Pro Football Highlights

Pro Football Highlights
Also known as	Football News Football Highlights Time for Football
Genre	Sports
Starring	Joe Hasel (ABC) Steve Owen (DuMont, 1951-53) Jim Leaming (1954)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Tel Ra
Original release
Network	ABC (1950–1951) DuMont (1951–1953)
Release	September 15, 1950 (1950-09-15) – December 1954 (1954-12)

Pro Football Highlights, also known as Football News, Football Highlights and Time for Football, was a 30-minute television sports review program broadcast by ABC (1950–1951) and the DuMont Television Network (1951–1954). The ABC version aired Fridays at 8:30 pm ET and the DuMont version aired Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET from 1951 to 1954.[1]

Episode status

Two episodes of Time for Football (which aired during the 1954 season), exist, featuring games from Week 1 and Week 6.[2][3]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1950-51 United States network television schedule
• 1951-52 United States network television schedule
• 1952-53 United States network television schedule
• Football Sidelines
• Football This Week

References

1. IMDB entry
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "1954 week 1 NFL review". YouTube.
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "1954 Week 6 NFL Review". YouTube.

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

• Pro Football Highlights at IMDB
• DuMont historical website