"[2] A review of the program's premiere episode included the comment, "Both the script and the writing stood out as well above the average serial.
That led producer Edwin Wolfe to take Hilltop House off the air, whereupon the new advertising agency replaced it with The Story of Bess Johnson.
Johnson left Hilltop House on a Friday, and on the following Monday she became superintendent[2] of Mount Holly School for Girls.
The plot had Roosevelt visiting Mount Holly School to "talk about many of the complexities now confronting the young women of America.
[1] This time it faced competition from growing audiences for television, compounded by the shift of local radio stations away from soap operas.
[1] The table below shows characters in the three versions of Hilltop House and its spinoff, The Story of Bess Johnson.