One Minute Please

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One Minute Please
Genre Panel show
Created by Ian Messiter - based on his BBC Radio show of the same name which ran from 1951-52 and 1957
Starring John K. M. McCaffery (host)
Cleveland Amory
Hermione Gingold
Alice Pearce
Ernie Kovacs
Marc Connelly
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network DuMont
Release6 July 1954 (1954-07-06) 
17 February 1955 (1955-02-17)

One Minute Please is a panel quiz show hosted by Ernie Kovacs aired on the DuMont Television Network from 6 July 1954 to 17 February 1955 on Tuesdays at 9pm ET.[ citation needed ]

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Panelists were given a topic and had to talk about the subject for one minute nonstop. The panelist who talked the most was the winner.[ citation needed ]

The program received favorable reviews, but DuMont ended it after 33 episodes because it had no sponsors. The trade publication Variety reported that prospective sponsors declined to taken the show on because not enough stations in major markets carried it. [1]

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References

  1. "Exit of '1 Minute, Please' Accents DuM Problem On Station Clearance". Variety. March 2, 1955. p. 31. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

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