Georgetown University Forum

Georgetown University Forum was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

Broadcast history

The series aired on Thursdays at 8pm EST from July 3, 1951. Beginning in the 1952 season the series aired Sundays at 7pm EST. The last show aired October 11, 1953. It was a public affairs program hosted by Frank Blair. The show, produced at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and distributed by DuMont, aired weekly. Most of the topics were political or related to current news events.^[1] When he series was cancelled in 1953, DuMont replaced the series with local (non-network) programming.

Episode status

A single kinescope of the series survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1951-52 United States network television schedule
• 1952-53 United States network television schedule

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

• Georgetown University Forum at the Internet Movie Database
• DuMont historical website