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- One of television's first daytime serial dramas (which soon moved to an early-evening slot), this was a creative serial-within-a-serial about the actors and crew on a fictitious radio soap opera, portraying both their behind-the-scenes and on-air interactions.
- A prime-time talent-contest game show in which children and adult celebrity teams competed for the "most talented team" prize, selected by the studio audience. If the children's team won, the prize money was contributed to the Professional Children's School; if the adults won, the Actor's Fund of America received the award.
- Captain Video, late of the expansive and immensely popular TV science-fiction series "Captain Video and His Video Rangers", addressed the audience from his secret mountain headquarters to entertain between screenings of Paramount cartoons including Superman, Betty Boop, and Little Lulu.
- This public-affairs program had the misfortune of having to compete against Milton Berle's "Texaco Star Theater", and therefore its ratings were always low. It featured debates over topical issues.
- Chicago is a worldwide icon in the story of American jazz, from the earliest days of the musical genre up to to the present. "In Chicago - A Jazz Documentary" gives a quick, symbiotic overview of the city's immutable ties to jazz through imagery and in-person narration.
- At the end of each show, Rocky King (Roscoe Karns) calls his wife, Mabel, and says, "Case is closed Mabel, I'm coming home".
- A live prime-time talent showcase for aspiring writers, dancers, choreographers, actors, singers, and other performers and backstage people. A celebrity panel chose two favorite presentations, and these winners were invited to return the following week.
- A direct descendant of radio's "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour" (1934-1946), hosted by Major Edward Bowes until his death. After a one-year hiatus, Ted Mack, who had directed Bowes' auditions, revived the show (which lasted into 1952) and brought the concept to the DuMont Television Network. The at-home audience voted by postcard for the favorite, winning performer(s) each week.
- Ballroom dancing, plus comedy, songs and dance contests on one of the few programs to air over all four major commercial networks. ABC premiered it on July 20, 1950 and it closed on NBC on September 6, 1960. It varied between a half-hour and one hour in length.
- A filmed half-hour detective series, nine episodes of which were originally produced in 1949 by CBS but never aired on that network. DuMont bought the films and produced four more episodes in 1952, at which point the character of criminal psychologist Karen Gayle was added.
- Two college graduate students invent a machine for traveling backwards in time hoping to become superheroes by altering history in the saving of lives.
- Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.
- A short-lived prime-time matchmaking program in whih viewers who had written in search of a blind date could meet someone who met their specifications of a dream partner. Jan Murray succeeded Melvyn Douglas on June 9, and the program was retitled "Blind Date" (1953).