What's Your Bid?
What's Your Bid? was an ABC and DuMont Television Network game show hosted by John Reed King (ABC) and Robert Alda (DuMont). The show aired Saturdays from February 14, 1953, to late April on ABC, and Sundays from May 3, 1953, to June 28, 1953, on DuMont. The show was an auction where audience members bid on items, with one item in each episode supposedly belonging to a famous person.[1]
| What's Your Bid? | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Starring | John Reed King (ABC host) Robert Alda (DuMont host) Leonard Rosen (ABC announcer) Bob Shepard (DuMont announcer) Roslyn Woods (model) |
| Country of origin |  |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (ABC) 9 (DuMont) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC (Feb-Apr 1953) DuMont (May–June 1953) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | February 14 – June 28, 1953 |
Episode status
In August 2019, an ABC episode was posted onto YouTube. The status of the rest of the episodes from both DuMont and ABC is unknown, though it is possible that most DuMont episodes were lost.
See also
References
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
External links
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