It's a Business

*It's a Business*
It's a Business
Genre	Situation Comedy
Created by	Bob Weiskopf
Starring	Bob Haymes; Leo De Lyon; Dorothy Loudon
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	March 19 –; May 21, 1952

It's a Business was a television sitcom that aired on the DuMont Television Network for 10 episodes.^[1]

Broadcast history

It's a Business aired on DuMont from March 19 to May 21, 1952,^[2] replacing Famous Jury Trials,^[1] and was a half-hour program that aired on Wednesdays at 9 pm. The series starred Bob Haymes and Leo De Lyon as Broadway song publishers in the 1900s, during the vaudeville era, and Dorothy Loudon as their secretary.^[3]

The program was directed by Frank Bunetta and written by Bob Weiskopf. Paul Rosen was the producer.^[2] Mort Lindsey directed the music^[1] It was broadcast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York City.^[1]

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Leszczak, Bob (2 November 2012). Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6812-6. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 415. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Random House Publishing. p. 675. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2024-07-02.

David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6