The Hot Seat is a 30-minute American television talk show that was broadcast on ABC beginning on April 18, 1952, and ending on December 29, 1952. Each episode had host Stuart Scheftel and a guest interviewer posing questions to a celebrity or public figure. Guest interviewers included James Wechsler and Leo Cherne. People interviewed included Ellis Arnall, William Benton, Richard Nixon, Walter Francis White, Joseph McCarthy, Tex McCrary, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.