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Champagne and Orchids Format Variety Starring Adrienne (host) Country of origin 
United StatesProduction Running time 15 minutes Broadcast Original channel DuMont Original run September 6, 1948 – January 10, 1949 Champagne and Orchids was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series ran from 1948 to 1949. It was a variety show hosted by Adrienne.[1]
The musical program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live at 8 pm EST on Monday nights on most DuMont affiliates. The series was cancelled in 1949; DuMont replaced the series with Newsweek Views the News.
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Episode Status
Despite airing during a time when few TV networks preserved much of their programming, at least two episodes survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[2]
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1948-49 United States network television schedule
References
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
- ^ http://www.dumonthistory.tv/a5.html
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
- 1948 television series debuts
- 1949 television series endings
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