Time Will Tell (game show)

Time Will Tell is an early American game show that aired on the DuMont Television Network Fridays at 10:30 pm ET from August 27 to October 15, 1954. The host was Ernie Kovacs.^[1] Don Russell was the announcer, and Eddie Hatrak provided music.^[2]

Time Will Tell
Presented by	Ernie Kovacs
Narrated by	Robert Russell
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Adams-Davis Productions
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	August 27 (1954-08-27) – October 15, 1954 (1954-10-15)

Game play involved three contestants answering questions in 90-second rounds, timed with a large hourglass.^[3]

The sustaining program,^[4] produced and distributed by the network, aired on most DuMont affiliates on Fridays at 10:30 pm Eastern Time, replacing Gamble on Love which was also hosted by Kovacs in the same time slot. After Time Will Tell ended, DuMont replaced the series with local (non-network) programming.

Episode status

DuMont, like NBC and CBS during the 1950s, probably kept at least one or two "example" episodes of each of its main game shows, though DuMont's exact policy is not known. However, DuMont's archive was destroyed after the network ceased broadcasting in 1956. Although a small number of DuMont game show episodes are known to exist in various archives, none are known to exist of either Time will Tell nor Gamble on Love.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1954-55 United States network television schedule

References

1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
2. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1087. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
3. Schwartz, et al. p. 203
4. "DuMont Tightens Belt, Drops Two Sustainers" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 11, 1954. p. 76. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• 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
• David Schwartz, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock (1995) The Encyclopedia of American Game Shows, Second edition (New York: Facts on File Inc., 1995) ISBN 0-8160-3094-4

External links

• Time Will Tell at IMDb
• DuMont historical website