Serving Through Science
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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television Serving Through Science was "the first regular science-related network series"[1] and the first educational television series broadcast in the United States.
The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network in May 1945, and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET.[2] The weekly program starred Dr. Miller McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber.[1]
The last show aired May 27, 1947.
The series' name was also a slogan used by the sponsor in its advertising.[3]
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1946-47 United States network television schedule
References and sources
- References
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- Sources
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) Template:ISBN
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) Template:ISBN
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) Template:ISBN