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'''''Dinner Date''''', also known as '''''Dinner Date with Vincent Lopez''''',<ref name="cd">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=1471 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Dinner+Date%22+Lopez&pg=PA1471 |access-date=July 21, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> is a musical [[variety show]] that was broadcast on the [[DuMont Television Network]] on Saturdays from 8 to 8:30 pm ET<ref name="r">{{cite news |title=Last Week's Arrivals |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele05ross/page/n192/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=July 21, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=February 5, 1950 |page=2}}</ref> from January 28, 1950 to July 22, 1950<ref name="cd" /> or July 29, 1950.<ref name="mnr">{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Jim |title=Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962 |date=January 10, 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8962-6 |pages=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYuyvt7VR2sC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA222&dq=%22Dinner%20Date%22%20Dumont&pg=PA222#v=onepage&q=%22Dinner%20Date%22%20Dumont&f=true |access-date=September 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 220|edition=4th}}</ref> |
'''''Dinner Date''''', also known as '''''Dinner Date with Vincent Lopez''''',<ref name="cd">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=1471 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Dinner+Date%22+Lopez&pg=PA1471 |access-date=July 21, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> is a musical [[variety show]] that was broadcast on the [[DuMont Television Network]] on Saturdays from 8 to 8:30 pm ET<ref name="r">{{cite news |title=Last Week's Arrivals |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele05ross/page/n192/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=July 21, 2022 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=February 5, 1950 |page=2}}</ref> from January 28, 1950 to July 22, 1950<ref name="cd" /> or July 29, 1950.<ref name="mnr">{{cite book |last1=Cox |first1=Jim |title=Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962 |date=January 10, 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8962-6 |pages=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYuyvt7VR2sC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA222&dq=%22Dinner%20Date%22%20Dumont&pg=PA222#v=onepage&q=%22Dinner%20Date%22%20Dumont&f=true |access-date=September 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 220|edition=4th}}</ref> |
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The show, hosted by bandleader [[Vincent Lopez]], was broadcast from the Grill Room at the [[Hotel Taft]] in New York City, where Lopez and his orchestra performed from 1942 to 1962. Besides Lopez's longtime vocalists Lee Russell and Ann Warren, the show featured guest stars such as [[Cab Calloway]], [[Arthur Tracy]], and [[Woody Herman]].<ref name="cd" /> |
The show, "a relaxed program of music and song",<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=262|edition=2nd}}</ref> hosted by bandleader [[Vincent Lopez]], was broadcast from the Grill Room at the [[Hotel Taft]] in New York City, where Lopez and his orchestra performed from 1942 to 1962. Besides Lopez's longtime vocalists Lee Russell and Ann Warren, the show featured guest stars such as [[Cab Calloway]], [[Arthur Tracy]], and [[Woody Herman]].<ref name="cd" /> |
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Episodes often featured content related to letters sent in by viewers or to names of some of the viewers.<ref name="mnr" /> |
Episodes often featured content related to letters sent in by viewers or to names of some of the viewers.<ref name="mnr" /> |
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| Dinner Date | |
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| Also known as | Dinner Date with Vincent Lopez |
| Genre | Variety show |
| Presented by |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | January 28 – July 29, 1950 |
Dinner Date, also known as Dinner Date with Vincent Lopez,[1] is a musical variety show that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network on Saturdays from 8 to 8:30 pm ET[2] from January 28, 1950 to July 22, 1950[1] or July 29, 1950.[3][4]
The show, "a relaxed program of music and song",[5] hosted by bandleader Vincent Lopez, was broadcast from the Grill Room at the Hotel Taft in New York City, where Lopez and his orchestra performed from 1942 to 1962. Besides Lopez's longtime vocalists Lee Russell and Ann Warren, the show featured guest stars such as Cab Calloway, Arthur Tracy, and Woody Herman.[1]
Episodes often featured content related to letters sent in by viewers or to names of some of the viewers.[3]
Episode status
None of the episodes are known to survive.[citation needed]
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- The Vincent Lopez Show (1949–1950, 1957), a TV series also hosted by Lopez
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
References
- ^ a b c Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1471. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Last Week's Arrivals". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. February 5, 1950. p. 2. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ a b Cox, Jim (January 10, 2014). Musicmakers of Network Radio: 24 Entertainers, 1926-1962. McFarland. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7864-8962-6. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 220. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.