Kids and Company

Kids and Company
Presented byJohnny Olson
Ham Fisher
Country of originUnited States
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseSeptember 1, 1951 (1951-09-01) –
May 2, 1953 (1953-05-02)

Kids and Company is an American children's TV show that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network on Saturday mornings from September 1, 1951, to May 2, 1953, and was hosted by Johnny Olson (billed as "Johnny Olsen" in the credits) and Ham Fisher.[1] The series was primarily sponsored by Red Goose Shoes.

This was Olson's third series for DuMont, previously hosting the talent show Doorway to Fame and daytime variety series Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room.

Episode status

The season one finale on May 24, 1952, is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. In that episode, Olson stated that the show would return for another season on August 9, 1952, after a ten-week hiatus, marking the anticipated changeover by leading the cast in "Auld Lang Syne," noting that a time had not been decided and that viewers would have to consult their newspapers. The season two premiere, aired on August 9 as mentioned previously, is among the episodes lost. Other episodes are held by the Paley Center for Media and the Museum of Broadcast Communications.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 261–262. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.

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
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