The Forgotten Network
Subtitle: Dumont and the Birth of American Television
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781592132454
Subjects: Radio & television industry; Television - History & Criticism; General; Du Mont, Allen B; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Radio - History & Criticism; History: American; USA; History; Du Mont Television Network; United States - General; (Allen Balcom),; 1901-1965; DuMont Television Network; DuMont, Allen B
Description: "During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name "DuMont" was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money could buy. Even more viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was established in 1946. Network founder Allen B. DuMont became a folk hero for his entrepreneurial spirit in bringing television to the American people. Yet, by 1955, the DuMont network was out of business and its founder and namesake was forced to relinquish control of the company he had spent a quarter century building."

"The heart of David Weinstein's book examines DuMont's programs and personalities, including Dennis James, Captain Video, Morey Amsterdam, Jackie Gleason and The Honeymooners, Ernie Kovacs, and Rocky King, Detective. Weinstein uses rare kinescopes, archival photographs, exclusive interviews, trade journal articles, and corporate documents to tell the story of a "forgotten network" that helped invent the very business of network television."--Jacket.