Hotel Broadway

Hotel Broadway
Created by	Harvey Marlowe
Starring	Jerri Blanchard (host)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	January 20 (1949-01-20) – March 17, 1949 (1949-03-17)

Hotel Broadway is a musical TV show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. The 30-minute show ran from January 20, 1949, to March 17, 1949. The show starred singer Jerri Blanchard and was produced by Harvey Marlowe.^{[citation needed]}

It was renamed Front Row Center in April 1949.^[1]

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Format

A variety of comedians and singers appeared on the program each week, with no host. The Striders quartet introduced the acts as they appeared.^[2]

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.

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

References

^ "DuMont". Ross Reports. April 8, 1949. p. 4. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (24 June 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

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