The Al Morgan Show

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| genre = Variety

| presenter = Al Morgan

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

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| producer = Don CookTerrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3305-6}}.

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 25 minutes

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| channel = DuMont

| first_aired = {{start date|1949|09|02}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1951|08|09}}

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The Al Morgan Show is an American variety program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1949,{{cite magazine |date=August 31, 1949 |page=38 |title=Chi TV Originations Becoming the Vogue; DuMont's Morgan Show |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety175-1949-08/page/n287/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=March 5, 2025 }} to 1951.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Al+Morgan+Music%22&pg=PA26 |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (historian) |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |year=2007 |edition=9 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |page=26 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |access-date=2024-07-10 }} The series starred pianist and songwriter Al Morgan.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/11/21/al-morgan-the-jealous-heart-man/ George Papajohn, Al Morgan obituary, Chicago Tribune (November 21, 1989)] It was popular as a local show in Chicago before it went on the network.

Format

Morgan performed for most of the program, which also featured Billy Chandler's orchestra. Guests occasionally appeared.{{cite magazine |date=September 3, 1949 |page=9 |title=Al Morgan Show For DuMont Net |magazine=Billboard |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VkUEAAAAMBAJ/page/n8/mode/1up |accessdate=September 18, 2023 }}

Broadcast

Unlike most DuMont offerings which were broadcast from the network's studios in New York City,{{Citation needed |date=September 2023}} the series was broadcast from WGN-TV in Chicago. The show aired Mondays at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time.{{cite magazine |date=June 18, 1950 |page=17 |title=DuMont |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele09ross/page/n50/mode/1up |magazine=Ross Reports |access-date=September 18, 2023 }}

Don Cook was the director.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 21|edition=4th}}

References

Bibliography

David Weinstein, 'The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television' (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|1-59213-245-6}}