The collection of virtually every kinescope of "THE MIKE WALLACE INTERVIEW" at The University of Texas at Austin [thank god HE saved them when the network didn't!] are from the period (1957-'58) when Mike had a weekly half-hour program on ABC's Sunday {or Saturday} night schedule, at 10pm(et). It was the success of his late-night "NIGHTBEAT" program on New York's WABD [now WNYW-TV] in 1956-'57 that ABC, and sponsor Philip Morris, wanted him to do a late evening prime-time edition in the spring of 1957. However, Mike had a reputation at that time for being quite relentless in his choice of guests and questions to ask them- and that eventually cost him his sponsor. However, his relationship with Philip Morris lasted longer than the program itself; after they dropped their sponsorship in April 1958, he continued to pitch Parliament cigarettes for them in radio and TV commercials until he decided he wanted to return to "serious" news reporting in 1963- he joined CBS News that fall, and began anchoring their daily "CBS MORNING NEWS" for three years...which led indirectly to "60 MINUTES" in 1968. After the ABC "INTERVIEW" series ended in September 1958, Mike returned to local TV, and eventually revived his late-night interview format on New York's WNTA {now public TV station WNET} in 1959, which was eventually syndicated until 1961. Any surviving kinescopes of those (including his famous interview with Rod Serling in September 1959) are NOT on deposit at the Harry Ransom Center...