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Play the Game (1946 TV series)

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A British version (albeit as a pure panel game) aired on BBC-tv from 4 August 1947 to sometime in 1950, and was later adapted for children from 1951 to 1952. Hosts of this version included Cleland Finn, Sally Rogers, and Robert MacDermot.
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on Tuesdays from 8 to 8:30 pm ET from September 24, 1946, to December 17, 1946. The show also aired on ABC from August 20, 1948, to November 6, 1948, in primetime. A previous version of the program had been broadcast locally in
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in order for that network to develop experienced crews in anticipation of its own entry into television broadcasting; in this sense, it was the first ABC television series.
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Channel 7 subsequently broadcast later episodes of the program to the New York City market during 1948.
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or other collections. The status of the ABC version is unknown, but is likely also lost.
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As with most DuMont programs, no episodes of this show are known to exist in the
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
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DuMont Television Network Historical Website: Appendix One: Programs (M-Z)
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Although broadcast on DuMont, the program was actually produced by
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The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television
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television network, and the first known example of a television
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List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
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Celebrity panelists during the DuMont Network run included
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Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows, 1948-2004
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was essentially a televised version of the parlor game
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Category:Television articles with disputed naming style
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List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
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game uses a disambiguation style that does not follow
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows
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television
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Category:Television articles with disputed naming style
Dr. Harvey Zorbaugh
American Broadcasting Company
DuMont
game shows
American
panel show
CBS Television Quiz
charades
Harvey Zorbaugh
New York University
DuMont Television Network
New York City
Channel 1
WNBC-TV
ABC
WABC-TV
Ireene Wicker
Ray Knight
UCLA Film and Television Archive
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1946-47 United States network television schedule
1948-49 United States network television schedule
On Stage, Everybody
Let's Play Reporter

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