PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
Syndicated (1947)/ DuMont (6Sep51-28Feb52)
Starring John Howard
SMALL FRY CLUB
DuMont (11Mar47-15Jun51)
Children Series (Weekdays)
Hosted by "Big Brother" Bob Emery
MARY KAY AND JOHNNY
DuMont (18Nov47-24Aug48)(15min)(live from Philadelphia)
NBC (10Oct48-13Feb49)(30 min)(live from New York
CBS (23Feb49-1Jun49)
NBC (13Jun49-11Mar50)
Situation Comedy series
Starring:
Mary Kay
John Stearns
HOTEL BROADWAY
DuMont (20Jan49-17Mar49)
Half hour variety series hosted by Jeri Blanchard
Produced and Dircted by Harve Marlowe
MANHATTAN SPOTLIGHT
DuMont (17Jan49-20Apr51)(15 min)(Mon-Fri)
Interview show hosted by Charles Tranum
THE SCHOOL HOUSE
DuMont (18-Jan-1949 to 12-April-1949)
THE ADMIRAL BROADWAY REVUE
DuMont + NBC (both networks at same time) (28Jan49-3Jan49)
Sponsor: Admiral (TV Sets)
Friday-night Variety series (60 min)
Produced by Max Liebman
Featuring:
Sid Caesar
AND EVERYTHING NICE
DuMont (8-Mar-1949 to 9-Jan-1950)
Weekly Talk Show for Women. Hosted by Maxine Barratt.
FLIGHT TO RHYTHM (original title "The Delora Bueno Show"- 15min)
DuMont (10Mar49-22Sep49)
Musical serial (30 min)
Hosted by Delora Bueno
FRONT ROW CENTER
DuMont (25-Mar-1949 to 2-April-1950)
(sequel see - Starlit Time)
DOORWAY TO FAME
DuMont (7-Mar-1949 to 4-Jul-1949)
Half-hour Dramatic Anthology series
CAVALCADE OF STARS
DuMont (4Jun49-26Sep52)
Hour-long Variety series
Host: Jack Carter (1949-50)
Host: Jackie Gleason (1950-52)
Host: Larry Storch (Summer 1952)
CUT!
/ SPIN THE PICTURE DuMont (04Jun49 to 04Feb50)
Hour-long Game Show
Host Carl Caruso and Kathi Norris
THEY'RE OFF
DuMont (7Jul49-18Aug49)
Prime-time Game show modeled after a horse race.
TALENT JACKPOT
DuMont (19Jul49-23Aug49)(lasted 5 weeks)
Prime-time Talent Show
Hosted by Vinton Freedley & Bud Collyer
BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD (aka "Headline Clues")
DuMont (20-Jul-1949 to 15-Jul-1954)
Showbiz News, Gossip & Celebrity Interviews
Hosted by George F. Putnam
THE AL MORGAN SHOW
DuMont (5-Sep-1949 to 30-Aug-1951)
Half-hour Music Variety series with pianist Al Morgan and the Billy Chandler
Trio
Broadcast from Chicago. Directed by Don Cook.
THE O'NEILLS
DuMont (6Sep49-10Jan50)
Weekly Serial
THEY STAND ACCUSED (originally titled "Cross Question")
DuMont (11Sep49-5Oct52)(9Sep54-30Sep54)
"Live Courtroom Dramas (60min)
CHICAGOLAND MYSTERY PLAYERS
DuMont (18Sep49-30Jul50)
Produced by J.E. Faraghan
Cast:
Gordon Urquhart as Jeffrey Hall
Bob Smith as Sgt Holland
Crime Drama. The story of Jeffrey Hall, a criminologist with the Chicago Police
Department, as
he attempts to solve baffling crimes.
FAMOUS JURY TRIALS
TransAmerican Production / Dumont (Wednesdays 9:30-10pm) (12
Oct49 - 12Mar52)
30 min live courtroom drama
BOWLING HEADLINERS
DuMont (13-Nov-1949 to 9-Apr-1950)
Produced by & Hosted by Al Cirillo (on ABC the previous season)
EASY ACES
DuMont (14-Dec-1949 to 7-June-1950)
Comedy series (15min)
Starring:
Goodman Ace & Jane Sherwood Ace (husband and wife, as themselves)
DuMont - 1950:
CHEZ PAREE REVUE
DuMont (1950)
CAVALCADE OF BANDS
DuMont (Tuesdays) (17Jan50-25Sep51)
Music Variety series featuring the Big Bands
Host: Fred Robbins, Warren Hull, Ted Steele (singer), Buddy Rogers
STARLIT TIME
DuMont (9-Apr-1950 to 19-Nov-1950)
(sequel to Front Row Center)
THE HAZEL SCOTT SHOW
DuMont (3Jul50-29Sep50)
Music series (15min)(Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays)
Hosted by Hazel Scott (Pianist)
RHYTHM RODEO
DuMont (30-July-1950 to 31-Dec-1950)
Half-hour musical series hosted by Art Jarrett
STAR TIME
DuMont (5-Sep-1950 to 27-Feb-1951)
THE GIL LAMB SHOW (Pilot)
DuMont (20-Sep-1950)
Aired on "Premiere Theatre"
THE SUSAN RAYE SHOW
DuMont (2Oct50-20Nov50)
THE ARTHUR MURRAY PARTY
DuMont (15Oct50-11Mar51)(12Oct52-26Apr53)
(also on ABC/CBS/NBC)
Ballroom Dancing series (30/60min)
Hosted by Kathryn Murray (wife of Arthur Murray)
STORY THEATER
DuMont (24-Nov-1950 to 11-May-1951) / NBC (24Jun51-17Sep51)
Half Hour Filmed Dramatic Anthology series
DuMont - 1951:
THE ARMED FORCES HOUR
DuMont (4-Feb-1951 to 6-May-1951) (on NBC the previous season)
ONCE UPON A TUNE (60min)
DuMont (6-March-1951 to 15-May-1951)
Featured Original Musicals
Produced by Bob Loewi
Written by Sid Frank
LADIES BEFORE GENTLEMEN
DuMont (28-Feb-1951 to 2-May-1951)
Produced by Hnery Misrock
Prime-time Panel show
Hosted by Ken Roberts
ONCE UPON A TUNE
DuMont (6Mar51 to 15May51)
Hour-long series presenting original Musicals.
Produced by Bob Loewi
Written by Sid Frank
MUSIC FROM CHICAGO
DuMont (15Apr51-17Jun51)(Sundays)
SHADOW OF THE CLOAK
DuMont (6Jun51-20Mar52)
Produced by Roger Gerry
Spy Drama series
starring:
Helmut Dantine as Peter House,
FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE
DuMont (16-March-1951 to 19-Sept-1952)
ROYAL PLAYHOUSE
DuMont (Thursday nights)(12Apr51-12Jul51)(3Apr52-26Jun52)
Dramatic Anthology series (30 min)
INTERNATIONAL PLAYHOUSE
DuMont (30May51-14Nov51)
Dramatic Anthology series of Short Foreign films
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY FORUM
DuMont (3Jul51-11Oct53)
Public affairs program produced at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
THE GALLERY OF MADAME LIU-TSONG
DuMont (27Aug51-21Nov51)
Adventure series (30min)
Starring:
Anna May Wong as Madame Liu-Tsong, owner of an art gallery
KIDS AND COMPANY
DuMont (1-Sep-1951 to 1 Jun-1952)
Saturday Morning Kids show hosted by Jonny Olseen & Ham Fisher
BIGELOW-SANFORD THEATER
DuMont (Thursdays) (6Sep51-27Dec51)
Dramatic Anthology series (30min)
(not to be confused with "Bigelow Theater" (CBS Sundays)(10Dec50-3Jun51)
KEEP POSTED (season 1& 2 sponsored by "The Saturday Evening Post")
(seaon 3, 4 - retitled "The Big Issue)
DuMOnt (9-Oct-1951 to 18-Jan-54)
Half-hour Public Affairs program
Developed by Lawrence Spivak
Moderated by Martha Rountree
TALENT SHOP
DuMont (13Oct51-29Mar52)
Talent Show for young people, set in a New York City drugstore. (30 min)
Hosted by Fred Robbins & Pat Adair
THIS IS MUSIC
DuMont (29Nov51-9Oct52) (later on ABC - 1958-59)
Musical series from Chicago
Staring: Alexander Gray, Colin Male
DuMont - 1952:
BATTLE OF THE AGES
DuMont (1-Jan-1952 to 17-Jun-1952) (moved to CBS 6-Sept-1952 to 29-Nov-1952)
Prime time Game Show. Hosted by John Reed King
THE AUTHOR MEETS THE CRITICS
DuMont (10-Jan-1952 to 10-Oct-1954)
GRUEN GUILD PLAYHOUSE
DuMont (17-Jan-1952 to 7-Aug-1952) (on ABC the previous season)
GUIDE RIGHT
DuMont (25-Feb-1952 to 5-Feb-1954)
Vairiety program produced in association with U.S. Army & Air Force recruiting
offices.
Each show hosted by a different celebrity.
Music by The Eastern Air Defense Command Band.
Directed by Barry Shear.
THE WEEK IN RELIGION
DuMont Network (16Mar52-28Sep52)(28Jun53-3Oct53)
Sunday Evening Religious Panel Show
IT'S A BUSINESS
DuMont (19Mar52-21May52)
Situation Comedy series (30min)
starring Bob Haymes, Leo DeLyon
GUESS
WHAT (DuMont) (08Jul52 to 26Aug52) Game Show hosted by Dick Kollmar
OPERATION INFORMATION
DuMont (17Jul52-18Sep52)
Public Service series to inform veterans of their rights
(follow-up to "Operation Success" (1948-49)
STAGE A NUMBER
DuMont (10-Sept-1952 to 20-May-1953)
NEW YORK TIMES YOUTH FORUM
DuMont (14Sep52-14June53)
Sunday evening Public Affairs program with young people.
Produced by Al Hollander
Hosted by Dorothy Gordon
FAMOUS FIGHTS FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDENS
DuMont (15Sep52-22Dec52)
Filmed highlights of Famous boxing matches (15min)
DARK OF NIGHT
DuMont (Fridays) (3Oct52-1May53)(30 min)
Mystery Anthology series
Broadcast live from New York
Produced and Directed by Frank Bunetta
FOOTBALL SIDELINES
DuMont (6-Oct-1952 to 22-Dec-1952)
REPORT CARD FOR PARENTS
DuMont (1Dec52-2Feb53)
Prime-time discussion show on Child behaviour (30min)
REBOUND
ABC (8Feb52-30May52) / DuMont (5Dec52-16Jan53)
Dramatic Anthology series (30min)
THE BIG IDEA
DuMont (15-Dec-1952 to 22-Oct-1953)
Half-hour Documentary series on Recent Inventions
Hosted by Donn Bennett
THE DREW PEARSON SHOW
DuMont (24Dec52-18Mar53) (previously on ABC 4May52-9Nov52)
Washington Political Commentary
Hosted by Drew Pearson (Washington Poltical columnist)
DuMont - 1953:
THE DOTTY MACK SHOW (original title GIRL ALONE)
DuMont (16-Feb-1953 to 25Aug-1953)
Variety series broadcast from Cincinatti
JIMMY HUGHES, ROOKIE
COP DuMont Network Fridays (8May53-3Jul53)(30min)
Starring: William Redfield as Jimmy Hughes
with: Rusty Lane as Inspector Ferguson
Wendy Drew as Jimmy's sister
Directed by Barry Shear
THE ROY DOTY SHOW
DuMOnt (10May53-4Oct53)
Sunday Morning Children's show
Hosted by Roy Doty
Drew Sketches and told stories
THE MUSIC SHOW
DuMont (19May53-17Oct54)
Broadcast from Chicago (30 min)
IT'S A SMALL WORLD
DuMont (27Jun53-27Jun53)
Travelogue (30min)
BLIND DATE
DuMont (9-Jun-1953 to 15-Sept-1953)
Hosted by Jan Murray
THE OLD AMERICAN BARN DANCE
DuMont (5-Jul-1953 to 13-Sept-1953)
Bill Bailey hosted this half-hour Country and Western Music Show.
Among the regulars were Pee Wee King and Tennesse Erne Ford.
ON YOUR WAY
DuMont (9Sep53-20Jan54) Nightime Game Show
ABC (23Jan54-17Apr54) Talent Show
PULSE OF THE CITY
DuMont (15Sep53-9Mar54)
Dramatic Anthology series (15min)
MARGE AND JEFF
DuMont (21Sep53-24Sep54)
Situation Comedy Series (15min)
Starring Marge Greene and Jess Cain
MELODY STREET
DuMont (23Sep53-5Feb54)
Music Variety Series (30min)
Hosted by Elliott Lawrence
THE IGOR CASSINI SHOW
DuMOnt (25Oct53-28Feb54)
Sunday-night Celebrity Interview series
Hosted by Igor Cassini
Wrote under the name of Cholly Knickerbocker
NIGHT
EDITOR
DuMont (14Mar54-8Sep54)(15 min)
Newspaper Reporter Drama Anthology series
Produced by Ward Byron, Directed by Dick Sandwick
Written, Narrated, Starring: Hal Burdick as the Night Editor
BETTER LIVING TELEVISION THEATER
DuMont (21-Apr-1954 to 29-Aug-1954)
Half-hourDocumentary Series designed to promote American Industry
Hosted by Fischer Black
THE STRANGER DuMont (25June1954-11Jan55)
Produced and Directed by Frank Telford
US Drama series
Starring Bob Carroll as The Stranger
The Stranger, a mysterious individual appears every week to help someone in
distress.
Similar format to CBS' "The Millionaire"
GAMBLE ON LOVE (retitled "Time Will Tell" Aug 1954)
DuMont (16Jul54-20Aug54)
Prime-time Quiz Show
Hosted by Denise Darcel (Ernie Kovaks from Aug 1954)
TIME WILL TELL (sequel to "Gamble on Love")
DuMont (27Aug54-15Oct54)
Prime-time Game Shoe
Hosted by Ernie Kovaks
STUDIO 57
DuMont (21Sep54-26Jul55) (syndicated 1955-56 season)
Revue Studios Filmed Dramatic Anthology series
THE ILONA MASSEY SHOW
DuMont (1Nov54-3Jan55)
Variety Show (30min)
Hosted by Ilona Massey (Hungarian-born actress)
DuMont - 1955:
KEY TO THE AGES
DuMont (27-Feb-1955 to 22-May-1955)
Half-hour Cultural show
Hosted by Dr. Theodore Low
Broadcast from Baltmimore
IT'S ALEC TEMPLETON TIME
DuMont (3Jun55-26Aug55)
Music series (30min)
Hosted by Alec Templeton (Blind British pianist)
HOLLYWOOD PREVIEW (DuMont)(14Sep1955-01Jun56) talk show
hosted by Conrad Nagel
******** The DuMont network went off the air in 1955
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