Dumont Television Network TV Series - Page 3
The Johns Hopkins Science Review
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The Johns Hopkins Science Review is a US television series about science that was produced at Johns Hopkins University from 1948-1955. Starting in 1950, the series aired on the DuMont Television Network until the network's demise in 1955. The series' creator was Lynn Poole, who wrote or co-wrote most of its episodes and acted as the on-camera host. In 2002, Patrick Lucanio and Gary Coville wrote that, "In retrospect, Lynn Poole created one of those unique series that allowed television to fulfill its idealized mission as both an educational and an entertainment medium." The original series was followed by three related series produced by Poole at Johns Hopkins University: Tomorrow, Tomorrow's Careers, and Johns Hopkins File 7. Johns Hopkins University ended its production of television series in 1960.The Stranger
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star 6The Stranger was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1954 to 1955, and was a drama starring Robert Carroll, who played a mysterious man who helped those in distress. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Friday at 9 PM on most DuMont affiliates. The series was produced and directed by Frank Telford, and was cancelled in 1955, as the DuMont Network began crumbling.Melody Street
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Melody Street
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Melody Street is an early American television series, hosted by Elliot Lawrence, which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The program aired Fridays at 8:30pm ET from September 25, 1953 to February 5, 1954. Each episode was 30 minutes long. One guest star was guitarist Tony Mottola.Pro Football Highlights
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Pro Football Highlights, also known as Football News or Football Highlights, was a 30-minute TV sports program broadcast by ABC and the DuMont Television Network. The ABC version aired Fridays at 8:30 pm ET and the DuMont version aired Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET.The Susan Raye Show
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The Susan Raye Show
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The Susan Raye Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.Okay, Mother
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Okay, Mother
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Okay, Mother is an American daytime variety/game show hosted by Dennis James which originally aired on WABD in New York City in 1948. After receiving good ratings and largely positive reviews the show, originally titled Mothers Inc., aired nationally from 1 pm to 1:30 pm ET on the DuMont Television Network from Summer 1949 to July 6, 1951.Dark of Night
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star 6Dark of Night is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network which aired Fridays at 8:30pm EST from October 3, 1952 to May 1, 1953. The series starred mostly unknown actors. Each episode was filmed at a different location in the New York City area. According to Brooks and Marsh, locations included a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Brentano's book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.Happy's Party
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Happy's Party
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Happy's Party was a children's TV program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network and originating from the DuMont station WDTV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The show ran on Saturday mornings from September 6, 1952 until May 9, 1953, with 30 minutes on the network and an additional 30 minutes broadcast to the local Pittsburgh market. Happy was a dog puppet which interacted with host Ida Mae Maher.The Armed Forces Hour
1949
The Armed Forces Hour is an early American television program originally broadcast on NBC and later on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1949 to 1951. Despite the title of the series, it was a half-hour program. The Armed Forces Hour was a television program "culled from the estimated 500 million feet of film" archived at the U.S. Department of Defense. Production was supervised by Major Robert Keim and Lieutenant Benjamin Greenberg. After a one-season run on NBC, the network cancelled the series in 1950. However, on February 4, 1951, the series started again on the DuMont Television Network, with the last DuMont episode airing on May 6, 1951.Nine Thirty Curtain
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Nine Thirty Curtain
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Nine Thirty Curtain was a dramatic anthology television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from October 16, 1953 to January 1, 1954. The 30-minute show aired on Fridays at 9:30pm ET.The Talent Shop
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The Talent Shop
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The Talent Shop was a TV series on the DuMont Television Network which aired from October 13, 1951 to March 29, 1952. The hosts were Fred Robbins and Pat Adair. This was a talent show for young people, set in a New York City drugstore.School House
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School House
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School House is a musical comedy variety show, with Kenny Delmar presiding over a classroom of adult students, often famous guest stars, who perform variety acts. Ran on Tuesday nights on the Dumont network in 1949.Broadway to Hollywood
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Broadway to Hollywood was an early American television program broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. While the daytime version was mainly a talk show with news, celebrity gossip, and home-viewer quizzes, the quiz portion became a full-fledged nighttime version within two weeks of the program's debut.Cash and Carry
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Cash and Carry
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Cash and Carry is an American television game show hosted by Dennis James that ran on the then-both affiliates of the DuMont Television Network from June 20, 1946 to July 1, 1947. This made it not only the sole program aired on Thursday nights by the network, but also the first "network" television game show. This series was sponsored by Libby's Foods, and produced by Art Stark, later producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show was set in a supermarket, with contestants taking cans off the shelf which had questions for the contestant to answer.One Minute Please
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One Minute Please
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One Minute Please was a panel quiz show hosted by Ernie Kovacs aired on the DuMont Television Network from 6 July 1954 to 17 February 1955 on Tuesdays at 9pm ET. Panelists were given a topic and had to talk about the subject for one minute nonstop. The panelist who talked the most was the winner.Key to the Ages
1955
Key to the Ages
1955
Key to the Ages was the name of an American television series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network between February and May 1955. Hosted by Dr. Theodore Low, the program aired from February 27 to May 22, 1955. This literary series originated from WAAM-TV in Baltimore, and may have also aired on ABC stations. The series should not be confused with the similarly titled Key to the Missing, a documentary series which aired on DuMont from 1948-1949. Key to the Ages lasted only a few months on the air; just a little over one month after the program debuted, in April 1955, the DuMont Television Network began shutting down network operations. This made Key to the Ages one of the last DuMont Network programs. Key aired until May 22, 1955; DuMont itself ceased network operations in August 1956.The Adventures of Oky Doky
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The Adventures of Oky Doky is an American children's television program that aired on the DuMont Television Network on Thursdays at 7pm ET from November 4, 1948 through May 26, 1949. Sometime in early 1949, the time slot for the show went from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. In March, the show was cut back to Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:45pm ET. The show had many similarities with Howdy Doody, including a frontier/western theme and a cowboy puppet as the title character.Operation Information
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Operation Information was a DuMont Television Network public affairs TV show giving veterans information on their rights and benefits. The show aired Thursdays from July 17, 1952 to September 18, 1952. DuMont had previously aired a similar series for veterans Operation Success.It's a Small World
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It's a Small World
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It's a Small World was a short-lived TV travel series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from June 27 to July 27, 1953.Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers
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Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
