Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts
| Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Wednesday Night Fights |
| Genre | CBS (1948-1955)
ABC (1955-1960) |
| Release | 1948 – 1960 |
| Related | |
| re-run under title Blue Ribbon Classics | |
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts, later The Wednesday Night Fights, is a television program that broadcast
Nielsen ratings, followed by #17 in 1951-1952, #14 in 1952-1953, #23 in 1953-1954 and #25 in 1954-1955.[2] After its cancellation on CBS, the series was picked up by ABC, renamed The Wednesday Night Fights,[3]
and continued until 1960.
Kinescopes of some of these matches were later re-broadcast under the title Blue Ribbon Classics. In recent years, ESPN Classic
has aired some of the bouts. Most Pabst Blue Ribbon fights can be viewed at TVS Classic Sports Network.Com.
During the 1954-55 season, this show was pre-empted every fourth week by The Best of Broadway, which ran a total of nine episodes for the season.
References
- ^ "Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts / Fight Of The Week". classicthemes.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ TV Ratings classictvhits.com [dead link]
- ISBN 9780307483201.