DuMont Evening News (Lost DuMont Network Broadcasted Episodes; 1954-1955)

The DuMont Network. A television network that is known as one of the Pioneering TV Networks, at the time in the Late 1940s rivalling networks like NBC, and CBS. Despite its innovations in broadcasting as we know it, the network never had a stable financial ground, yet it still tried to stay afloat until its demise on August 6, 1956.

The News hadn't been attempted many times on the network, only three times, and the third and final time the network took a stab at the news was in September of 1954, with the DuMont Evening News. Being hosted by a man named Morgan Beatty (best known for being the first to report the Russians launching Suptnik 1 in 1957), this 15 Minute long news series, basically did what you'd expect, a typical news program. Interestingly, Beatty had been lured from NBC News to join DuMont. However, after the show was canned, Beatty returned to NBC.

The show was aired between 7:15-7:30 PM. Right before the ever popular Captain Video. The DuMont Evening News was one of many shows to be given the ax due to financial troubles after its final episode on April 1st, 1955. None of the episodes of the DuMont Evening News are known to exist to this day.