Wisdom of the Ages
Wisdom of the Ages | |
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Genre | Panel show |
Presented by | Jack Barry |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 23-25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | DuMont |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | December 16, 1952 June 30, 1953 | –
Wisdom of the Ages is a panel show aired on the DuMont Television Network from December 16, 1952, to June 30, 1953. The show combined the ideas of Juvenile Jury and Life Begins at Eighty, with a combined panel of youth and the elderly. Wisdom of the Ages aired Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET, and replaced Quick on the Draw which ended December 9, 1952.[1]
The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions.
Episode status[]
An episode from June 16, 1953, survives 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
- 1952-53 United States network television schedule
References[]
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 original programming
- 1952 American television series debuts
- 1953 American television series endings
- Black-and-white American television shows
- 1950s American game shows