for the <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> show. </p><p>From this point on, Young appeared in only about half of each season's shows as an actress and merely functioned as the program hostess for the remainder. She became known for swirling around in her gowns during her entrance through a door at the start of the show, a convention parodied by many comedians, including <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Kovacs" title="Ernie Kovacs">Ernie Kovacs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Young was quoted as saying<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><blockquote><p>After the audience had seen me well-groomed, I can wear horrible clothes, ugly make-up, or even a false nose during the show without anyone wondering whether I've aged overnight or something.</p></blockquote> <p>This program, minus Young's introductions and summarized conclusions (Young insisted on their deletion due to her concern that the dresses she wore in those segments would "date" the program), was rerun in daytime by NBC as <i>The Loretta Young Theatre</i> from October 1960 to December 1964, and then appeared, again without the introductions and conclusions, in <a href="/wiki/Television_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Television syndication">syndication</a> through the 1970s. In 1992, selected episodes of the original series (with Young's opening and closing segments intact), authorized by Young herself and chosen from her personal collection of 16 mm film prints, were released on home video, and eventually shown on cable television.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>During the series' eight-year run, the series was popular with audiences and critics, and it finished in 28th place in the <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> in the spring of 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It finished its last season far behind its competition, <i><a href="/wiki/Candid_Camera" title="Candid Camera">Candid Camera</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, and was thereby <a href="/wiki/1960-61_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1960-61 United States network television schedule">cancelled</a>. In 1954, <i>Billboard</i> voted it the third-best network filmed drama series.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_guest_stars">Selected guest stars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Selected guest stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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title="Ricardo Montalbán">Ricardo Montalbán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Montgomery" title="Elizabeth Montgomery">Elizabeth Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mumy" title="Bill Mumy">Bill Mumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Mustin" title="Burt Mustin">Burt Mustin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Napier" title="Alan Napier">Alan Napier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidie_Norman" title="Maidie Norman">Maidie Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brian" title="Hugh O'Brian">Hugh O'Brian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Oberon" title="Merle Oberon">Merle Oberon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Platt" title="Edward Platt">Edward Platt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Ross" title="Marion Ross">Marion Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Russell" title="Rosalind Russell">Rosalind Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Schafer" title="Natalie Schafer">Natalie Schafer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Schallert" title="William Schallert">William Schallert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Showalter" title="Max Showalter">Max Showalter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Smith" title="Lois Smith">Lois Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Sterling" title="Jan Sterling">Jan Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sterling" title="Robert Sterling">Robert Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Summers" title="Hope Summers">Hope Summers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_Thaxter" title="Phyllis Thaxter">Phyllis Thaxter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Thompson" title="Marshall Thompson">Marshall Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Treen" title="Mary Treen">Mary Treen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Wright" title="Teresa Wright">Teresa Wright</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ratings_and_time_slots">Ratings and time slots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ratings and time slots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><b>Season</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><b>Year</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><b>Time slot</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><b>Rank</b> </th> <th style="text-align:center;"><b>Rating</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1953-54_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1953-54 United States network television schedule">1953–1954</a> </td> <td rowspan="8">Sunday, 10:00pm </td> <td colspan="2">Not in the Top 30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1954-55_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1954-55 United States network television schedule">1954–1955</a> </td> <td>#28 </td> <td>27.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1955-56_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1955-56 United States network television schedule">1955–1956</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2">Not in the Top 30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1956-57_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1956-57 United States network television schedule">1956–1957</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1957-58_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1957-58 United States network television schedule">1957–1958</a> </td> <td>#30 </td> <td>26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1958-59_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1958-59 United States network television schedule">1958–1959</a> </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="3">Not in the Top 30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959-60_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1959-60 United States network television schedule">1959–1960</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960-61_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="1960-61 United States network television schedule">1960–1961</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1959, the series won a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> for Best TV Show. Loretta Young earned three Best Actress <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> in 1955, 1957 and 1959. <a href="/wiki/Norbert_Brodine" title="Norbert Brodine">Norbert Brodine</a> claimed an Emmy for Best Cinematography in 1957. Young also earned Emmy nominations in 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1961, while Brodine was nominated in 1955, 1956 and 1958 as well. Other Emmy nominations were for Best New Program in 1954, Best Dramatic Series – Less Than One Hour in 1959, Best Direction for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Florey" title="Robert Florey">Robert Florey</a> in 1955, Best Teleplay Writing – Half Hour or Less for Richard Morris in 1957 and Best Art Direction in a Television Film for Frank Paul Sylos in 1959. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Directors Guild of America Awards">Directors Guild of America</a> nominated Robert Florey in 1955 and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Foster_(director)" title="Norman Foster (director)">Norman Foster</a> in 1957 for their work on the series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reboot">Reboot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reboot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The New Loretta Young Show</i> ran for one season on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> from September 24, 1962, to March 18, 1963, under the alternating sponsorship of <a href="/wiki/Lever_Brothers" title="Lever Brothers">Lever Brothers</a> and The Toni Company. The show was an episodic comedy/drama, with Young playing the role of Christine Massey, a widow raising seven children in suburban Connecticut. Her romantic interest was Paul Belzer; the two characters were married in the 26th and final episode. Running against the popular series <i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Casey" title="Ben Casey">Ben Casey</a></i>, the <i>New Loretta Young Show</i> received poor ratings and was not renewed for a second season. </p><p>Young introduced and closed each episode as herself, as she had done with <i>The Loretta Young Show</i>. Episodes of <i>The New Loretta Young Show</i> are sometimes included in certain syndicated packages of <i>The Loretta Young Show</i>, with the new series title removed and the original <i>Loretta Young Show</i> theme and titles added. </p><p>Lyl Productions (Young's company) had a contract dispute and court case with <a href="/wiki/Portland_Mason" title="Portland Mason">Portland Mason</a>. Aged 13, she was cast as Marnie, then dismissed before the pilot episode was shot. Upset by producers rejecting her wardrobe, which she was contractually required to supply, her mother sent her home to eat lunch and recompose herself. Meanwhile, Lyl decided if she was not back by that afternoon, Celia Kaye would play Marnie. Nobody told the Masons and Portland returned late. After Kaye replaced her, the Masons and Lyl sued each other for breach of contract; the court ruled in favor of the former.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cast">Cast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Loretta Young as Christine Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Philbrook" title="James Philbrook">James Philbrook</a> as Paul Belzer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dack_Rambo" title="Dack Rambo">Dack Rambo</a> as Peter Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Rambo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirk Rambo">Dirk Rambo</a> as Paul Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Carol" title="Cindy Carol">Cindy Carol</a> as Binkie Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Descher" title="Sandy Descher">Sandy Descher</a> as Judy Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Stratford" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracy Stratford">Tracy Stratford</a> as Maria Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Washburn" title="Beverly Washburn">Beverly Washburn</a> as Vickie Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Kaye" title="Celia Kaye">Celia Kaye</a> as Marnie Massey</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/tuning-women-television">"Tuning in to Women in Television" (National Women's History Museum)</a></li></ul> <div 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,618235,00.html">"Loretta Young, 1913-2000"</a>. <i>People.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=People.com&rft.atitle=Loretta+Young%2C+1913-2000&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.people.com%2Fpeople%2Farticle%2F0%2C%2C618235%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Loretta+Young+Show" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p.207 Bowers, Ronald L. <i>Loretta Young</i> <i>Films in Review</i>, April 1969 Vol XX no 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/1954.htm">"ClassicTVguide.com: TV Ratings > 1950s"</a>. <i>Classictvhits.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Classictvhits.com&rft.atitle=ClassicTVguide.com%3A+TV+Ratings+%3E+1950s&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fclassictvguide.com%2Ftvratings%2F1954.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Loretta+Young+Show" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zxoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22four+star+playhouse%22+%22ford+tops+4+star%22&pg=PA14">"Billboard"</a>. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 31 July 1954<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2018</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Billboard&rft.pub=Nielsen+Business+Media%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1954-07-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzxoEAAAAMBAJ%26dq%3D%2522four%2Bstar%2Bplayhouse%2522%2B%2522ford%2Btops%2B4%2Bstar%2522%26pg%3DPA14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Loretta+Young+Show" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i>Mason v. Lyl Productions</i></cite> (Supreme Court of California 1968-07-26), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2d/69/79.html">Text</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Loretta_Young_Show&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045409/"><i>Letter to Loretta</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055693/"><i>The New Loretta Young Show</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb 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