The Hazel Scott Show [SEP] original network
The Hazel Scott Show
The Hazel Scott Show was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network. The series, hosted by Hazel Scott, ran during the summer of 1950, and is most notable for being one of the first U.S. network television series to be hosted by any person of African descent.
Broadcast history.
"The Hazel Scott Show" was a 15-minute-long musical program hosted by pianist and singer Hazel Scott, who would perform show tunes and other numbers live on the
1941.
- "Hazel Scott is Queen Once More in Warner's 'Rhapsody in Blue'", "Chicago Defender", September 1, 1945: 14.
- McAfee, J., Jr., "Scott, Hazel", CBY 1943 Obituary, "JSN", ii/4 (1982), 19.
- Bogle, Donald. 2001. "The Hazel Scott Show", in "Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television". New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, pp.