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'''''Queen for a Day''''' was a [[radio]] and [[television]] [[game show|game series]]. It was one of the first big-[[prize]] giveaway [[television programs]]. ''Queen for a Day'' had its launch on the [[radio]] on [[April 30]], [[1945]]. It ran on the radio until [[1957]]. The program then ran on television's [[NBC]] from [[1956]] to [[1964]].<ref name="brown">''The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television'' by Les Brown (Times Books, a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, Inc., 1977), {{ISBN|0-8129-0721-3}}, p. 348</ref>  The program is something of an early [[reality television|"reality show"]].<ref>[http://www.queenforaday.com/about-queen-for-a-day.asp Queenforaday.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813215505/http://www.queenforaday.com/about-queen-for-a-day.asp |date=2010-08-13 }} Queen for a Day as Reality TV</ref> The program was so popular that NBC increased its running time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.<ref name="brown"/>

'''''Queen for a Day''''' was a [[radio]] and [[television]] [[game show|game series]]. It was one of the first big-[[prize]] giveaway [[television programs]]. ''Queen for a Day'' had its launch on the [[radio]] on [[April 30]], [[1945]]. It ran on the radio until [[1957]]. The program then ran on television's [[NBC]] from [[1956]] to [[1964]].<ref name="brown">''The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television'' by Les Brown (Times Books, a division of Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company, Inc., 1977), {{ISBN|0-8129-0721-3}}, p. 348</ref>  The program is something of an early [[reality television|"reality show"]].<ref>[http://www.queenforaday.com/about-queen-for-a-day.asp Queenforaday.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813215505/http://www.queenforaday.com/about-queen-for-a-day.asp |date=2010-08-13 }} Queen for a Day as Reality TV</ref> The program was so popular that NBC increased its running time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes.<ref name="brown"/>

The format was simple. Host [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]] interviewed four women contestants. Each told of her personal troubles. These troubles might involve a terminally sick child at home, a husband disabled and out of work, or the need for a hearing aid or a new washing machine. The audience chose the winner by applauding their favorite. She who received the greatest amount of applause as registered by the "applause meter" was Queen for a Day. The winner was crowned, escorted by attendants to a throne, and given not only what she wanted, but juicy prizes like high-end appliances, upscale fashions, and exotic vacation trips as well. [[Mark Evanier]], veteran television writer, writes that ''Queen for a Day'' was "one of the most ghastly shows ever produced" and further stated it was "tasteless, demeaning to women, demeaning to anyone who watched it, cheap, insulting and utterly degrading to the human spirit."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_02_10.html#018488 |title=Bottom of the Barrel |access-date=2012-03-10 |archive-date=2012-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323224200/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_02_10.html#018488 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The format was simple. Host [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]] interviewed four women contestants. Each told of her personal troubles. These troubles might involve a [[Terminally ill|terminally sick]] child at home, a husband disabled and out of work, or the need for a [[hearing aid]] or a new [[washing machine]]. The [[audience]] chose the winner by applauding their favorite. She who received the greatest amount of applause as registered by the "applause meter" was Queen for a Day. The winner was crowned, escorted by attendants to a throne, and given not only what she wanted, but juicy prizes like high-end appliances, upscale fashions, and exotic vacation trips as well. [[Mark Evanier]], veteran television writer, writes that ''Queen for a Day'' was "one of the most ghastly shows ever produced" and further stated it was "tasteless, demeaning to women, demeaning to anyone who watched it, cheap, insulting and utterly degrading to the human spirit."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_02_10.html#018488 |title=Bottom of the Barrel |access-date=2012-03-10 |archive-date=2012-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323224200/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_02_10.html#018488 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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