Chance of a Lifetime (1950s TV series)

For other uses of this title, see Chance of a Lifetime (disambiguation).

Chance of a Lifetime was a game show which aired on ABC and DuMont.

Broadcast history

Dennis James was the host of the ABC version which ended on August 20, 1953, and John Reed King was the host of the DuMont version, which ran from September 11, 1953 to June 17, 1955. ABC then brought the show back from July 3, 1955 to June 23, 1956.^[1][2]

From July to December 1956, James hosted another quiz show, High Finance on CBS.

Episode status

One episode of the DuMont version is held in the collection of MacDonald and Associates, a film archive in Chicago.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

• Chance of a Lifetime at IMDB
• DuMont historical website