Ladies' Date

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Ladies' Date
Starring Bruce Mayer
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Original releaseOctober 13, 1952 (1952-10-13) 
July 31, 1953 (1953-07-31)

Ladies' Date is a 1952-1953 American daytime television series that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. [1] The program was an afternoon variety/audience participation show, hosted by Bruce Mayer, who had been the host of a similar series locally in Detroit.

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Broadcast history

Ladies' Date was broadcast from New York's WABD-TV. The program aired Monday through Friday from 1pm to 1:30pm ET from October 13, 1952, to July 31, 1953. [2]

Preservation status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.

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References

  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 254. ISBN   978-0823083152 . Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), p. 411. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN   0-14-024916-8

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