The New Shows

Kate Smith Evening Hour (Wed. 8 p.m., NBCTV) alternates sentimental Kate Smith, as amply amiable as ever, with topflight variety acts. On the opening show Paul Lukas appeared in a dramatic skit; William Bendix in a comedy role; Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers paid their satiric respects to show business, and Kate herself sang a few songs and waltzed with elephantine grace in the midst of a ballet troupe. Also on hand, and billed as "your host and producer": Kate Smith's ubiquitous manager, Ted Collins, who spent most of his time on the program reminding Kate what a fine bunch of fellows their four sponsors are.

Crime Syndicated (Tues. 9 p.m., CBS-TV). Since his standout performance as special counsel of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee last March, Rudolph Halley has become a political candidate (for president of the New York City Council), a Hearst columnist and a TV actor. In Crime Syndicated, his first sponsored show, Halley takes his audience on a Cook's tour of the underworld. Highlight: a dramatized sketch about dope peddlers, which came to the surprising conclusion that crime does pay, showed how a Government witness was intimidated by hoodlums in court and then murdered before she could testify again.

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