Serving Through Science

Serving Through Science was "the first regular science-related network series" and the first educational television series broadcast in the United States.

The series premiered on the DuMont Television Network in May 1945, and was shown Tuesdays at 9 pm ET. The weekly program starred Dr. Miller McClintock showing short films produced by Encyclopædia Britannica, and was sponsored by U. S. Rubber.

The last show aired May 27, 1947.

The series' name was also a slogan used by the sponsor in its advertising.

References and sources

 * References


 * Sources
 * 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