Captain Video and His Video Rangers

Captain Video and His Video Rangers
GenreScience fiction
Created byLawrence Menkin
James Caddigan
Written byDamon Knight
James Blish
Jack Vance
Arthur C. Clarke
Isaac Asimov
Cyril M. Kornbluth
Milt Lesser
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Robert Sheckley
J. T. McIntosh
Robert S. Richardson
Maurice C. Brachhausen (M. C. Brock)
StarringRichard Coogan
Al Hodge
Don Hastings
Ben Lackland
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24 mins. (1949–1953)
15 mins. (1953–1955)
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseJune 27, 1949 (1949-06-27) –
April 1, 1955 (1955-04-01)
Related
The Secret Files of Captain Video
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Captain Video and His Video Rangers is an American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television.

The series aired between June 27, 1949, and April 1, 1955, originally on Monday through Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, and then Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET.[1] A separate 30-minute spinoff series called The Secret Files of Captain Video aired Saturday mornings, alternating with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, from September 5, 1953, to May 29, 1954, a total of 20 episodes.[1]

Researcher Alan Morton estimates there were a total of 1,537 episodes (not counting the 20 Saturday morning episodes), although few of them exist after the destruction of the original broadcasts, which was commonplace at that time. Sponsors included Post Cereals, Skippy Peanut Butter, DuMont-brand television sets, and PowerHouse candy bars from Peter Paul. Premiums sold via the show included a flying saucer ring, a "secret seal" ring, cast photos, electronic goggles, a "secret ray gun", a rocket ship key chain, decoders, membership cards, and a set of 12 plastic spacemen.

  1. ^ a b Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 106–110. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.