the IMDB listings does not state how many episodes this show ran, unlike Honey
West another obscure laughed at infamous TV show from the same 1965-1966 season which it lists 30 shows. Also on what network did this show run on?
It ran on the Dumont network.
shareWhat is the Dumont network? I later found out that this show ran on NBC
shareThe show played on NBC long after the DuMont Network went defunct.
The DuMont Network was the original 'fourth network' during the early 1950s, and it had some notable programming, including The Honeymooners. Occasionally some ancient reruns appear with the credits "DuMont Network".
DuMont failed because 1950s televisions offered only VHF channels, and most TV markets were allowed only three channels. In such a city such as Cleveland that implied that DuMont programming had to be offered, if at all, by TV stateions that largely relied upon CBS, NBC, or ABC programming. Such stations as a rule gave first priority to programming from the network with which it had a primary affiliation and assigned DuMont programming to unfavorable timeslots. DuMont had a chance in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, but that was about it. Efforts to establish 'fourth commercial networks' became pipe dreams due to the experience of the DuMont Network.
FoX never had that problem; by the time that FoX was founded, UHF channels were available in all markets and VHF had lost its original primacy in broadcasting. FoX didn't have to fight for programming time on ABC, CBS, or NBC affiliates.
The honeymooners started on Du Mont (It's spelled Du Mont) as a series of skits. the 30 mitute sitcom was on CBS. other than that, your mostly correct about Du Mont. this is the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network
*BEEEEP* Try again.
shareWell, it was on for one year, and I think they were still producing 39 episodes per year back then, so that's probably the number they did. I think it was very soon after that (66-67) that they went to 26 shows per year, and then in the seventies shrunk to 24, and I think that's where most of them still are--that is if they survive at least one year. [email protected]
22 per year or 13 (especially in first seasons) is common today for US shows.
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