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This half hour children's show was about a young girl named Susan and her pet terrier Rusty. Each show they would travel to a magical place called "Wonderville". By saying out loud; "I wish there were a place to play, I wish I could fly away!" Susan and Rusty, while sitting in a (magical) chair, were whisked into the air and land in Wonderville. There Susan would meet imaginative creatures such as Mr. Pegesus, a walking talking sometimes flying table (voiced by John Coughlin), a talking stove, Caesar P. Penguin, or the Foolish Forest Orchestra. Song and stories were a regular feature. Later episodes featured the "Cartoon-a-Machine", that would show either a Popeye (Fleischer) or Terrytoon cartoon during the program. New adventures always awaited Susan. Weather visiting a circus, a trip to a castle, or a walk through the woods, she would always return home the same way her journey began. She would say; "Take me home flying friend, take me home!". Then Susan and Rusty would float back to her home, in the chair, right back to where they started, in her kitchen.

Here's Geraldine (1957) is a children's show that was a half-hour long. It debated on 22, April 1957. It was broadcast weekdays. Monday through Friday on WBKB-Channel 7. Here puppets were brought to life to entertain children and grownups with songs, stories, and just clean fun. James E. Stewart, known as "Jim" on the show would play a musical instrument and sing songs along with the puppets. The main character was Geraldine the giraffe. Puppeteer Rosemarie Stewart, known as "Bud", provided the voices and operated all the puppets on the show, including Geraldine. Other regular puppet characters were Pearl the Squirrel, Virgil the Vulture, Pierpont Crocodile, and Helen Hippo, who loved to sing opera. John the Duck was an unseen character that always made his presents known with his off screen quacking. Early shows were written by Jim and Bud. This practice was later changed to ad-lib to give the show a unrehearsed feel. Jim was granted permission to rewrite the song "Be Kind To Your Parents" and use it for the Here's Geraldine Theme. The rewritten song became a recorded children's record. Probably the best remembered thing about Here's Geraldine is the theme song. Here's Geraldine sadly left the air in 1965. During its run it managed to win a local Emmy Award for "Best Children show".

The Blue Fairy flies through the air and into the Blue Forest to tell famous children's stories with the help of her puppet friends.

This daily WBKB channel 7 Chicago program was always on at 10am, Monday thru Friday. Aimed at preschool children, this show featured some of the most zaniest characters gathered around. All the creation of Terry Bennett, the host of the show. Imagine a home where everything is turn upside down. The doors, the tables, the window, everything. A living puppet named Pamela, played by Terry's real wife, Joy Bennett, could always be found at Jobblewocky Place. Along with a assortment of hand puppets and dummies created by Frank Marshall, the famous maker of wooden figures. Red Flannels, (Terry's 1st ventriloquist dummy), Timothy Timber (a sailor), Three Smart Men (3 heads on a shelf), Uncle Louie (a talking picture on the wall), Bertran Turtle, Mr. Shoe, a talking shoe (shoes have tongues so they should talk), Mr. Head (a box with a voice), Mr Engineer, Rusty Hinges (Red's nemesis), and a few others, were always present at Jobblewocky Place and all voiced by Terry Bennett himself. During the shows run Terry often wore a plain white or black shirt with a huge letter "J" on the front of it. Even though the skits were zany, they always taught good morals and good clean fun. Though some of the bits may have been over preschoolers young minds, they were always funny. As most of the time you would hear the camera crew and backstage laughing at the skits. Jobblewocky went off the air in 1961 despite excellent ratings. Terry Bennett went on to do the television show The Wacky World of Mr. B (1962)).

A popular Chicago WBKB channel 7 (later WLS) travelogue talk-show about peoples trips all around the world. Jim Stewart hosted the show and would introduce a guest that has traveled to, usually, some far off country. Safaris, boat trips, mountain climbing, and fishing trips were often shown also. Many of the guests were local non-celebrities, but occasionally some actor, sports figure, or other renown well-known would talk about their trip and share their experience from their travels. Films and photos of these journeys were shown during conversation with Jim and guest. Sometimes Jim Stewart narrated during the films. Occasionally Jim would show one of his own family trips on the show. This program was seen several times in a week. During an evening week day and on Saturday night around 9pm.

A web series show aimed at hobby fans of plastic and resin model building. Brought to you in a talk show/documentary fashion. Featuring both Garage and Factory made model kits. Often featuring the latest models that are out for sale. Many of the artists and sculptors of modeling are featured, showing their work and explaining how they got into the hobby. Conventions like Wonderfest, in Louisville, Kentucky, are featured and talked about often, as well as other model related conventions. Tips on building and painting are discussed. Sometimes older model kits are the subject of the show. The program had no "set time". Shows were usually under five minutes long but could be as long as a half hour. There was no "set schedule". Though for a long while it was on regularly, once a week with a new broadcast. They didn't broadcast on any certain day or time. Originally Chris Gierke and Robert Mattison created a TV show titled Model Citizen (1994). This show evolved into "Monster Model Review". Created and Hosted by Robert Mattison and Chris Gierke. This show started as a web series. Word got around about this web series through other model related websites, model magazines, and model conventions. It became more well known with the release of several volumes of episodes on DVD. Produced by PugKnows Productions. These DVD releases were a collection of past web episodes of Monster Model Review. MMR was also involved with selling a short series of resin model kits called "...What If?" These were models based on B-movies of the science fiction monsters of the 50's - 60's. Monster Model Review, to this day, still remains popular among the model hobbyists.

Wonder House has the honor of being one of the first WGN programs to be in the line up of its first day of broadcasting on April 6, 1948. Wonder House, an hour long show, was kind of a "club house" were a group of kids, picked from the audience, would have their daily club meetings in its attic. The living room was the place were Dick Baker Two Ton Baker sang and played novelty songs on the piano. Usually Baker was visited by one of Art Nelson's puppets. "Half-Ton", a facsimile of Baker himself, walked atop Baker's piano and heckled him during songs. Another room, The Puppet room was full of many different marionettes and puppets of Art Nelson. There, children stories like "Three Little Pigs" or "Little Red Riding Hood" were played out by the puppets. Wonder House aired five nights a week at 5pm. Unfortunately the show only lasted about four months. July 29, 1948 the show was off the air.

"Thrillerama" was a Saturday evening program that would air at 10:15pm showing science fiction monster movies.

TNT 100% Weird was created because among the huge library of great movies that TNT was showing, there were movies that were simply 100% Weird. This program would show three or four different movies at a time. Each group of movies always had a theme like "women with axes" or "creepy curses". The show would usually start at midnight on a Friday or a Saturday. When TNT 100% Weird followed Monstervision (1991) it would come on at a later time.

"Graveyard Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Rick Thomas as "Laslo", the Keeper of the Dead.

This half-hour daytime game show competed a man and woman against each other in a test of intelligence and problem solving. The first to successfully complete the question or task is the winner and receives merchandise prizes. Contestants were selected from the studio-audience. A machine called the "Aptigraph" was also used during the contests. Tom Reddy was the Host. This show was broadcast Monday through Thursday. The show lasted from March 31, 1958 until June 26, 1958 on WBBM-TV (CBS channel).

Princess Mary and her loyal subjects greet young viewers to the castle every weekday, Monday thru Friday. Magic, stories, and laughter are sure to be about Princess Mary's Castle. On WBKB (before changing to ABC channel 7, Chicago)

The daughter of a distinguished businessman, asks for the help of Captain Midnight. After hearing the girls story, that is cut short by her mother, Captain Midnight and Ikky decide to visit the girl and her mother. Captain Midnight decides to help the family after hearing the whole story. Captain Midnight is now on a mission to bring home the businessman and millions of dollars that he is protecting from some desperate crooks.

Captain Midnight is helping the U.S. government with the evacuation of a Pacific island that is set for an Atomic test. But due to an outsiders interference the islanders refuse to leave and begin to cause trouble for Captain Midnight And Ikky.

A kidnapped diamond cutter is replaced by a lookalike thief. The diamond cutter's son seeks out help from Captain Midnight.

Captain Midnight and Ikky are checking out a tunnel in a volcano. Some unsavory crooks have something to hide and plan on causing a cave-in to trap them in. Unfortunately for them their plan fails and Captain Midnight and crew escape. Now Captain Midnight plans on checking the volcano closer to the lava using a "fire-suit" invented by Tut. But will he survive when one of the crooks also puts on a "fire-suit".

After Captain Midnight flies through a freak hurricane he gets a message from one of his Secret Squadron members. It turns out that the creator of a climate changing machine has been kidnapped, along with his daughter. Captain Midnight follows the clues that the girl has left behind. Captain Midnight eventually tracks down the kidnappers. But will he be in time to save the girls life.

Captain Midnight and Ikky get involved with a sunken jewel mystery. A woman and her son tell Captain Midnight about her husband who went down with the ship he was on. The woman believes his small chest of jewels are still on the sunken ship somewhere. Now Captain Midnight is on a underwater adventure in search of this sunken treasure.

Captain Midnight and Ikky fly to Cairo, Egypt to find a lost archeologists. Along the way the explorer's daughter joins Captain Midnight in their search. Finding the archeologists isn't the only thing they find. Egyptian ruins, mummy tombs, and pharaohs curses are sure to follow. Will they find the secret behind why the archeologists is missing?

A group of German spies are trying to smuggle a antidote for a germ warfare gas out of the country. Their plan is to hide the antidote underwater with a time release. So they can pick it up later. Captain Midnight finds out about their plan, but gets captured. They try the poisonous gas on Captain Midnight. Will the antidote save his life?

Jerry, the gardener of Captain Midnight's Fortress, asks the help of Captain Midnight and Ikky, to find his father, who has been missing for years. Recent found evidence that has turned up brings speculation that he may be on a island in the Pacific.

A messenger from Calcutta is killed at Captain Midnight's fortress. But before he dies, he tells of a notorious plan to take over his country's people. Captain Midnight and Ikky fly off to Calcutta on a mission to find the kidnapped dignitary. A plot to forcibly send him away and replace him, in order to take control of his followers.

It's suspected that some foreign power is after a inventors new gadget. The inventors wife is having a fortune teller do a séance. Captain Midnight and Ikky investigate the Swami's phony fortune telling scheme. Captain Midnight suspects it's a plan to steel the inventor's new invention.

The Stanhope mansion is haunted by a ghost. Captain Midnight decides to check it out and see if there is any truth to the curse. Captain Midnight decides to use science to uncover what is really going on. Will Captain Midnight find out what is behind all the spooky scary things going on around the mansion.