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Newsweek Views the News (Newsweek Analysis) Format Public affairs program/talk show Starring Ernest Lindley (host) Country of origin 
United StatesProduction Running time 30 minutes Broadcast Original channel DuMont Original run November 7, 1948 – May 22, 1950 Newsweek Views the News (also known as Newsweek Analysis) was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1948 to 1950. It was a public affairs program hosted by Ernest Lindley. Editors of Newsweek magazine interviewed guests and discussed current news events.[1]
The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live on Monday nights from 8–8:30 p.m. on most DuMont affiliates. The last episode was aired on May 22, 1950, and DuMont replaced the series with Visit with the Armed Forces.
Contents
Episode status
Kinescopes of two episodes, "Casebook of Treason" and "The Far East", are in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
References
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
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
External links
Categories:- DuMont Television Network shows
- 1940s American television series
- 1950s American television series
- DuMont News
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