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Country Style (American TV series)

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Country Style
StarringPeggy Ann Ellis (host)
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producersOwen Bradley
Harold Bradley
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseJuly 29 –
November 25, 1950

Country Style is an American musical variety show on the DuMont Television Network from July 29 to November 25, 1950, on Saturday nights from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time

The setting was a small town bandstand on a Saturday night. Musical numbers, comedy vignettes and square dancing took place around the bandstand, where Alvy West and the Volunteer Firemens' Band played. The host was Peggy Ann Ellis. Regulars included Pat Adair, Bob Austin, Emily Barnes, Gordon Dilworth, and The Folk Dancers.

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive. This series should not be confused with the radio and TV series Country Style, USA (1957-60).

Jimmy Dean program

During 1957, Jimmy Dean hosted Country Style, a daytime TV version of The Jimmy Dean Show, which aired on WTOP-TV in Washington, DC on weekday mornings.

See also

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