Ladies' Date

Ladies' Date
StarringBruce Mayer
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseOctober 13, 1952 (1952-10-13) –
July 31, 1953 (1953-07-31)

Ladies' Date is a 1952-1953 American daytime television series that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network.[1] The program was an afternoon variety/audience participation show, hosted by Bruce Mayer, who had been the host of a similar series locally in Detroit.

Overview

An audience-participation program, Ladies' Date included party games and stunts with features such as "Pen Pusher's Parade", "Notable Neighbor", "Lady for a Day", and "Ideal Mother-in-Law".[2]

Broadcast history

Meet the Ladies, a program that Mayer wrote and produced in Detroit, was the basis for Ladies' Date. It began on radio and then was televised, and it was the most popular daytime program in the Detroit area. When he moved to WABD-TV in New York, he sent 2,500 letters to organizations to invite women to participate in the new program.[2]

Ladies' Date was broadcast from WABD. The program aired Monday through Friday from 1pm to 1:30pm ET from October 13, 1952, to July 31, 1953.[3] Sandy Howard was the producer, and Jim Saunders was the director.[4]

Preservation status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 254. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lester, John (December 19, 1952). "Ladies Date's Bruce Mayer keeps gals gay". The Newark Star-Ledger. p. 31. Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), p. 411. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  4. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (October 6, 2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved December 11, 2024.

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