The Power of Women was an early American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The series ran from July to November of 1952. This thirty minute long series was a public affairs program originally hosted by Vivien Kellems. Kellems would leave partway through the series' run.
The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Mondays at 8pm ET on most DuMont affiliates. The series was cancelled in November 1952, replaced by popular quiz show Twenty Questions.
Small Fry Club is one of the earliest TV series made for children. Aired on the DuMont Television Network from March 11, 1947 to June 15, 1951 and afterwards produced and aired in Boston on WBZ-TV until 1968, it was hosted by "Big Brother Bob Emery". During the 1947-48 TV season, the show aired Monday through Friday at 7pm ET. In later years as a local show in Boston it was seen during the noon hour.
Your Story Theater is an American anthology television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and on NBC. The DuMont series aired from November 4, 1950 to May 11, 1951 and the NBC series aired from June 24 to September 17, 1951.
The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios and sponsored by Durkee Foods.
Meet the Boss was a series broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from June 10, 1952 to May 12, 1953. The series was hosted by Bill Cunningham and Robert Sullivan, who interviewed corporate and business leaders.
Sullivan was a columnist for the New York Daily News and also appeared on the DuMont series What's the Story which aired 1951 to 1955.
The Igor Cassini Show was a DuMont Television Network talk show hosted by columnist Igor Cassini, who wrote under the name "Cholly Knickerbocker". The show aired Sunday evenings from October 25, 1953 to February 28, 1954.
One Man's Experience, also known as One Man's Story, was a DuMont Television Network anthology TV show written and produced by Lawrence Menkin. The show aired from October 6, 1952 to April 10, 1953. The 15-minute show aired alongside another 15-minute Menkin show One Woman's Experience. Some sources suggest that these episodes were also aired during the DuMont series Monodrama Theater which aired at 11pm ET from May 1952 until December 7, 1953.
Stage a Number was a TV series on the DuMont Television Network which aired Wednesdays at 9pm ET from September 10, 1952 to May 20, 1953.
The series was a live talent show for dancers, singers, acrobats, and other entertainers. A panel of celebrity judges decided on two winners who would be invited to appear the following week.
The Roy Doty Show was a Sunday morning DuMont Television Network children's TV show hosted by Roy Doty. The show aired from May 10, 1953 to October 4, 1953. Cartoonist Roy Doty drew sketches and told children's stories.
Football This Week was a TV sports program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The 15-minute program aired on Thursdays at 10:45 pm ET from October 11 to December 6, 1951.
What's Your Bid? was an ABC and DuMont Television Network game show hosted by John Reed King and Robert Alda. The show aired Saturdays from February 14, 1953 to late April on ABC, and Sundays from May 3, 1953 to June 28, 1953 on DuMont. The show was an auction where audience members bid on items, with one item in each episode supposedly belonging to a famous person.
Saturday Night at the Garden was an American sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from October 7, 1950 to March 31, 1951. The program aired sports, primarily boxing, live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The program aired Saturday nights at 9pm ET and was 120 to 150 minutes long.
Kids and Company is an American children's TV show that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network on Saturday mornings from September 1, 1951 to June 1, 1952, and was hosted by Johnny Olson and Ham Fisher. The series was primarily sponsored by Red Goose Shoes.
This was Olson's third series for DuMont, previously hosting the talent show Doorway to Fame and daytime variety series Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room. Rumpus Room shared the schedule with Kids for the latter's entire run, and ended a month after Kids did.
New York Times Youth Forum was a public affairs program, sponsored by The New York Times and aired Sundays at 5pm EST on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 14, 1952 to June 14, 1953. The host was Dorothy Gordon, who continued to host the show on WABD from the time the network closed in 1956 until 1958 when it moved to WRCA-TV.
The Times dropped sponsorship in 1960, at which point radio simulcasts moved from WQXR to WNBC. Thereafter, Gordon continued the show as Dorothy Gordon's Youth Forum, winning a Peabody Award in 1966. Gordon continued to host the show until her death in 1970.
Cinema Varieties was a television program on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network which was shown on Sunday nights at 8:30pm ET from September 1949 to November 1949. Clips from old movies were shown on this 30-minute program.
The Ted Steele Show is a 15-minute musical variety show which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from February 27 to July 12, 1949. Each episode was hosted by bandleader Ted Steele, who appeared on many programs during the early days of television.
A previous version of the show aired on NBC on Wednesdays at 8:30pm and then Fridays at 9pm ET during the 1948-1949 television season, with the first show airing September 29, 1948.
Steele later presented local daytime TV shows under the same title, running from 2:30 to 5:30pm ET, on WPIX-TV and WOR-TV, which hired Steele away from WPIX in July 1954.
Fashions on Parade is an American fashion-themed television series that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network Fridays at 8pm EST from November 4, 1948 to April 24, 1949, then broadcast on ABC from April 27 to June 29, 1949. The show was hosted by Adelaide Hawley Cumming beginning on local DuMont stations on February 5, 1948.