- Country Style (TV series)
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Country Style Format musical variety Starring Peggy Ann Ellis (host) Country of origin 
United StatesProduction Executive producer(s) Owen Bradley, Harold Bradley Running time 60 minutes Broadcast Original channel DuMont Original run July 29, 1950 – November 25, 1950 Country Style was an American musical variety show on the DuMont Television Network from July 29 to November 25, 1950 on Saturday nights from 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time
The setting was a small town bandstand on a Saturday night. Musical numbers, comedy vignettes and square dancing took place around the bandstand, where Alvy West and the Volunteer Firemens' Band played. The host was Peggy Ann Ellis. Regulars included Pat Adair, Bob Austin, Emily Barnes, Gordon Dilworth, and The Folk Dancers.
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive. It should not be confused with the radio and TV series Country Style, USA.
Contents
Jimmy Dean program
During 1957, Jimmy Dean hosted Country Style on WTOP-TV in Washington, DC on weekday mornings.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
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:- 1950s American television series
- 1950 television series debuts
- 1950 television series endings
- DuMont Television Network shows
- Black-and-white television programs
- American variety television series
- United States television program stubs
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