Country of origin United States Running time 30 minutes First episode date 19 May 1953 Network DuMont Television Network Language English | Producer(s) WGN-TV Original network DuMont Final episode date 17 October 1954 Genre Music Cast Mike Douglas | |
Starring Mike Douglas
Henri Noel
Dolores Peterson
Robert Trendler
Jackie Van
Eleanor Warner Original release May 19, 1953 – October 17, 1954 Similar Down You Go, Classical Baby, The Mike Douglas Show | ||
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.
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.