The Vincent Lopez Show
| The Vincent Lopez Show | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Vincent Lopez Speaking |
| Starring | CBS (1957) |
| Release | March 7, 1949 – March 9, 1957 |
The Vincent Lopez Show, also known as Vincent Lopez Speaking, is a 1949-1957 American musical television program hosted by
Broadcast history
The series ran from 1949 to 1950 on DuMont and from February to March 1957 on CBS. Lopez also hosted a 30-minute DuMont series
From March to May 1949, the show aired from 6:45 to 7pm ET every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on most DuMont affiliates.[2] From May to July 1949, the series aired Monday through Friday in the same time slot. From July 1949 to June 1950, the series aired Monday through Friday from 7:30 to 7:45pm ET. Music programs aired in a 15-minute time-slot were common at the time.
According to the book What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, Vincent Lopez Speaking also aired from 3:15 to 3:30pm ET on DuMont. According to the book, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was:
- 10-10:30am Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room
- 10:30-11am Welcome, Neighbors
- 11am-12noon The Stan Shaw Show
- 12noon-12:15pm Amanda
- 12:15-12:30pm Man in the Street
- 12:30-12:45pm Camera Headlines
- 12:45-1pm Fashions in Song
- 1-1:30pm Okay, Mother
- 2:30-3pm Inside Photoplay(The Wendy Barrie Show)
- 3-3:15pm The Needle Shop
- 3:15-3:30pm Vincent Lopez Speaking (The Vincent Lopez Show)
CBS Television version
Six years later, Lopez hosted a similar program on
Lopez's show went on CBS's nationwide network after it debuted as a local program in New York City. Performers included Judy Lynn, Teddy Norman, Eddie O'Connor, Johnny Messner, Johnny Amorosa, and Danny Davis. The half-hour program was broadcast from New York at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturdays.[4]
Episode status
A single kinescope of a 1950 episode survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1949-50 United States network television schedule
- Dinner Date(January to July 1950) also hosted by Lopez
References
- ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- ISBN 0-345-31864-1.
- ^ "Vincent Lopez Show". Variety. February 13, 1957. p. 30. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: ISBN 0-345-31864-1
