Spin the Picture
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Spin the Picture was an early American game show
which aired on the DuMont Television Network
. The hosts telephoned home viewers to see if they could identify a famous person within a spinning photograph.
The show was originally called Cut at the premiere on 9 June 1949, and was renamed Spin the Picture on 25 June. The show was hosted by Kathi Norris
and Carl Caruso and was on Saturday nights at 8 pm Eastern Time. The final show was broadcast 4 February 1950. Norris was also the host of the DuMont daytime television
show TV Shopper
.
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...
which aired on the 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...
. The hosts telephoned home viewers to see if they could identify a famous person within a spinning photograph.
The show was originally called Cut at the premiere on 9 June 1949, and was renamed Spin the Picture on 25 June. The show was hosted by Kathi Norris
Kathi Norris
Kathi Norris was an American television hostess.-Career:Norris hosted the first daytime talk show on WABD, the DuMont Television Network flagship TV station in New York City...
and Carl Caruso and was on Saturday nights at 8 pm Eastern Time. The final show was broadcast 4 February 1950. Norris was also the host of the DuMont daytime television
Daytime television
Daytime television is the general term for television shows produced that are intended to air during the daytime hours on weekdays. This article is about American daytime television, for information about international daytime television see Daytime television....
show TV Shopper
TV Shopper
TV Shopper, also known as Your Television Shopper or The Kathi Norris Show, was an early American daytime television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network at 10:30 am EST from November 1, 1948 to December 1, 1950...
.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts