Studio 57 | |
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Format | Anthology |
Starring | various |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | DuMont (1954-1955) syndicated (1955-1956) |
Original run | September 21, 1954 – 1956 |
Studio 57 was the name of an American television series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
The program was a filmed anthology television series sponsored by Heinz 57 and produced by Revue Studios. The program aired on the DuMont network from September 21, 1954 to September 6, 1955,[1] making it "one of the last regularly scheduled series ever carried on the crumbling DuMont network".[2] (Only What's the Story and boxing matches aired on DuMont afterwards). Studio 57 aired in first-run syndication during 1955-1956.[1]
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Television historians Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh have stated that the scripts for Studio 57 were bland and that the program relied largely on unknown actors. DuMont did not have the big budgets of CBS or NBC, and relied on cost-cutting measures such as using unknown actors to star in network programs. These then-unknown actors included Hugh O'Brian and Natalie Wood.[2]