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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

Camera setup
  
Multi-camera

Final episode date
  
26 June 1952

Presented by
  
James Melton

Genre
  
Variety show

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TV

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
65

First episode date
  
5 April 1951

Number of seasons
  
1

Number of episodes
  
65

Executive producer
  
Albert McCleery

Theme music composer
  
Lewis Allan David Broekman

Ford Festival, also known as Ford Festival Time or The James Melton Show, is an hour-long television show, sponsored by Ford Motor Company, hosted by James Melton, and broadcast on NBC Television beginning on April 5, 1951. The final show aired June 26, 1952. This show was replaced by another Ford-sponsored NBC show, Ford Television Theatre, from October 1952 to June 1956.

The show aired:

  • (5 April 1951 – 27 December 1951) Thursdays 9:00-10:00pm ET
  • (3 January 1952 – 26 June 1952) Thursdays 9:30-10:30pm ET
  • References

    Ford Festival Wikipedia