One Minute Please

One Minute Please
Genre	Panel show
Created by	Ian Messiter - based on his BBC Radio show of the same name which ran from 1951-52 and 1957
Starring	John K. M. McCaffery (host) Cleveland Amory Hermione Gingold Alice Pearce Ernie Kovacs Marc Connelly
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	6 July 1954 (1954-07-06) – 17 February 1955 (1955-02-17)

One Minute Please is a panel quiz show hosted by Ernie Kovacs aired on the DuMont Television Network from 6 July 1954 to 17 February 1955 on Tuesdays at 9pm ET.^[citation needed]

Panelists were given a topic and had to talk about the subject for one minute nonstop. The panelist who talked the most was the winner.^[citation needed]

The program received favorable reviews, but DuMont ended it after 33 episodes because it had no sponsors. The trade publication Variety reported that prospective sponsors declined to taken the show on because not enough stations in major markets carried it.[1]

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

References

1. "Exit of '1 Minute, Please' Accents DuM Problem On Station Clearance". Variety. March 2, 1955. p. 31. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

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

• One Minute Please at IMDb
• DuMont historical website