The Pet Shop

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The Pet Shop
Starring Gail Compton (host)
Gay Compton
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Original releaseDecember 1, 1951 (1951-12-01) 
March 14, 1953 (1953-03-14)

The Pet Shop was an American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1951 to 1953, and was a primetime series on pet care hosted by Gail Compton and his young daughter Gay. [1]

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The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm ET on most DuMont affiliates. The series was cancelled in 1953. DuMont replaced the series with local (non-network) programming.

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References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN   0-14-024916-8.

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