Saturday Night at the Garden | |
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Genre | Sports |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 120/150 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | DuMont |
Release | October 7, 1950 – March 31, 1951 |
Saturday Night at the Garden was an American sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from October 7, 1950, to March 31, 1951. The program aired sports, primarily basketball, horse show, rodeo, and boxing live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. [1] The program aired Saturday nights at 9 pm ET and was 120 to 150 minutes long. The series was hosted by sportscaster Curt Gowdy and long time boxing blow-by-blow announcer Don Dunphy.
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. Some episodes may exist under the title Boxing with Dennis James at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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