Down You Go

Down You Go
Created byPolly Cowan
Presented byBergen Evans (1951–1956)
Bill Cullen (1956)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24–26 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont (1951–1955)
CBS (1955)
ABC (1955–1956)
NBC (1956)
ReleaseMay 30, 1951 (1951-05-30) –
September 8, 1956 (1956-09-08)
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Down You Go is an American television game show originally broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. The Emmy Award-nominated series ran from 1951 to 1956 as a prime time series primarily hosted by Dr. Bergen Evans. The program aired in eleven different timeslots during its five-year run.

Down You Go is one of only six series — along with The Arthur Murray Party, Pantomime Quiz, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, The Ernie Kovacs Show, and The Original Amateur Hour — shown on all four major television networks of the Golden Age of Television (ABC, NBC, CBS, and DuMont).[1]

  1. ^ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (3rd ed.) p 1045. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.