Meet Your Congress

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Meet Your Congress
Genre Public affairs
Starring Blair Moody (moderator)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network NBC (1949-1953)
DuMont (1953-1954)
ReleaseJuly 1, 1949 (1949-07-01) –
July 4, 1954 (1954-07-04)

Meet Your Congress was a public affairs TV series on NBC and on the DuMont Television Network. [1] The show premiered on NBC on March 20, 1949, [2] airing Saturdays at 8pm ET. The DuMont series aired from July 8, 1953, until July 4, 1954.[ citation needed ] On March 1, 1953, Meet Your Congress debuted as a filmed local program on WPIX-TV on Sundays from 11 to 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time. [3]

Contents

The moderator was Blair Moody, [4] who hosted the radio and TV versions from 1946 to 1952. He died of pneumonia and heart problems on July 20, 1954.[ citation needed ]

The radio version, which was transcribed, featured two United States senators, a Democrat and a Republican, discussing two sides of a controversial issue. [5]

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.[ citation needed ]

Production

Moody produced the Dumont version of the program, and Vic Guidice was the director. The show originated in Washington on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. It was sustaining. [6] Its competition included The George Jessel Show on ABC and The Roy Rogers Show on NBC. [7]

Critical response

A review of the July 8, 1953, episode in the trade publication Variety said that Meet Your Congress seemed to be "a promising package designed for the politically conscious citizenry." [6] It also commended Moody's objective approach as the moderator. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 285. ISBN   978-0823083152 . Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ "NBC". Ross Reports. July 17, 1949. p. 16. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Local Station Activity (Cont'd)". Ross Reports. March 8, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 540. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  5. ↑ McHatton, Martha (February 3, 1951). "Meet Your Congress to Be WIRE Feature". The Indianapolis News. p. 14. Retrieved February 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 3 "Meet Your Congress". Variety. July 15, 1953. p. 31. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (October 6, 2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-4766-0515-9 . Retrieved February 5, 2025.

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