Pro Football Highlights
| Pro Football Highlights | |
|---|---|
| Also known as |
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| 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 – December 1954 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ IMDB entry
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "1954 week 1 NFL review". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "1954 Week 6 NFL Review". YouTube.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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