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The period 1948-1950 brought major changes to network radio, as CBS hired a number of stars from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NBC</a> in what some have called "talent raids". Some of the top performers who changed networks were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jack Benny</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skelton" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Red Skelton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Edgar Bergen</a>, and the husband-and-wife duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_and_Allen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">George Burns and Gracie Allen</a>. One result of the changes was that 12 of the 15 highest-rated radio programs at the end of 1949 were on CBS. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Peary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Harold Peary</a> did not find such success, however. Peary switched to CBS, while the program in which he had starred, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gildersleeve" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Great Gildersleeve</a>, stayed on NBC. Those changes resulted in a new program (The Harold Peary Show) for Peary and a new star (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Waterman" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Willard Waterman</a>) for Gildersleeve. Radio historian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(radio_historian)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Dunning</a> commented that The Harold Peary Show "failed to gain any measure of an audience in its lone season".

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The period 1948-1950 brought major changes to network radio, as CBS hired a number of stars from NBC in what some have called "talent raids". Some of the top performers who changed networks were Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Edgar Bergen, and the husband-and-wife duo George Burns and Gracie Allen. One result of the changes was that 12 of the 15 highest-rated radio programs at the end of 1949 were on CBS. Harold Peary did not find such success, however. Peary switched to CBS, while the program in which he had starred, The Great Gildersleeve, stayed on NBC. Those changes resulted in a new program (The Harold Peary Show) for Peary and a new star (Willard Waterman) for Gildersleeve. Radio historian John Dunning commented that The Harold Peary Show "failed to gain any measure of an audience in its lone season".

The period 1948-1950 brought major changes to network radio, as CBS hired a number of stars from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" rel="noopener noreferrer">NBC</a> in what some have called "talent raids".&nbsp;Some of the top performers who changed networks were&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Benny" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jack Benny</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skelton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Red Skelton</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bergen" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edgar Bergen</a>, and the husband-and-wife duo&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_and_Allen" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Burns and Gracie Allen</a>. One result of the changes was that 12 of the 15 highest-rated radio programs at the end of 1949 were on CBS.&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Peary" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harold Peary</a>&nbsp;did not find such success, however. Peary switched to CBS, while the program in which he had starred,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gildersleeve" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Great Gildersleeve</a>, stayed on NBC. Those changes resulted in a new program (The Harold Peary Show) for Peary and a new star (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Waterman" rel="noopener noreferrer">Willard Waterman</a>) for&nbsp;Gildersleeve. Radio historian&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(radio_historian)" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Dunning</a>&nbsp;commented that&nbsp;The Harold Peary Show&nbsp;"failed to gain any measure of an audience in its lone season".

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