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A DuMont quiz/panel show. |
The DuMont Television Network
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"I...created two cheapo soap operas called One
Larry Menkin, a writer for the DuMont network,
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Note: In addition to the above programs, DuMont is remembered for the first network telecast of an NFL championship game (on 12/23/51), and for broadcasting the Army-McCarthy Hearings (beginning on 4/22/54), which led to Senator Joseph McCarthy's censure.
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Man's Experience and One Woman's Experience.
I hated them. I walked out of the studio one day.
Someone said, 'C'mon back, it's not that bad.'
(I replied), 'Yes, it is.'
in Jeff Kisseloff's The Box (see Channel Eleven).
Major Del Conway of the Flying Tigers, 4/14/51 - 5/26/51 and 7/29/51 - 3/2/52 (drama)
Man Against Crime, 10/11/53 - 4/4/54 (drama), simulcast with NBC
Manhattan Spotlight, 1/17/49 - 4/20/51 (discussion)
Marge and Jeff, 9/21/53 - 9/24/54 (comedy)
Mary Kay and Johnny, 11/18/47 - 8/24/48 (comedy)
Meet the Boss, 6/10/52 - 5/12/53 (discussion)
Meet Your Congress, 7/8/53 - 7/4/54 (public affairs)
Melody Street, 9/23/53 - 2/5/54 (music)
Monodrama Theater (drama), a late-night program described in Jeff Kisseloff's book The Box; no other information available; the author suspects that this may have been a local show on DuMont's WABD-TV, New York
Morey Amsterdam Show, The, 4/21/49 - 10/12/50 (variety)
Most Important People, The (Mr. and Mrs. Carroll), 10/18/50 - 4/13/51 (variety)
Music From Chicago, 4/15/51 - 6/17/51 (music), from Chicago
Music Show, The, 5/19/53 - 10/17/54 (music), from Chicago
Mystery Theatre, 9/49 - 3/50 (movies)
Newsweek Views the News (Newsweek Analysis), 11/7/48 - 5/22/50 (discussion)
New York Times Youth Forum, The, 9/14/52 - 6/14/53 (public affairs)
Night Editor, 3/14/54 - 9/8/54 (drama)
Nine Thirty Curtain, 10/13/53 - 1/1/54 (drama)
Not For Publication, 4/27/51 - 8/27/51 and 12/21/51 - 5/27/52 (drama)
Okay Mother, 11/1/48 - 7/6/51 (variety), one of the first daytime network TV shows; the title refers to a catch phrase used by host Dennis James
Old American Barn Dance, The, 7/5/53 - 9/13/53 (music)
O'Neills, The, 9/6/49 - 1/10/50 (drama)
On Your Way, 9/9/53 - 1/20/54 (game)
Once Upon a Tune, 3/6/51 - 5/15/51 (music)
One Man's Experience (One Man's Story), 10/6/52 - 4/10/53 (drama)
One Minute Please, 7/6/54 - 2/17/55 (game)
One Woman's Experience (One Woman's Story), 10/6/52 - 4/10/53 (drama)
Opera Cameos, 11/8/53 - 1/9/55 (music)
Operation Information, 7/17/52 - 9/18/52 (public affairs)
Operation Success, 9/21/48 - 10/19/48 and 1/27/49 - 6/16/49 (public affairs)
Original Amateur Hour, The, 1/18/48 - 9/25/49 (talent)
Our Secret Weapon: The Truth, 10/22/50 - 4/17/51 (discussion)
Pantomime Quiz, 10/20/53 - 4/13/54 (game)
Paul Dixon Show, The, 9/29/52 - 4/8/55 (variety)
Pentagon, 5/6/51 - 11/24/52 (public affairs)
Pet Shop, The, 12/1/51 - 3/14/53 (discussion)
Photographic Horizons, 1/12/49 - 3/7/49 (discussion)
Pick the Winner, 8/14/52 - 11/52 (discussion), simulcast with CBS
Plainclothesman, The, 10/12/49 - 9/12/54 (drama)
Play the Game, 9/24/46 - 12/17/46 (game), produced by ABC using DuMont's facilities
Power of Women, The, 7/1/52 - 11/11/52 (public affairs)
Program Playhouse, 6/22/49 - 9/14/49 (drama)
Pro Wrestling from Chicago (sports)
Public Prosecutor, 9/6/51 - 2/28/52 (drama)
Pulse of the City, 9/15/53 - 3/9/54 (drama)
Quick on the Draw, 1/18/52 - 12/9/52 (game)
Rebound, 12/5/52 - 1/16/53 (drama)
Report Card for Parents, 12/1/52 - 2/2/53 (discussion)
Rhythm Rodeo, 7/30/50 - 12/31/50 (music)
Rocky King, (Inside) Detective, 1/14/50 - 12/26/54 (drama)
Royal Playhouse (DuMont Royal Theater), 4/12/51 - 7/12/51 and 4/3/52 - 6/26/52 (drama)
Roy Doty Show, The, 5/10/53 - 10/4/53 (children)
Russ Hodges' Scoreboard, 4/14/48 - 4/22/49 (sports)
Saturday Night at the Garden, 10/7/50 - 3/31/51 (sports)
School House, 1/18/49 - 4/12/49 (variety)
Screen Mystery, 4/50 - 10/50 (movies)
Serving Through Science, 6/18/46 - 5/27/47 (public affairs), generally believed to be the first DuMont network series
Shadow of the Cloak, 6/6/51 - 3/20/52 (drama)
Small Fry Club, 3/11/47 - 6/15/51 (children)
Spin the Picture, 6/25/49 - 2/4/50 (game)
Stage a Number, 9/10/52 - 5/20/53 (talent)
Stage Entrance, 5/2/51 - 3/2/52 (variety)
Star Time, 9/5/50 - 2/27/51 (variety)
Starlit Time, 4/9/50 - 11/19/50 (music)
Stars on Parade, 11/4/53 - 6/30/54 (variety)
Steve Randall (Hollywood Off Beat), 11/7/52 - 1/30/53 (drama)
Story Theater, 11/24/50 - 5/11/51 (drama)
Stranger, The, 6/25/54 - 2/11/55 (drama)
Strawhatters, The, 5/27/53 - 9/9/53 and 6/23/54 - 9/8/54 (variety)
Studio 57, 9/21/54 - 7/26/55 (drama)
Susan Raye Show, The, 10/2/50 - 11/20/50 (music)
Talent Jackpot, 7/19/49 - 8/23/49 (talent)
Talent Shop, The, 10/13/51 - 3/29/52 (talent)
Ted Steele Show, The, 2/27/49 - 7/12/49 (music)
Teen Time Tunes, 3/7/49 - 7/15/49 (music)
They Stand Accused, 9/11/49 - 10/5/52 and 9/9/54 - 12/30/54 (drama), from Chicago
They're Off, 7/7/49 - 8/18/49 (game)
This is Music, 11/29/51 - 10/9/52 (music), from Chicago
This Week in Religion, 3/16/52 - 9/28/52 and 6/28/53 - 10/3/53 (religious)
Time for Reflection, 4/30/50 - 1/14/51 (poetry)
Time Will Tell, 8/27/54 - 10/15/54 (game)
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, 8/29/53 - 5/22/54 (children)
Trash or Treasure? (Treasure Hunt), 10/1/52 - 9/27/53 (discussion)
TV Shopper, 11/1/48 - 12/1/50 (shopping)
Twenty Questions, 7/6/51 - 4/5/54 (game)
No programs
Vincent Lopez Show, The, 3/7/49 - 3/30/50 and 6/13/51 - 7/11/51 (music)
Visit With The Armed Forces, A, 7/3/50 - 1/22/51 (public affairs)
Washington Exclusive, 6/21/53 - 11/1/53 (public affairs)
Washington Report, 5/22/51 - 8/31/51 (discussion), from Washington
Western Movie, 1946-47 (movies)
What's The Story, 7/25/51 - 9/23/55 (game); the last regularly scheduled non-sports program on the DuMont network; see also Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
What's Your Bid, 5/3/53 - 6/28/53 (game)
Where Was I, 9/2/52 - 10/6/53 (game)
Window on the World, 1/27/49 - 4/14/49 (variety)
Windy City Jamboree, 3/26/50 - 6/18/50 (music), from Chicago
Wisdom of the Ages, 12/16/52 - 6/30/53 (discussion)
With This Ring, 1/21/51 - 3/11/51 (discussion)
Wrestling from Marigold (sports)
No programs
You Asked For It, 12/29/50 - 12/7/51 (variety)
Your Big Moment, 5/19/53 - 6/2/53 (game)
Your Story Theatre, 12/1/50 - 2/2/51 (drama)
Youth on the March, 10/5/52 - 6/7/53 (religious), from Philadelphia
No programs