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The following is the 1952–53 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1952 through March 1953. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1951–52 season.
Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena was an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956.
What's the Story is an American television panel show broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from July 25, 1951, to September 23, 1955, and aired in eleven different timeslots.
They Stand Accused is an American dramatized court show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 11, 1949, to October 5, 1952 and again from September 9 to December 30, 1954.
Down You Go is an American television game show originally broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The Emmy Award-nominated series ran from 1951 to 1956 as a prime time series primarily hosted by Dr. Bergen Evans. The program aired in eleven different timeslots during its five-year run.
Georgetown University Forum is an American radio talk show. It is uploaded weekly to the Public Radio Satellite System as free content for National Public Radio member stations, with additional availability to Armed Forces Radio and Voice of America. It has existed since 1947, and in the 1950s was briefly a television program on now-defunct DuMont Television Network.
Youth on the March is an American religious television program originally broadcast on ABC from October 1949 to May 1952, and by the DuMont Television Network from October 1952 to June 1953. The show was presented by the Young People's Church of the Air, and included religious songs and instruction for children and teens.
Hands of Murder is an American mystery/anthology series that aired on the DuMont Television Network.
Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30 p.m. ET from July 6, 1951, to September 19, 1952, and in October and November 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter.
The Cases of Eddie Drake is an American crime drama series which initially was shown in syndication in 1951, before airing on the DuMont Television Network during 1952. It was a crime drama originally filmed for CBS Television by Imppro, a small outfit in 1948. The TV series was adapted from the radio series The Cases of Mr. Ace (1945-1947) starring George Raft, with both series written by Jason James. Don Haggerty played the lead in the new series.
Charlie Wild, Private Detective is an American detective series that aired on three of the four major American television networks of the 1950s.
Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from April 7, 1951, to March 2, 1952.
Public Prosecutor is an American television series produced in 1947–1948, which first aired in 1951.
Keep Posted (later known as The Big Issue is an American public affairs TV series on the DuMont Television Network which was sponsored by The Saturday Evening Post for its first two seasons.
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 May 2, 1953 and was hosted by Johnny Olson and Ham Fisher. The series was primarily sponsored by Red Goose Shoes.
International Playhouse is the name of an American television series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network during 1951.
Wrestling from Marigold is an American sports program broadcast from the Marigold Arena in Chicago which aired on the DuMont Television Network from Saturday, September 17, 1949, until March 1955. The show lasted for either 90 or 120 minutes, usually on Saturdays at 9pm ET, and continued to be broadcast on WGN-TV as a non-network show until 1957.
Boxing From Jamaica Arena is a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from 1946 to 1949. The program aired boxing from Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. The program aired on Monday and Wednesday nights at 9pm ET and was 90 to 120 minutes long. An earlier program of the same name had aired on NBC from July 8, 1940 until May 18, 1942.
Pentagon, aka Pentagon Washington, was a public affairs TV series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from May 6, 1951, to November 24, 1952. The series aired Sundays at 8:30pm ET.
Boxing From Sunnyside Gardens was a boxing program aired live from Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York on the DuMont Television Network beginning in September 1949 as part of DuMont's sports programming. Most of DuMont's boxing programs at this time were hosted by Dennis James. The program aired Thursdays at 9:30pm ET following The Morey Amsterdam Show. Sunnyside Gardens began hosting boxing in 1945, and was demolished in 1977.
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- 1 2 3 McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition, p 677. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 216. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
- ↑ The NBC anthology series Your Show Time became American television's first filmed dramatic series to be broadcast, in January 1949. Stanley Rubin, "A (Very) Personal History of the First Sponsored Film Series on National Television", E-Media Studies, vol. 1, issue 1 (2008).
