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Line 16: '''''It's Alec Templeton Time''''' was an early American [[television program]] broadcast on the now defunct [[DuMont Television Network]]. The series ran during the summer of 1955. It was a musical program hosted by blind satirist and musician [[Alec Templeton]]. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired on Friday nights on most DuMont affiliates.<ref name="BM">Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'' (3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.</ref> ''It's Alec Templeton Time'' has the distinction of being one of the last programs to air on the dying DuMont Television Network, along with ''[[Have a Heart (TV series)\|Have a Heart]]'' (ended June 14, 1955) ''[[What's the Story]]'' (ended September 23, 1955) and ''[[Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena]]'' (ended August 6, 1956).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324843/ IMDB entry]</ref><ref>[http://www.dumonthistory.tv/a1.html DuMont historical website]</ref> The struggling network was already beginning to shut down network operations before ''It's Alec Templeton Time'' even aired its first episode, and [[Paramount Pictures]] would take control of DuMont during the summer; as a result, the series' run was brief, and did not last past the summer months. ==See also==