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*It's Alec Templeton Time*
It's Alec Templeton Time
Starring	Alec Templeton (host)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	June 3 –; August 26, 1955

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It's Alec Templeton Time was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran during the summer of 1955. It was a musical program hosted by blind satirist and musician Alec Templeton. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired on Friday nights on most DuMont affiliates.^[1]

It's Alec Templeton Time has the distinction of being one of the last programs to air on the dying DuMont Television Network, along with Have a Heart (ended June 14, 1955) What's the Story (ended September 23, 1955) and Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena (ended August 6, 1956).^[2]^[3] The struggling network was already beginning to shut down network operations before It's Alec Templeton Time even aired its first episode, and Paramount Pictures would take control of DuMont during the summer; as a result, the series' run was brief, and did not last past the summer months.

References

^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
^ IMDB entry
^ DuMont historical website

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

[BM-1] Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

[2] IMDB entry

[3] DuMont historical website

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 '''''It's Alec Templeton Time''''' was an early American [[television program]] broadcast on the now defunct [[DuMont Television Network]]. The series ran during the summer of 1955. It was a musical program hosted by blind satirist and musician [[Alec Templeton]]. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired on Friday nights on most DuMont affiliates.<ref name="BM">Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.</ref>
-''It's Alec Templeton Time'' has the distinction of being one of the last programs to air on the dying DuMont Television Network. The struggling network was already beginning to shut down network operations before ''It's Alec Templeton Time'' even aired its first episode, and [[Paramount Pictures]] would take control of DuMont during the summer; as a result, the series' run was brief, and did not last past the summer months.
+''It's Alec Templeton Time'' has the distinction of being one of the last programs to air on the dying DuMont Television Network, along with ''[[Have a Heart (TV series)|Have a Heart]]'' (ended June 14, 1955) ''[[What's the Story]]'' (ended September 23, 1955) and ''[[Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena]]'' (ended August 6, 1956).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324843/ IMDB entry]</ref><ref>[http://www.dumonthistory.tv/a1.html DuMont historical website]</ref> The struggling network was already beginning to shut down network operations before ''It's Alec Templeton Time'' even aired its first episode, and [[Paramount Pictures]] would take control of DuMont during the summer; as a result, the series' run was brief, and did not last past the summer months.
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