Studio 57

Studio 57
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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Criticism

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]

References

  1. ^ a b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), p. 797. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  2. ^ a b Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network Cable and TV Shows, 1946-Present (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. p. 1322. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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