The Jack Eigen Show

The Jack Eigen Show was an American television show, 15 minutes in duration, which aired Thursdays 7:45 to 8:00 pm ET on the DuMont Television Network from 1947 to 1951, The show continued as a radio program from 1951 to 1971, running from 11:15pm to 12:30am ET on WMAQ (AM).

Eigen (1913–1983) hosted two different television series, both local series which were briefly on the DuMont network.^[1]

A television version aired from 1947 to circa 1951 on New York City television station WABD, at that time part of the DuMont Television Network.^[2][3][4] An early episode featured Milton Berle as a guest.^[5] Other segments included the playing of records and the reading of gossip. In late 1950, Ansonia Clock Company became sponsor of the series.^[6]

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

• 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

• The Jack Eigen Show at IMDb
• Eigen bio with pics at RichSamuels website