Kids and Company
Kids and Company | |
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Presented by |
Johnny Olson Ham Fisher |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Running time | 24 mins. |
Release | |
Original network | DuMont |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 1, 1951 – June 1, 1952 |
Kids and Company is an American children's TV show that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network on Saturday mornings from September 1, 1951, to June 1, 1952, and was hosted by Johnny Olson (billed as "Johnny Olsen" in the credits) and Ham Fisher.[1][2] The series was primarily sponsored by Red Goose Shoes.
This was Olson's third series for DuMont, previously hosting the talent show Doorway to Fame and daytime variety series Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room. Rumpus Room shared the schedule with Kids for the latter's entire run, and ended a month after Kids did.
Episode status
The series finale is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive; in that episode, Olson stated that the show would return for a third season on August 9, 1952 after a ten-week hiatus, marking the anticipated changeover by leading the cast in "Auld Lang Syne," noting that a time and channel had not been decided and that viewers would have to consult their newspaper to find the show's new home. (Olson left DuMont that summer, and the show never returned on any other outlet.) Two or three episodes, including March 25 and the finale, are held by the Paley Center for Media. One is held by the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- List of local children's television series
- The Magic Cottage (1949-1952), DuMont daytime children's series
- All About Baby (1953–55, originated from WGN-TV in Chicago)
- Happy's Party (1952–53, originated from WDTV in Pittsburgh)
- The Most Important People (1950–51, sponsored by Gerber's Baby Food)
- Playroom (1948)
References
- ↑ IMDB entry
- ↑ DuMont historical website Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine.
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