Pro Football Highlights

GenreSportsStarringJoe Hasel (ABC)
Steve Owen (DuMont, 1951-53)
Jim Leaming (1954)Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionRunning time30 minutesProduction companyTel RaOriginal releaseNetworkABC (1950–1951)
DuMont (1951–1953)ReleaseSeptember 15, 1950 (1950-09-15) –
December 1954 (1954-12)

Pro Football Highlights, also known as Football News, Football Highlights and Time for Football, was a 30-minute television sports review program broadcast by ABC (1950–1951) and the DuMont Television Network (1951–1954). The ABC version aired Fridays at 8:30 pm ET and the DuMont version aired Wednesdays at 7:30pm ET from 1951 to 1954.^[1]

Episode status

Two episodes of Time for Football (which aired during the 1954 season), exist, featuring games from Week 1 and Week 6.^[2][3]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1950-51 United States network television schedule
• 1951-52 United States network television schedule
• 1952-53 United States network television schedule
• Football Sidelines
• Football This Week

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

• Pro Football Highlights at IMDB
• DuMont historical website