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Saturday Night at the Garden 
Summary
Saturday Night at the Garden was an American sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from October 7, 1950, to March 31, 1951. The program aired sports, primarily basketball, horse show, rodeo, and boxing live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.[1] The program aired Saturday nights at 9pm ET and was 120 to 150 minutes long. The series was hosted by sportscaster Curt Gowdy and long time boxing blow-by-blow announcer Don Dunphy.
| Saturday Night at the Garden | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120/150 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DuMont |
| Release | October 7, 1950 – March 31, 1951 |
Episode status edit
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. Some episodes may exist under the title Boxing with Dennis James at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also edit
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1950-51 United States network television schedule
- Boxing From Jamaica Arena (September 1948 – 1949)
- Amateur Boxing Fight Club (September 1949 – 1950)
- Boxing From Sunnyside Gardens (September 1949 – 1950)
- Wrestling From Marigold (September 1949 – 1955)
- Boxing From Eastern Parkway (May 1952-May 1954)
- Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena (1954-1956)
References edit
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1988). The complete directory to prime time network TV shows, 1946-present. Ballantine Books. p. 689. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
Bibliography edit
- 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
External links edit
- Saturday Night at the Garden at IMDb
- DuMont historical website
