Ladies' Date Explained

Runtime:	30 minutes
Country:	United States

Ladies' Date is a 1952-1953 American daytime television series that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network.^[1] The program was an afternoon variety/audience participation show, hosted by Bruce Mayer, who had been the host of a similar series locally in Detroit.

Broadcast history

Ladies' Date was broadcast from New York's WABD-TV. The program aired Monday through Friday from 1pm to 1:30pm ET from October 13, 1952, to July 31, 1953.^[2]

Preservation status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1952–53 United States network television schedule (weekday)

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)
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)

External links

• Ladies' Date at IMDB
• DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . 1997 . Watson-Guptill Publications . 978-0823083152 . 22 March 2020. 254.
2. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.), p. 411. New York: Penguin Books.