What's Your Bid?
| What's Your Bid? | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Starring |
John Reed King (ABC host) Robert Alda (DuMont host) Leonard Rosen (ABC announcer) Bob Shepard (DuMont announcer) Roslyn Woods (model) |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes |
11 (ABC) 9 (DuMont) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel |
ABC (Feb-Apr 1953) DuMont (May-June 1953) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | February 14, 1953 – June 28, 1953 |
What's Your Bid? was an ABC and DuMont Television Network game show hosted by John Reed King (ABC) and Robert Alda (DuMont). The show aired Saturdays from February 14, 1953 to late April on ABC, and Sundays from May 3, 1953 to June 28, 1953 on DuMont. The show was an auction where audience members bid on items, with one item in each episode supposedly belonging to a famous person.[1]
Episode status
As with many DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. The status of the ABC episodes is less clear, but probably none exist.
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
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts