Bowling Headliners

Bowling Headliners
Presented by	Jimmy Powers and Al Cirillo (ABC) Joe Hasel (DuMont)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Original release
Network	ABC (1948-49) DuMont (1949-50)
Release	December 26, 1948 – April 9, 1950

Bowling Headliners was television's first regularly scheduled bowling show. Bowling Headliners aired on ABC from 1948-1949 and the DuMont Television Network from November 13, 1949, to April 9, 1950.

The series aired from Rego Park Lanes in Queens, New York. The original commentators were Jimmy Powers and Al Cirillo. When the show moved to DuMont, Joe Hasel took over as host.

The show was featured on the cover of the October 29, 1949, TV Guide when the magazine was still a local publication from New York City.

The series is believed to be lost.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

• McNeil, Alex. Total Television. Fourth edition. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

• Bowling Headliners at IMDB
• DuMont historical website