Guess What (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Guess What? was a game show
broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network
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from 1940 to her death in 1965, and featured guest stars such as Mark Hanna
, Audrey Christie, and Quentin Reynolds
. Kollmar and Kilgallen also co-hosted the WOR-AM
morning radio show Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick from 1945 to 1963.
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
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Broadcast history
Guess What? aired from July 8, 1952 to August 26, 1952. The show was hosted by Richard Kollmar (1910-1971), husband of columnist Dorothy KilgallenDorothy Kilgallen
Dorothy Mae Kilgallen was an American journalist and television game show panelist. She started her career early as a reporter for the Hearst Corporation's New York Evening Journal after spending only two semesters at The College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York...
from 1940 to her death in 1965, and featured guest stars such as Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna (screenwriter)
Mark Hanna was an American screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing the screenplays for many science fiction B movies in the 1950s, particularly Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. His first major screenplay was Gunslinger in 1956. He continued to be prolific through the mid-1960s, after which...
, Audrey Christie, and Quentin Reynolds
Quentin Reynolds
Quentin James Reynolds was a journalist and World War II war correspondent.As associate editor at Collier's Weekly from 1933 to 1945, Reynolds averaged twenty articles a year...
. Kollmar and Kilgallen also co-hosted the WOR-AM
WOR (AM)
WOR is a class A , AM radio station located in New York, New York, U.S., operating on 710 kHz. The station has a talk format and has been owned by Buckley Broadcasting since 1987, after the station was sold by RKO. The station has conservative, or right-of-center hosts.Its call letters have no...
morning radio show Breakfast With Dorothy and Dick from 1945 to 1963.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts