Dumont Television Network TV Series - Page 6
Blind Date
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Blind Date
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Blind Date is an American television game show which aired on ABC, NBC, and then DuMont after many years on radio.Cinema Varieties
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Cinema Varieties
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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.Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room
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Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room is an American variety show hosted by Johnny Olson that aired from January 17, 1949 to July 4, 1952 on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. The show was the first daytime television show broadcast from New York City to DuMont's small network of East Coast cities. Olson also hosted the DuMont talent show Doorway to Fame, and DuMont's Saturday morning children's show Kids and Company. In the 1940s, Olson hosted a popular radio show in Chicago also titled Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room, an evening variety show running 10:30 pm to 12 midnight. Olson went on to become a famous announcer on American game shows, including as the announcer on The Price Is Right on CBS Television from 1972 until his death.Photographic Horizons
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Photographic Horizons was a United States television series where panelists discussed the art and science of photography. The show aired on Wednesdays at 8:30pm on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.Joseph Schildkraut Presents
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Joseph Schildkraut Presents was an anthology television series on the DuMont Television Network starring stage and screen actor Joseph Schildkraut.Our Secret Weapon: The Truth
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Our Secret Weapon: The Truth was a public affairs program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from October 22, 1950 to April 17, 1951 and hosted by conservative commentators Leo Cherne and Ralph de Toledano.Report Card For Parents
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Report Card for Parents was a DuMont Television Network panel discussion show on child behavior which aired Mondays at 8pm ET from December 1, 1952 to February 2, 1953.Frontier Theatre
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Frontier Theatre
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Frontier Theatre was an early American weekly television film series, featuring Westerns, that aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. This hour-long summer series ran from May to September 1950. The program aired Saturday nights from 6:30pm to 7:30pm ET on DuMont affiliates which carried the program.Elder Michaux
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Elder Michaux
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Elder Michaux was a religious TV show on the DuMont Television Network, hosted by evangelist Solomon Lightfoot Michaux. The show was 30 minutes long, originated as a local program on DuMont station WTTG in Washington, D. C. in 1947, and aired on the DuMont network from October 17, 1948 to January 9, 1949. According to the book The Forgotten Network by David Weinstein, the series also continued locally on WTTG after the network run ended. The program was among the earliest U.S. television shows with an African American host, and included religious music and preaching.Charlie Wild, Private Detective
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Charlie Wild, Private Detective is an American detective series that aired on three of the four major American television networks of the 1950s. The series first aired live on CBS Television from December 22, 1950 to June 27, 1951, then aired on ABC from September 11, 1951 to March 4, 1952. On March 13, 1952, the DuMont Television Network picked the series up for the last three months, with 17 episodes, ending on June 19, 1952. John McQuade replaced Kevin O'Morrison as Charlie Wild after the first seven episodes.The Ted Steele Show
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The Ted Steele Show
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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.Where Was I?
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Where Was I?
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Where Was I? was an American panel show which aired on the DuMont Television Network Tuesdays at 9pm ET from September 2, 1952 to October 6, 1953. The series consisted of panelists would have to guess a location by listening to clues and viewing photos. Hosts included Dan Seymour, Ken Roberts, and John Reed King, and panelists included Bill Cullen, Nancy Guild, Virginia Graham, and Skitch Henderson.Guide Right
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Guide Right
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Guide Right is an American musical variety show which aired on the DuMont Television Network from February 25, 1952 to February 5, 1954. Sponsored by the United States Air Force, and featuring The Airmen of Note directed by Fred Kepner, each 30-minute episode was hosted by Donn Russell.Visit with the Armed Forces
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A Visit With the Armed Forces was a 30-minute TV series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network Mondays at 8pm EST from July 3, 1950 to January 22, 1951. As its title suggests, the series consisted of documentary films on the United States armed forces.Fishing and Hunting Club
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Fishing and Hunting Club was a short lived DuMont Television Network program aired on Fridays at 9pm ET from October 7, 1949 to March 31, 1950. At one point the name of the show changed to Sports for All. The 30-minute program was hosted by Bill Slater. In the program, panelists answered questions about fishing and hunting. Little else is known about the program.Key to the Missing
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Key to the Missing
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Key to the Missing was a TV series which aired on Fridays at 7pm EST on the DuMont Television Network from 4 July 1948 to 23 September 1949. Each 30-minute episode was hosted by Archdale Jones. The series interviewed people looking for long-lost friends and relatives. The series was typical of TV programming of the time, when the major TV networks were trying out various untested concepts and ideas. Although short-lived, the basic concept has been re-used many times since, usually by independent TV stations and small TV networks. Where Are They Now, the radio program on which the series was based claimed a 68 percent success rate.Fashions on Parade
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Fashions on Parade
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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.Operation Success
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Operation Success
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Operation Success is a prime time public affairs television program broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.Sense and Nonsense
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Sense and Nonsense
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Sense and Nonsense is an American game show hosted by Bob Kennedy which ran on New York City TV station WABD from 1951-1954. The show consisted of two three-child teams using their five senses to complete challenges and earn money, with the high-scoring team returning on the next show. Sponsored by Coca-Cola, and with a somewhat-unorthodox Monday-Wednesday-Friday airing schedule, Sense has since gained something of a "cult following" among fans of early television. While only shown on WABD, it is often considered a DuMont Television Network program due to not only being on the network's flagship affiliate, but having several production "quirks" typical of many DuMont programs.Opera Cameos
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Opera Cameos
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Opera Cameos is a TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from November 8, 1953, to January 9, 1955. The program aired Sundays at 7:30pm ET, and was hosted by opera singer Giovanni Martinelli. A conductor on the program was Salvatore Dell'Isola.
