television program
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The series ran from May 1953 to October 1954. The show was a musical program broadcast live from WGN-TV in Chicago, featuring the vocal talents of Mike Douglas, Henri Noel, Eleanor Warner, Jackie Van, and (in 1954) Dolores Peterson.
Robert Trendler conducted a 34-piece orchestra. ''The Music Show'' originally aired Tuesday nights at 9 (EST) on most DuMont affiliates. The series moved to 8:30 in July, and to 10:30 on Wednesday nights in October. In January 1954, ''The Music Show'' began airing at 10:00. Finally, from September to October 1954, the program was broadcast on Sundays at 10 PM.
''The Music Show'' was only one of several DuMont Network series to be broadcast from Chicago; others included ''
The Al Morgan Show
''The Al Morgan Show'' is an American variety program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1951. The series starred pianist and songwriter Al Morgan.
Format
Morgan performed for most of the program, which also featured the B ...
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Concert Tonight
''Concert Tonight'' is an American music television series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
Broadcast history
''Concert Tonight'' first aired from December 30, 1953 to March 31, 1954, then was brought back from September ...
'', ''
Chicagoland Mystery Players
''Chicagoland Mystery Players'', a police procedural, was "television's first crime series". The series was one of several on DuMont that began in a local TV market before being picked up nationally.
Local origin
The live television series was ...
They Stand Accused
''They Stand Accused'' (also known as ''Cross Question'') is an American dramatized court show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 11, 1949, to October 5, 1952 and again from September 9 to December 30, 1954.
Ove ...
'', '' This Is Music'', '' Windy City Jamboree'', and the Emmy-nominated game show '' Down You Go''. All of these series were broadcast from DuMont affiliate WGN-TV over the DuMont Network.Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. .
See also
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List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they orig ...
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List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recove ...
Concert Tonight
''Concert Tonight'' is an American music television series which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
Broadcast history
''Concert Tonight'' first aired from December 30, 1953 to March 31, 1954, then was brought back from September ...
''
References
Bibliography
*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:
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*Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:
Penguin Books
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