Court of Current Issues

Court of Current Issues
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	30 minutes (1948-1949) 60 minutes (1949-1951)
Release
Original network	DuMont
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	February 9, 1948 (1948-02-09) – June 26, 1951 (1951-06-26)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Court of Current Issues (also known as Court of Public Opinion) is a nontraditional court show featuring public-affairs debates. The program aired live on Tuesday nights from 1948-1951 on the DuMont Television Network. Originally a half-hour in length, it expanded to 60 minutes in 1949.

The series was scheduled opposite Milton Berle's popular Texaco Star Theater on NBC, and hence did not receive a wide audience.

Episode status

A 14-minute fragment from the March 3, 1949 episode survives at the Paley Center for Media.

See also

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

Bibliography

• 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

External links

• Court of Current Issues at IMDb
• DuMont historical website