Pro Football Highlights Explained

Genre:	Sports
Starring:	Joe Hasel (ABC) Steve Owen (DuMont, 1951-53) Jim Leaming (1954)
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Runtime:	30 minutes
Company:	Tel Ra
Channel:	ABC (1950–1951) DuMont (1951–1953)

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

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

• 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

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

• Pro Football Highlights at IMDB
• DuMont historical website

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331780/ IMDB entry
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: 1954 week 1 NFL review . YouTube.
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: 1954 Week 6 NFL Review . YouTube.