The Dotty Mack Show

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The Dotty Mack Show
Also known asGirl Alone
Genre Variety
Starring Dotty Mack
Colin Male
Bob Braun
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time15 mins.
(February–June 1953)
30 mins.
(June 1953-September 1956)
Original release
Network DuMont (1953)
ABC (1953-1956)
ReleaseFebruary 16, 1953 (1953-02-16) 
September 3, 1956 (1956-09-03)

The Dotty Mack Show is an American variety show originally broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network in 1953, and on ABC from 1953 to 1956.

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Broadcast history

The program, produced and distributed from Cincinnati, [1] aired Monday at 10:45 pm on most DuMont affiliates until July 1953, when it moved to Tuesdays at 9:30 pm.

Originally titled Girl Alone, the program featured performer Dotty Mack lip synching and dancing to popular 1950s songs. The name of the program was changed to The Dotty Mack Show in the summer of 1953 when she was joined by male performers Colin Male and Bob Braun. [2] The last DuMont show was on August 25, 1953. [1]

The series then moved to ABC, first on Saturdays at 8 pm, replacing a program of dance band remote broadcasts from Chicago and New York. [3] It ran opposite The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan on NBC and The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS, and then Mondays at 9 pm on ABC, where it remained until being canceled in September 1956. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 233. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  2. Kiesewetter, John (November 11, 2019). "Dotty Mack, 1950s Cincinnati TV Star, Dies In Florida". Cincinnati Public Radio. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. "Radio-TV Notes" . The New York Times. October 22, 1954. p. 36. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  4. Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN   0-345-31864-1.

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