All About Baby
| All About Baby | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children |
| Starring | Ruth Crowley |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | WGN-TV |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | 1953 (local) 15 October 1954 (network) – July 1955 |
All About Baby was an early American daytime television series, which aired from 1954 to 1955 on several stations of the now-defunct DuMont Television Network, including flagship station WABD.
Produced by DuMont affiliate WGN-TV in Chicago, the series originally began as a local show in 1953. Sponsors included Swift Meats and Libby’s Baby Food. Episodes aired in a 15-minute time-slot, as was often the case with US daytime series of the era.
Format
Ruth Crowley provided advice on the care and feeding of babies. Ruth Holt Crowley RN (c. 1907 - July 20, 1955) was a nurse and child-care expert who had been the original "Ann Landers" (1943-1955).
Episode status
Although few recordings survive of daytime programs by DuMont stations, three episodes of All About Baby are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[1][2][3] These episodes are from June/July 1955.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1954–55 United States network television schedule (weekday)
- 1954–55 United States network television schedule
- Happy's Party (1952–53, originated from WDTV in Pittsburgh)
- Kids and Company (1951–52)
- The Most Important People (1950–51, sponsored by Gerber's Baby Food)
- Playroom (1948)
References
- ^ http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=all%20about%20baby&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=NKSFVOlXAQyTay9H67FakuHktJAgH&SEQ=20140108200218&SID=1[dead link]
- ^ http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=6&ti=1,6&Search%5FArg=all%20about%20baby&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=NKSFVOlXAQyTay9H67FakuHktJAgH&SEQ=20140108200218&SID=1[dead link]
- ^ http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=7&ti=1,7&Search%5FArg=all%20about%20baby&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=NKSFVOlXAQyTay9H67FakuHktJAgH&SEQ=20140108200218&SID=1[dead link]
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