''Fishing and Hunting Club'' was a short lived
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont ) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being ...
program aired on Fridays at 9 pm 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
Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...
.
Episode status
Only one or two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the
Library of Congress.
See also
*
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
*
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
*
1949-50 United States network television schedule
Bibliography
*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:
Temple University Press, 2004)
*Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:
Penguin Books, 1980)
*Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York:
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
, 1964)
External links
''Fishing and Hunting Club'' at IMDB
1949 American television series debuts
1950 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
DuMont sports programming
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