This panel discussion, featuring actual teenagers critiquing a new book each week, was broadcast by ABC from August 13th, 1948 to October 29th, 1948. It ran on Fridays from 7:30-8PM. I believe it was moderated by Margaret C. Scoggin. A total of 12 episodes were broadcast before the series. Beginning November 5th, a fifteen-minute program called Tales of the Red Caboose ran from 7:30-7:45PM with a fifteen-minute film filling out the rest of the half-hour.

Next to nothing is known about Teen-Age Book Club, not the names of the books covered or the names of the teenagers participating. Was there a regular panel that appeared each week? The guests listed in the following status guide come from The New York Times and may reflect writers and editors appearing each week and not the teenage reviewers. None of the episodes are known to exist, unfortunately, so there’s no way of knowing how each episode played out.

Related:

• Status Guide – “Eye Witness”
• Status Guide – “Kraft Television Theatre” Season Two
• Status Guide – “Kraft Television Theatre” Season One

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