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''Space Patrol'' is a science fiction adventure series that was originally aimed at juvenile audiences of the early 1950s via television, radio, and comic books.〔( Internet Movie Database: Space Patrol )〕 However, it soon developed a sizable adult audience such that by 1954, the program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a Saturday.〔Bassior, Jean-Noel. Space Patrol – Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television. Jefferson, North Carolina USA: McFarland & Company, Incorporated, 2005. ISBN 0-7864-1911-3 pp. 238–242〕 ==Broadcasting background== The ''Space Patrol'' television show began broadcasting March 9, 1950, starting as a daily 15-minute show on a local Los Angeles station. However, on December 30, 1950, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) added the show as a new half-hour program to its Saturday schedule. It became an overnight sensation such that the new weekly show broadcast and the 15-minute shows continued daily on a local basis, and was seen via kinescope in other cities.〔Space Patrol Memories (Space Patrol )〕 A 1953 30-minute episode was the subject of the first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast on April 29 in Los Angeles on ABC affiliate KECA-TV.〔(TV Acres )〕〔(imdb.com )〕 The series also made history by being the first regular live West Coast morning network program beamed to the East Coast.〔Space Patrol Memories (Space Patrol )〕 In modern times, there is a tendency to take national broadcast events for granted, but at the time, it took an intricate network of cable and relay stations to accomplish this enormous task.〔Space Patrol Memories (Space Patrol )〕 The ABC television ''Space Patrol'' broadcasts became one of the nation's first mass media phenomena, such that it was quickly moved to an ABC radio series of the same name. The radio program was popular and ran from September 18, 1950 until March 19, 1955 producing approximately 129 thirty-minute episodes.〔()〕 The televised ''Space Patrol'' aired continuously until July 2, 1954; after a short break, it reappeared on September 4, 1954, before finally disappearing from the air on February 26, 1955. 210 half-hour shows and close to 900 15-minute shows were made over ''Space Patrols 5-year run. In addition, around 129 thirty-minute radio shows were produced.〔(Jarris, Judy, A Space Patrol Reminiscence )〕〔Bassior, Jean-Noel. Space Patrol – Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television. Jefferson, North Carolina USA: McFarland & Company, Incorporated, 2005. ISBN 0-7864-1911-3 pp. 1–15〕〔(Space Patrol History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space Patrol (1950 TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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