You Are an Artist
| You Are an Artist | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Artist |
| Presented by |
Jon Gnagy Ben Grauer (Feb-June 1950) Warren Hull (Jan-Feb 1950) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 15 mins./20 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | November 1, 1946 – 1950 |
You Are an Artist was a television series, which first aired on NBC flagship station WNBT-TV in New York City on November 1, 1946 and then continued on the NBC Television network until 1950. The show originally ran for 15 minutes, then later ran for 20 minutes, before a 10-minute news broadcast, Camel News Caravan.
Production history
Among the people to host the program during its run were artist Jon Gnagy, Ben Grauer, and Warren Hull. Each episode was 15 minutes long in the early days, then 20 minutes long (see below for broadcast timeslots).
As its title suggests, it was a program designed to teach people how to draw art. During its final season, reflecting changing hosts, its name changed to The Warren Hull Show (January-February 1950) then The Ben Grauer Show (February-June 1950) before finally leaving the air.
Episode status
No kinescoped episodes are known to survive of this program, due to NBC's lack of an archival policy at the time. However, there are numerous audio recordings without video images from as early as January 9, 1947 (featuring Jon Gnagy) as taken from the live WNBT-TV broadcasts in New York, as documented in the Library of Congress SONIC Archives.
See also
- 1946-47 United States network television schedule (Fridays at 8:15pm ET, 15 minutes)
- 1947-48 United States network television schedule (Thursdays at 9pm ET, 15 minutes)
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule (Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET, 20 minutes)