Lights Out (NBC-TV, 1949–1952) was one of the first hosted horror anthology shows. The on-screen announcer, Frank Gallop, was responsible for initiating a ghoulish style crucial to the criteria of the horror host. However, his legacy as one of the first distinct examples of this generic tradition, pre-1955, has been overlooked. Current scholarship, instead, has focused on later series and hosts that represented the golden-age of the hosted horror anthology show in the late-1950s and early-1960s. Through content analysis and archival material, this article pays close attention to Gallop’s Lights Out persona and performance. It identifies its distinctive features compared to those of his contemporaries who sought to alleviate the impact of the horror content of their programmes. It also demonstrates how overt horror elements associated with Gallop’s guise contravened self-regulation guidelines regarding the genre at the time.

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弗兰克·盖洛普：熄灯的可怕主机

Lights Out（NBC-TV，1949-1952）是最早主持的恐怖选集节目之一。屏幕上的播音员弗兰克·盖洛普 (Frank Gallop) 负责发起一种对恐怖主持人标准至关重要的残忍风格。然而，他的遗产是 1955 年之前这一通用传统的第一个独特例子之一，却被忽视了。相反，当前的奖学金集中在代表 1950 年代末和 1960 年代初主持的恐怖选集节目黄金时代的后期系列和主持人。通过内容分析和档案材料，本文密切关注Gallop 的Lights Out 角色和表演。与试图减轻其节目恐怖内容影响的同时代人相比，它确定了其独特的特征。