Meet Your Congress Explained

Genre:	Public affairs
Starring:	Blair Moody (moderator)
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Runtime:	30 minutes
Channel:	NBC (1949-1953) DuMont (1953-1954)

Meet Your Congress was a public affairs TV series on NBC and on the DuMont Television Network.^[1] The show premiered on NBC on July 1, 1949, airing Saturdays at 8pm ET. The DuMont series aired from July 8, 1953, until July 4, 1954.

Moderator Blair Moody (1902-1954), who hosted the radio and TV versions from 1946 to 1952, died of pneumonia and heart problems on July 20, 1954.

Episode status

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

Production

Moody produced the Dumont version of the program, and Vic Guidice was the director. The show originated in Washington on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time. It was sustaining.

Critical response

A review of the July 8, 1953, episode in the trade publication Variety said that Meet Your Congress seemed to be "a promising package designed for the politically conscious citizenry."^[2] It also commended Moody's objective approach as the moderator.

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

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

• • DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. Book: Hyatt . Wesley . The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television . 1997 . Watson-Guptill Publications . 978-0823083152 . 22 March 2020. 285.
2. July 15, 1953 . 31 . Meet Your Congress . Variety . October 28, 2023.