TV Shopper
Appearance
TV Shopper | |
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Starring | Kathi Norris (host) |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | DuMont |
Release | November 1, 1948 December 1, 1950 | –
TV Shopper, also known as Your Television Shopper or Kathi Norris' Television Shopper,[1][2] was an early American daytime television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network at 10:30 am ET from November 1, 1948 to December 1, 1950.[3]
The show was hosted by Kathi Norris, also host of DuMont's Spin the Picture, and was an early example of a TV shopping show.[4] Johnny Stearns recalled that his wife Mary Kay had received an offer to be a model for this or a similar program, but, at his request, refused and instead did television's first sitcom, Mary Kay and Johnny.[5]
Episode status
As with most DuMont Network programs, no episodes of TV Shopper are known to survive today.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948–49 United States network television schedule (daytime)
- 1949–50 United States network television schedule (daytime)
References
- ^ McKenney, William (1949-03-29). "McKenney on Bridge". Warren Times Mirror. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Barron, Mark (1949-07-14). "Broadway". Opelika Daily News. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Billboard (November 13, 1948)
- ^ DuMont historical website Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mary Kay Stearns, 93, a Star of One of TV’s Earliest Shows, Dies
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
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