Serving Through Science

Serving Through Science was "the first regular science-related network series"[1] and the first educational television series broadcast in the United States.

Serving Through Science
Created byEncyclopædia Britannica
StarringDr. Miller McClintock
Country of originUSA
Release
Original networkDuMont
Original releaseMay 1945 
May 27, 1947

The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network in May 1945, and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET.[2] The weekly program starred Dr. Miller McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber.[1]

The last show aired May 27, 1947.

The series' name was also a slogan used by the sponsor in its advertising.[3]

See also

References and sources

References
  1. LaFollette, Marcel Chotkowski (2013). Science on American Television: A History. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–10. ISBN 9780226922010. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. (PDF) https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Television-Magazine/Television-1945-06.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "(United States Rubber Company ad)". Life. June 18, 1945. p. 70. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
Sources
  • 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
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