The New Shows

United States Steel Hour (alt. Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC-TV) comes to TV loaded with talent. Sponsored by U.S. Steel, produced by the Theatre Guild, directed by Alex Segal (who established his reputation with Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and last year's Celanese Theater), the Steel Hour's first two shows have had competent acting, adult themes and an intellectual daring not common in television. The first play, P.O.W., dealt convincingly with a group of U.S. ex-prisoners returned from Korea to an Army hospital. The second, based on a 1941 Broadway play by Sophie Treadwell. examined racial and economic tensions in a California farming community. Steel Hour is easily the most promising of the season's new dramatic shows.

Dave Garroway Show (Fri. 8 p.m., NBCTV) is an attempt to return to the format and happy informality of the 1949-51 Garroway-at-Large show, which was telecast from Chicago. Though Garroway is using some of the same cast, technical crew and relaxed manner that he employed in the original show, he seems to have left some valuable ingredient behind in moving to Manhattan. NBC should offer a large reward for its immediate return.

Winky Dink and You (Sat. 11 a.m., CBS-TV) is a children's show that will cost many a parent half a dollar. The program proposes to teach "creative drawing and self-expression" to moppets. It shows simplified sketches of steamboats, locomotives, etc. on the screen while the young artists--or at least those who have sent in for the 50-c- Winky Dink Magic TV Kit--make copies and add their own embellishments. The Magic Kit contains a transparent plastic window that sticks to the TV screen, a set of special crayons and a flannel erasing cloth. Parents are assured that "the Magic Window . . . will in no way harm your TV set."

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