And Everything Nice Explained

Genre:	Fashion
Presenter:	Maxine Barrat
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	2
Camera:	Multi-camera
Runtime:	25 minutes
Channel:	DuMont

And Everything Nice is an American fashion-themed television program that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from March 8, 1949, through January 9, 1950. The program was hosted by Maxine Barratt.^[1]

Overview

Barrat chatted with guests and presented fashion tips for women of the 1940s. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live:

• Tuesdays at 7 pm ET on most DuMont affiliates during the 1948-1949 television season;
• Mondays at 8:30 pm ET in July and August 1949;
• Mondays at 9 pm ET from September 1949 to January 1950.^[2]

The series was cancelled in early 1950, and was one of several low-budget fashion programs, such as Fashions on Parade, broadcast by the DuMont network.

Features of the program included "how to have a wardrobe for either $1.98 or $1098."^[3]

Bob Loewi was the show's packager and director. Conover Career Girls modeled clothes on the show.^[4]

Episode status

A single kinescope of this series survives at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.

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
• Fashions on Parade

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)

External links

• • DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 45. 4th.
2. Book: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present . Tim . Brooks . Tim Brooks (historian) . Earle . Marsh . 2007 . 9 . 60 . . New York . 978-0-345-49773-4 . 2024-07-16 .
3. News: Smith . Mig . 'Let George Do It' And He Does . April 8, 2024 . The Miami News . April 8, 1956 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240408204924/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-maxine-barrat/145015809/ . April 8, 2024 . 37. .
4. September 11, 1949 . 16 . DuMont . Ross Reports . April 8, 2024 .