The Ruggles was seen on the early ABC network from 1949 to 1952. It starred former movie character actor Charlie Ruggles. It was performed for the kinescope cameras early in the day, then again live for the west coast stations. It was recorded at ABC's Hollywood station, KECA-TV. The poor quality kinescopes and the rotation of the show between several days/times contributed to it's never being a hit. Visit www.dougquick.com
In those days they made 50 episodes of "The Ruggles" each season. In those three years...they made 176 episodes. . and they were done "LIVE"..TV was new then and the networks didn't know their audience. They learned that maybe during the summer when family's went on summer vacation maybe the networds should do the same...So they only did 39 shows a year....Then 26..now its about 22. Yeah...things sure have changed...
melonstreet 4 months ago
My dad was a cameraman on this show !
kkroll5 2 years ago
? ? all that we see is the opening, a short little exchange not even with Charlie Ruggles, and then the closing. was there more to the show!?!
it was a medium-level hit, running three seasons, 1949-1952. in those days, too, there were more episodes made during a three season run than what modern-day viewers may realize. back then, a three season run typically had the same amount of episodes of today's programs that run 4 or 5 seasons. not many episodes exist...wish there were more.
ACcountryFan 2 years ago