''Wisdom of the Ages'' is a panel show aired on the DuMont Television Network from December 16, 1952, to June 30, 1953. The show combined the ideas of ''
Juvenile Jury
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Life Begins at Eighty
''Life Begins at Eighty'' is an American panel discussion television series which aired from January 1950 to February 1956.
Broadcast history
The show first aired on NBC on January 13, 1950, then on DuMont from March 21, 1952, to July 24, 1955, ...
'', with a combined panel of youth and the elderly. ''Wisdom of the Ages'' aired Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET, and replaced '' Quick on the Draw'' which ended December 9, 1952.
The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions.
Episode status
An episode from June 16, 1953, survives at the
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List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
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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 ...
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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:
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*Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:
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