Dinner Date, also known as Dinner Date with Vincent Lopez,[1] is a musical variety show that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network on Saturdays from 8 to 8:30 pm ET[2] from January 28, 1950, to July 22, 1950[1] or July 29, 1950.
[3][4] The show, "a relaxed program of music and song",[5] hosted by bandleader Vincent Lopez, was broadcast from the Grill Room at the Hotel Taft in New York City, where Lopez and his orchestra performed from 1942 to 1962.
Besides Lopez's longtime vocalists Lee Russell and Ann Warren, the show featured guest stars such as Cab Calloway, Arthur Tracy, and Woody Herman.
[5] Dinner Date's competition included Saturday Night Revue, TV Teen Club, and Ken Murray's show.
"[8] It commended Warren and Russell for their singing and director Harry Coyle for his handling of the "usual difficult conditions imposed by working outside a TV studio.