Dumont Television Network TV Series - Page 9
The Power of Women
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The Power of Women
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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.The Pet Shop
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The Pet Shop
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The Pet Shop was an American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1951 to 1953, and was a primetime series on pet care hosted by Gail Compton and his young daughter Gay. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm ET on most DuMont affiliates. The series was cancelled in 1953. DuMont replaced the series with local programming.The Strawhatters
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The Strawhatters
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The Strawhatters was an American television summer variety show that aired on the national DuMont network from May 27, 1953 until September 9, 1953, and again in 1954, from June 23 until September 8 of that year. Episodes of the program had also been seen on WABD, the New York City-area DuMont station, in 1952, before it aired nationally. For 1954, the program was retitled Summer in the Park. Filmed at Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City, The Strawhatters featured talent shows, musical entertainment, and diving exhibitions. The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows called The Strawhatters "essentially an hour-long advertisement for Palisades Amusement Park." The program was hosted and emceed by Johnny Olson in 1953, and Virginia Graham in 1954.Small Fry Club
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Small Fry Club
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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.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.Faraway Hill
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Faraway Hill
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Faraway Hill was the first soap opera broadcast on an American television network, running on the DuMont Television Network.The Family Genius
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The Family Genius
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The Family Genius was a TV series aired in the United States from September 9 to September 30, 1949. The series was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network, and is most notable for lasting less than a month before cancellation.The Magic Cottage
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The Magic Cottage
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The Magic Cottage was an American children's program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1952.DuMont Royal Theater
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DuMont Royal Theater
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DuMont Royal Theater was an American anthology television series which ran on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1951 to 1952. The half-hour series ran during the summer and is best described as a dramatic anthology. The series helped launch the career of Hugh O'Brian, who later appeared in the popular The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp TV series. Some sources say the sponsor was Royal Gelatin when it was part of Standard Brands.Serving Through Science
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Serving Through Science is the first educational television series broadcast in the United States. The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network on August 15, 1946 and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET. The weekly program starred Dr. Guthrie McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber. The last show aired May 27, 1947.DuMont Evening News
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DuMont Evening News
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The DuMont Evening News was an American news program which aired Monday through Friday at 7:15pm ET on the DuMont Television Network during the 1954-1955 season. Presented by Morgan Beatty, the 15-minute show was the network's third and final attempt at a nightly news broadcast.Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
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Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena is an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956.Jacqueline Susann's Open Door
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Jacqueline Susann's Open Door was an American discussion show hosted by Jacqueline Susann, later to become famous as the author of Valley of the Dolls. It aired nationally on the DuMont Television Network between May 7 and June 18, 1951. Each week Susann would interview celebrities. She would go on to host a local talk show in 1953. No episodes are known to exist today.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.What's the Story
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What's the Story
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What's the Story is an American television game show broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from July 25, 1951 to September 23, 1955 and aired in eleven different timeslots. Originally hosted by Walter Raney, he was replaced in September 1951 by Walter Kiernan, who hosted until June 20, 1953. Al Capp took over from the following week until sometime in the Fall, when John McCaffery took the reins through the show's end in 1955. The series is most notable for being the last regular series to air on the DuMont network, after the game show Have a Heart and It's Alec Templeton Time. After the finale of What's the Story on September 23, DuMont aired only a few sporting events and ceased broadcasting altogether with the final broadcast of Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena on August 6, 1956.
