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'''''Look Upon a Star''''' was an early American television series. Hosted by [[Bess Myerson]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/12/nyregion/joseph-cates-74-a-producer-of-innovative-specials-for-tv.html ''New York Times'', Joseph Cates obituary (October 12, 1998)]</ref> and produced by Joseph Cates, the series aired on two [[DuMont Television Network]] stations, [[WNYW|WABD]] and [[WTTG]], during 1947. The show featured high school students, was one of television's earliest talent series, and was a 30-minute series broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET. The Comet Candy Company was the sponsor. |
'''''Look Upon a Star''''' was an early American television series. Hosted by [[Bess Myerson]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/12/nyregion/joseph-cates-74-a-producer-of-innovative-specials-for-tv.html ''New York Times'', Joseph Cates obituary (October 12, 1998)]</ref> and produced by Joseph Cates, the series aired on two [[DuMont Television Network]] stations, [[WNYW|WABD]] and [[WTTG]], during 1947. The show also aired on [[WRBG|WRBG-TV]], the [[General Electric]] TV station in [[Schnectady, New York]].<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=96A9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=visMAAAAIBAJ&dq=look-upon-a-star%20dumont&pg=1829%2C14633756 ''The Afro American'' (November 1, 1947)]</ref> |
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The show featured high school students, was one of television's earliest talent series, and was a 30-minute series broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET. The Comet Candy Company was the sponsor. |
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Revision as of 15:09, 26 May 2014
| Look Upon a Star | |
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| Genre | Variety |
| Created by | Joseph Cates Robert V. Fuchs |
| Starring | Bess Myerson |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | August 1947 – January 1948 |
Look Upon a Star was an early American television series. Hosted by Bess Myerson[1] and produced by Joseph Cates, the series aired on two DuMont Television Network stations, WABD and WTTG, during 1947. The show also aired on WRBG-TV, the General Electric TV station in Schnectady, New York.[2]
The show featured high school students, was one of television's earliest talent series, and was a 30-minute series broadcast on Tuesdays at 7:30pm ET. The Comet Candy Company was the sponsor.
Controversy
According to the November 1, 1947 edition of newspaper The Afro American, an episode in which an African-American male and a white female, both members of the Katherine Dunham dance troupe, performing a dance together caused controversy, with more than 100 objecting letters being sent in.
In response, Joseph Cates, one of the producers of the series, was quoted as saying "as producers we exercise the democratic privilege of producing our own shows as we see fit. The prejudiced television viewer can exercise his democratic privilege of switching his dial off or to a different station".[3]
Episode status
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
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