The Music Show

The Music Show
Starring Mike Douglas
Henri Noel
Dolores Peterson
Robert Trendler
Jackie Van
Eleanor Warner
Country of origin  United States
Production
Producer(s) WGN-TV
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel DuMont
Original run May 19, 1953 – October 17, 1954

The Music Show was an early American television program which was broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

Broadcast history

The series ran from May 1953 to October 1954. The show was a musical program broadcast live from WGN-TV in Chicago, featuring the vocal talents of Mike Douglas, Henri Noel, Eleanor Warner, Jackie Van, and (in 1954) Dolores Peterson.

Robert Trendler conducted a 34-piece orchestra. The Music Show originally aired Tuesday nights at 9 (EST) on most DuMont affiliates. The series moved to 8:30 in July, and to 10:30 on Wednesday nights in October. In January 1954, The Music Show began airing at 10:00. Finally, from September to October 1954, the program was broadcast on Sundays at 10 PM.[1]

The Music Show was only one of several DuMont Network series to be broadcast from Chicago; others included The Al Morgan Show, Concert Tonight, Chicagoland Mystery Players, Music From Chicago, They Stand Accused, This Is Music, Windy City Jamboree, and the Emmy-nominated game show Down You Go. All of these series were broadcast from DuMont affiliate WGN-TV over the DuMont Network.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.

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