List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network


This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they originated at DuMont. Some DuMont network series were actually broadcast from Baltimore's WAAM-TV, Chicago's WGN-TV, Cincinnati's WCPO-TV, or Philadelphia's WFIL. These stations were not DuMont-owned stations but were affiliated with the network. Programs which aired on the DuMont network but originated from affiliate stations are noted in this list.
Some DuMont programs were produced by other networks but aired on DuMont. For example, Play the Game was produced by ABC, but aired on DuMont since ABC had no network until 1948. The Admiral Broadway Revue aired on both NBC and DuMont at the same time, as did Man Against Crime. Pick the Winner aired on both CBS and DuMont. Some programs, such as Flash Gordon aired both in syndication and on DuMont. These exceptions are noted in the list.
Programs produced at DuMont facilities but which aired on other networks, such as CBS's The Honeymooners, are not included in this list. Also not included in this list are the numerous local programs seen on individual DuMont stations, Paramount television series, and programs created by successor companies. See those articles for programs produced or aired by those companies.
A timeline of DuMont network programs appears [|at the end] of this list. For a list of surviving DuMont programs, see List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

Former programming

Scripted

Drama

Captain Video and His Video Rangers Charlie Wild, Private Detective - moved from ABCChicagoland Mystery Players - moved from WGN-TVCrawford Mystery Theatre Flash Gordon Front Page Detective Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers Man Against Crime - moved from CBS, simulcast with NBCNot for Publication Rocky King, Detective - a.k.a. Inside DetectiveShadow of the Cloak Summer Night Theater The Adventures of Ellery Queen The Cases of Eddie Drake The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong The O'Neills The Plainclothesman The Secret Files of Captain Video The Stranger This Is the Life

Sitcoms

Anthology

Soap Opera

Children's Programming

Unscripted

Court Show

Docuseries

Fashion

Game Show

Music

News and Public Affairs

Panel Show

Religious

Sports

Amateur Boxing Fight Club Bowling Headliners - moved from ABCBoxing From Eastern Parkway Boxing From Jamaica Arena Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena - moved from NBCBoxing From Sunnyside Gardens Famous Fights From Madison Square Garden Fishing and Hunting Club - a.k.a. Sports for AllFootball Sidelines Football This Week

Talent Show

Talk Show

Variety Show

Unknown Genre

The Armed Forces Hour - moved from NBCThe Face of the War Feature Theatre Guess What? Hollywood Preview International Playhouse It's a Small World The Jack Eigen Show The Johns Hopkins Science Review - moved from CBSKey to the Ages Melody Street Mystery Theater - a.k.a. DuMont Mystery TheaterThe Needle Shop The Pet Shop Screen Mystery Steve Randall - a.k.a. Hollywood Off BeatTake the Break Thrills and Chills from Everywhere Trash or Treasure - a.k.a.Treasure HuntTV Department Store TV Shopper - a.k.a. Your TV Shopper and The Kathi Norris ShowThe Twinkle in Your Eye Western Movie You Asked for It
  • ''Your Victory Garden''

Specials / Events / One-Off Broadcasts

Talk Fast, Mister - one-hour drama filmed by RKO Radio PicturesDon McNeill's Breakfast Club - kinescope, simulcast with ABC RadioA Christmas Carol Coaxial Cable Opening Miss U.S. Television Grand Finals Top 12 Business Leaders - 30-minute special from the 21 Club in NYCPassaic: Birthplace of Television and the DuMont Story - 15-minute specialAdlai Stevenson Speech From Salt Lake City - telecast of a speech by presidential candidate Adlai StevensonGeneral Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein - Two-hour special, aired on all four TV networksArmy-McCarthy Hearings - simulcast with ABCLight's Diamond Jubilee - Two-hour special sponsored by General Electric, aired on all four TV networksA.N.T.A. Album of 1955 - closed circuit fundraising appeal sponsored by American National Theater and Academy