''Pro Football Highlights'', also known as ''Football News'', ''Football Highlights'' and ''Time for Football'', was a 30-minute television sports review program broadcast by ABC (1950–1951) and the DuMont Television Network (1951–1954). The ABC version aired Fridays at 8:30 pm ET and the DuMont version aired Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET from 1951 to 1954.
Episode status
Two episodes of ''Time for Football'' (which aired during the 1954 season), exist, featuring games from Week 1 and Week 6.Archived a Ghostarchive and th Wayback Machine
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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 ...
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1950-51 United States network television schedule
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1952-53 United States network television schedule
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Football Sidelines
''Football Sidelines'' is a TV sports program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from October 6 to December 22, 1952 and hosted by Harry Wismer. The program was 15 minutes long, and aired on Mondays at 9:30pm ET, followed by '' Famous Figh ...
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Football This Week
''Football This Week'' is a TV sports program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The 15-minute program aired on Thursdays at 10:45 pm ET from October 11 to December 6, 1951.
Episode status
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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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