Serving Through Science Explained

Creator:	Encyclopædia Britannica
Starring:	Dr. Miller McClintock
Country:	United States
Network:	DuMont

Serving Through Science was "the first regular science-related network series"^[1] and the first educational television series broadcast in the United States.

The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network in May 1945, and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET.^[2] The weekly program starred Dr. Miller McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber.^[1]

The last show aired May 27, 1947.

The series' name was also a slogan used by the sponsor in its advertising.^[3]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1946-47 United States network television schedule

References and sources

References

Sources

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: LaFollette. Marcel Chotkowski. Science on American Television: A History. 2013. University of Chicago Press. 9780226922010. 9–10. 29 August 2017. en.
2. Web site: Television in Review . www.americanradiohistory.com . 19 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311030410/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Television-Magazine/Television-1945-06.pdf . 2023-03-11 . 28 . en . June 1945 . U.S. Rubber Co. last month began a series of weekly half-hour programs titled 'Serving through Science'. . live.
3. (United States Rubber Company ad). 29 August 2017. Life. June 18, 1945. 70.