Champagne and Orchids

Champagne and Orchids
Genre	Variety
Presented by	Adrienne Meyerberg
Narrated by	Robert Turner
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	15 mins.
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	September 6, 1948 (1948-09-06) – January 10, 1949 (1949-01-10)

Champagne and Orchids is an American variety show broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The network series ran from September 6, 1948, to January 10, 1949. Champagne and Orchids was a variety show hosted by Adrienne Meyerberg, billed simply as 'Adrienne', who sang in English, French, and Spanish.^[1][2]

The musical program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired live at 8 pm EST on Monday nights on most DuMont affiliates. The show had premiered on Dumont's New York station in December 1947. The network series was cancelled in 1949. DuMont replaced the series with Newsweek Views the News.

Episode status

Despite airing during a time when few TV networks preserved much of their programming, at least two episodes survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive,^[3] however the film print of one of these episodes is deteriorating.^[4]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• 1948-49 United States network television schedule

References

1. McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-024916-8.
2. "People in Television". Radio and Television Mirror. 30 (2): 52. July 1948 – via Internet Archive.
3. Dumont historical website
4. http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=13944 ^{[dead link‍]}

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

• Champagne and Orchids at IMDb
• DuMont historical website