''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
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. This thirty-minute-long series was a
public affairs program originally hosted by
Vivien Kellems. Kellems would leave partway through the series' run.
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The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Mondays at 8pm ET on most DuMont affiliates. The last episode was broadcast on November 11, 1952,
replaced by popular quiz show ''
Twenty Questions''.
''The Power of Women'' originated at
WABD-TV
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in New York City and was
sustaining. Duncan MacDonald was the producer, and Wesley Kenney was the director.
See also
*
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 ...
*
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 ...
*
1952-53 United States network television schedule
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References
Bibliography
*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:
Temple University Press
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, 2004)
*Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York:
Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
DuMont historical website
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DuMont Television Network original programming
1952 American television series debuts
1952 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
Lost television shows