Runtime: | 15 minutes |
Starring: | Jack Eigen |
Country: | United States |
Network: | DuMont Television Network |
The Jack Eigen Show was an American television show, 15 minutes in duration, which aired Thursdays 7:45 to 8:00 pm ET on the DuMont Television Network from 1947 to 1951, The show continued as a radio program from 1951 to 1971, running from 11:15pm to 12:30am ET on WMAQ (AM).
Eigen (1913–1983) hosted two different television series, both local series which were briefly on the DuMont network.[1]
A television version aired from 1947 to circa 1951 on New York City television station WABD, at that time part of the DuMont Television Network.[2] [3] [4] An early episode featured Milton Berle as a guest.[5] Other segments included the playing of records and the reading of gossip. In late 1950, Ansonia Clock Company became sponsor of the series.[6]